Programmable auditory prosthesis with trainable automatic adaptation to acoustic conditions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8532317
APP PUB NO 20110202111A1
SERIAL NO

13024649

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An auditory prosthesis (30) comprising a microphone (27) for receiving the sound and producing a microphone signal responding to the received sound, an output device for providing audio signals in a form receivable by a user of the prosthesis (30), a sound processing unit (33) operable to receive the microphone signal and carry out a processing operation on the microphone signal to produce an output signal in a form suitable to operate the output device, wherein the sound processing unit (33) is operable in a first mode in which the processing operation comprises at least one variable processing factor which is adjustable by a user to a setting which causes the output signal of the sound processing unit (33) to be adjusted according to the preference of the user for the characteristics of the current acoustic environment.

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SIVANTOS PTE LTDSINGAPORE

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Dilon, Harvey Chatswood, AU 1 6
Keidser, Gitte Abbotsford, AU 2 119
McDermott, Hugh Joseph Mount Macedon, AU 11 230
Zakis, Justin Andrew Beaumaris, AU 3 133

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