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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2014
Applicant:

David L. Basinger, Loveland, CO (US);

Inventor:

David L. Basinger, Loveland, CO (US);

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/505 (2013.01); A61N 1/36032 (2013.01); H04R 25/606 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for use in an implantable hearing instrument, including receiving an output signal from an implanted microphone implanted in a person, identifying a first characteristic of said output signal, based on said first characteristic, amplifying said microphone output signal by at least one of a plurality of gain settings to produce an amplified signal, wherein said plurality of gain setting comprise at least two different gain settings, inputting said amplified signal into a signal processor, processing said amplified signal to generate a transducer drive signal; and using said transducer drive signal to drive implanted auditory stimulation device implanted in a person to stimulate an auditory component.


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