Patent ID: 9532151
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04R

Claim Text:
1. A sound processor for use with a cochlear implant, the sound processor comprising: a sound processor housing that is not configured to be carried on the user's ear and that defines a sound processor housing longitudinal axis that extends in a direction; a microphone array including first and second microphones carried within the sound processor housing such that the microphone array is not movable relative to the sound processor housing, and defining a microphone array axis that extends in the same direction as the sound processor housing longitudinal axis; and sound processor circuitry, operably connected to the first and second microphones and located within the sound processor housing, configured to determine whether or not sounds received by the first and second microphones arrive from a direction at which the microphone array axis points, to attenuate sounds received by the first and second microphones that do not arrive from the direction at which the microphone array axis points, and to generate a pulse sequence for use by the cochlear implant.