Patent ID: 9615180
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61N,H04R

Claim:
1. A sound processor apparatus included in an auditory prosthesis system that also includes a cochlear implant configured to be implanted within a patient, the sound processor apparatus comprising: an earhook interface assembly that includes a plurality of contacts and that is configured to interchangeably connect, by way of the plurality of contacts, to a control module communicatively coupled to the plurality of contacts and that is configured to selectively operate in an input mode or in an output mode; wherein, while operating in the input mode, the control module uses the plurality of contacts as input ports to receive one or more audio signals detected by the microphone assembly while the microphone assembly is connected to the earhook interface assembly; and wherein, while operating in the output mode, the control module uses the plurality of contacts as output ports to output one or more EAS signals to the EAS receiver assembly while the EAS receiver assembly is connected to the earhook interface assembly, the one or more EAS signals representative of the audio content included in the particular frequency band that does not include the at least one frequency represented by the electrical stimulation applied by the cochlear implant.