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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2016
Kuang-chao Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuang-Chao Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Liang Yeh, Hsinchu, TW;
KUANG-CHAO CHEN, New Taipei, TW;
SILICON MOTION, INC., Jhubei, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An external electronic ear device includes a housing, an external magnet, a microphone, a processing circuit and a wireless signal transmitter circuit. The external magnet is disposed in the housing and attracts a receiver magnet disposed under a scalp of a user. The microphone is disposed in the housing and receives an external sound and generates a sound signal corresponding to the external sound. The processing circuit is disposed in the housing and converts the sound signal into an electrode driving signal. The wireless signal transmitter circuit is disposed in the housing and transmits the electrode driving signal to a cochlear implant device in the cochlear system. The cochlear implant device converts the electrode driving signal into a plurality of electrode currents, and a plurality of electrical pulses are generated in a cochlear nerve of the user through a plurality of electrodes according to the electrode currents.