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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Bastiaan Van Dijk, Mechelen, BE;
Ernst L. Von Wallenberg, Muelheim, DE;
Kyriaky Griffin, Castle Hill, AU;
Bastiaan van Dijk, Mechelen, BE;
Ernst L. von Wallenberg, Muelheim, DE;
Kyriaky Griffin, Castle Hill, AU;
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Abstract
A cochlear implant implementing a directional sound processing system is provided. Specifically, the cochlear implants implementing the present invention comprise a plurality of audio sensors arranged in at least one external component of the cochlear implant to spatially receive ambient sound. At least one audio sensor is located in one of the external components of the cochlear implant, while one other audio sensor is located elsewhere, such as in a component other than the first component. The cochlear implant includes an directional sound processor comprising an array processor and a sound processor to convert the received sounds into a cochlea stimulation instruction signal.