Patent ID: 8550977

Claim:
A method for use with an implantable auditory stimulation system, comprising: generating a first drive signal at a first supercutaneous unit, the first drive signal being based on a first captured sound signal; transcutaneously wirelessly transmitting said first drive signal from said first supercutaneous unit to a second subcutaneous implant module of the implantable auditory stimulation system; actuating a subcutaneously implanted stimulation device in communication with the second subcutaneous implant module to evoke a hearing percept based on the transmitted first drive signal; generating a second drive signal at a first subcutaneous implant module; wirelessly transmitting said second drive signal from said first subcutaneous implant module to the second subcutaneous implant module; transcutaneously receiving, at said first implant module, at least one of magnetic signals and electromagnetic signals; and utilizing said at least one of magnetic signals and electromagnetic signals to recharge a power supply associated with said first implant module, wherein transcutaneously wirelessly transmitting said first drive signal from the first supercutaneous unit to the second subcutaneous implant module is executed without said first subcutaneous implant module being implanted in a recipient of the implantable auditory stimulation system.