Patent ID: 11910165
Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method of evoking a hearing percept, comprising:
removably attaching an external component including a vibrator portion of a passive transcutaneous bone conduction device, a sound processor, and a microphone, to skin of a recipient; and
generating vibrations with the vibrator portion such that the generated vibrations are transferred into skin of the recipient and into underlying bone of the recipient so as to evoke a hearing percept, wherein
the vibrator portion, the sound processor and the microphone are located proximate the area of skin of the recipient into which the generated vibrations are transferred;
the external component is a behind-the-ear (BTE) device,
the action generating the vibrations to evoke a hearing percept is executed with the BTE device on one side of a head of the recipient of the BTE device,
the method further comprises:
moving the BTE device to an opposite side of the head of the recipient and generating vibrations with the vibrator portion such that the generated vibrations are transferred into skin of the recipient on the opposite side of the head and into underlying bone of the recipient on the opposite side of the head so as to evoke a second hearing percept, and

a portion of the BTE device facing forward, relative to a face of a recipient, when used on the one side of the head also faces forward when used on the opposite side of the head.