Patent ID: 8824710
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing prosthesis system comprising: a receiver arranged to receive audio; output circuitry for providing output to a recipient of the hearing prosthesis system; and a processor arranged to receive a first signal representing the audio received by the receiver, to transform the first signal into a second signal representing the audio received by the receiver, and to convey the second signal or a third signal based on the second signal to the output circuitry, wherein the processor includes a first processing mode, in accordance with which the processor is operable to transform the first signal into an intermediate signal, further wherein the processor includes a second processing mode, in accordance with which the processor is operable to transform the intermediate signal into the second signal, wherein the processor is further operable to manage the first signal processing mode and the second signal processing mode by: (a) determining a first environmental classification of the first signal, wherein the first environmental classification classifies a sound environment of the first signal; (b) based on the determined first environmental classification, carrying out at least one function selected from the group consisting of enabling the first processing mode, modifying the first processing mode, and disabling the first processing mode, wherein when the processor disables the first processing mode the intermediate signal is substantially similar to the first signal; (c) determining a second environmental classification of the intermediate signal, wherein the second environmental classification classifies a sound environment of the intermediate signal; and (d) based on the determined second environmental classification, carrying out at least one function selected from the group consisting of enabling the second processing mode, modifying the second processing mode, and disabling the second processing mode, wherein when the processor disables the second processing mode the second signal is substantially similar to the intermediate signal.