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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36032 (2013.01); A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01); H04R 2430/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio processing pipeline, for an auditory prosthesis, includes: a common stage, including a common frequency analysis filter bank, configured to generate a common set of processed signals based on an input audio signal; and first and second stimulator-specific stages, responsive to the common set of signals and including first and second frequency-analysis filter banks, configured to generate first and second sets of processed signals adapted for the first and second hearing stimulators, respectively.