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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Adam B. Strauss, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Leonid M. Litvak, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary sound processor 1) identifies at least one frequency bin, included in a plurality of frequency bins included in a frequency spectrum of an audio signal that is presented to a cochlear implant patient, that contains spectral energy above a modified spectral envelope, 2) identifies each frequency bin that contains spectral energy below the modified spectral envelope, 3) enhances the spectral energy contained in the at least one frequency bin identified as containing spectral energy above the modified spectral envelope, and 4) compresses the spectral energy contained in each frequency bin identified as containing spectral energy below the modified spectral envelope.