Patent ID: 8023677
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A61N,H04R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A Behind The Ear (BTE) Implantable Cochlear Stimulation (ICS) system comprising: a BTE device including a BTE speech processor; an earhook removably attachable to the BTE speech processor; a microphone, wherein the microphone converts audio sounds into electrical signals which are processed by the speech processor to generate signals provided to an implantable circuit adapted to generate electrical pulses to stimulate nerves in the cochlea, wherein the microphone includes a soundport on one end and multiple terminals on the other; a bendable, formable stalk connected between the microphone and the earhook for positioning the soundport to receive sound from an earpiece of a communications handset held to the ear, wherein the soundport is open to the volume between the earpiece and the ear; and means for electrically connecting the terminal end of the microphone to the BTE speech processor.