Patent ID: 9199079
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61N,F04C

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a sound processing optimization system, a first ear of a bilateral cochlear implant patient as being relatively more suited for processing speech than a second ear of the patient; directing, by the sound processing optimization system, a first cochlear implant subsystem associated with the first ear to operate in accordance with a first sound processing program configured to enhance speech perception by the patient; directing, by the sound processing optimization system, a second cochlear implant subsystem associated with the second ear to operate in accordance with a second sound processing program configured to enhance music perception by the patient; detecting, by the sound processing optimization system subsequent to the identifying, a change in one or more environmental factors that make the second ear relatively more suited for processing speech than the first ear; directing, by the sound processing optimization system in response to the detecting of the change in one or more environmental factors, the first cochlear implant subsystem to dynamically switch to operating in accordance with the second sound processing program configured to enhance music perception by the patient; and directing, by the sound processing optimization system in response to the detecting of the change in one or more environmental factors, the second cochlear implant subsystem to dynamically switch to operating in accordance with the first sound processing program configured to enhance speech perception by the patient.