Patent ID: 11863940
Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. A hearing prosthesis, comprising:
a behind the ear (BTE) device including a microphone, wherein
the BTE device is configured to be secured behind a pinna of a human,
the hearing prosthesis is configured such that the microphone is located at least approximately over a styloid process of the human,
the hearing prosthesis is configured to evoke a hearing percept in the human based on sound captured by the microphone, and
the hearing prosthesis is configured such that the microphone is located at least one of:
(i) at a lower portion of the BTE device when the BTE device is secured behind the pinna; or
(ii) below an ear canal of the human when the BTE device is secured behind the pinna.