Patent ID: 7769194

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a Behind The Ear (BTE) Implantable Cochlear Stimulation (ICS) system, the BTE including a removable earhook and the ICS system including a speech processor, the apparatus comprising: a microphone assembly, wherein the microphone assembly includes a microphone, wherein the microphone includes means for electrically connecting the microphone to the speech processor; means for securing the microphone assembly to the BTE ICS system, and means for adjusting the microphone to receive sound waves through a port, wherein the securing means includes a first end attached to the earhook and a second end directed towards the inside of a user's ear; wherein the microphone assembly is attached to the second end of the securing means; and wherein the microphone assembly is adjusted so that when an earpiece of a communications handset is held to the ear, the port is open to the volume between the earpiece and the ear.