Patent ID: 9320898
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61N,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A device comprising: an electrical stimulation management facility configured to direct a cochlear implant adapted to be implanted within a patient to apply electrical stimulation representative of audio content included in an acoustic stimulation frequency range to the patient by way of one or more electrodes enabled for standard electrical stimulation and disposed within an apical region of a cochlea of the patient; a detection facility communicatively coupled to the electrical stimulation management facility and configured to detect additional audio content presented to the patient and included in the acoustic stimulation frequency range; and an acoustic stimulation management facility communicatively coupled to the detection facility and configured to direct a loudspeaker to apply acoustic stimulation representative of the additional audio content included in the acoustic stimulation frequency range to the patient; wherein the electrical stimulation management facility is further configured to