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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, AU;
Andrew Hunt, Macquarie University, AU;
David Harte, Macquarie University, AU;
Hans Yoo, Macquarie University, AU;
Roger Alan Smith, Macquarie University, AU;
COCHLEAR LIMITED, Macquarie University, AU;
Abstract
An alert system detects when an auditory prosthesis recipient is wearing her sound processor. When the processor is not worn, the alert system signals a secondary device, such as an accessory, to provide some other form of tactile stimulation to allow the recipient to be made aware of certain auditory stimuli she is not receiving via the auditory prosthesis. Thus, the alert system can effectively 'hear' for the recipient. Since many auditory prosthesis recipients are, for all practical purposes, completely deaf without their external sound processors attached and operational, such an alert system increases the recipient's safety, convenience, and quality of life.