Remote audio processor module for auditory prosthesis systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8706247
APP PUB NO 20110098786A1
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12910406

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An exemplary auditory prosthesis system includes an auditory prosthesis configured to be implanted within a head of a patient and to apply electrical stimulation representative of an audio signal to one or more stimulation sites within the patient in accordance with one or more stimulation parameters, a behind-the-ear sound processing unit configured to be secured to an ear of the patient and to transmit the one or more stimulation parameters to the auditory prosthesis, and a remote audio processor module separate from the behind-the-ear sound processing unit and communicatively coupled to the behind-the-ear sound processing unit via a communication link, the remote audio processor module configured to perform at least a portion of a signal processing heuristic on the audio signal in order to facilitate generation of the one or more stimulation parameters.

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ADVANCED BIONICS AGSTAEFA

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Kulkarni, Abhijit Newbury Park, US 79 2152
Litvak, Leonid M Los Angeles, US 189 1228
Mishra, Lakshmi N Valencia, US 42 346

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