Patent ID: 11956599
Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  F | IPC A  F  H

Claim 13:
14. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing including at least one acoustic port;
a microphone positioned within the housing; and
at least one light source that is separate from the microphone and positioned within the housing, wherein light emitted from the at least one light source is observable outside of the housing via at least one translucent member located at the at least one acoustic port,
wherein the microphone is a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone electrically mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) within the housing, and wherein the at least one light source is also electrically mounted on the PCB,
wherein the MEMS microphone is mounted on a first surface of the PCB and the at least one light source is mounted on a second surface of the PCB, and wherein the first surface of the PCB and the second surface of the PCB are on opposing sides of the PCB.