Cochlear Limited

Hearworks Pty, Limited

Gitte Keidser

Hugh Joseph McDermott

Justin Andrew Zakis

Harvey Albert Dillon

Harvey Dilon

Hugh Joseph Mcdermott

An auditory prosthesis () comprising a microphone () 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 (), a sound processing unit () 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 () 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 () to be adjusted according to the preference of the user for the characteristics of the current acoustic environment.

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Abbotsford, Australia

Gitte Keidser