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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2013
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Koen Van Den Heuvel, Hove, BE;
Jan Janssen, St. Ives, AU;
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Abstract
An implantable hearing prosthesis comprising an implantable upgrade module including a pre-processing unit configured to generate audio signals based on microphone information; and a implantable main module, physically separate from and electrically connected to the upgrade module. The implantable main module comprises a sound processing unit configured to generate stimulation information based on the audio signals received from the pre-processing unit, and a stimulator unit configured to generate stimulation signals based on the stimulation information. The hearing prosthesis also comprises a stimulation module configured to deliver the stimulation signals to a recipient.