Patent ID: 7899543

Claim:
An interposer unit for use with a BTE speech processor and a battery of a cochlear implant system, the interposer unit being adapted to be interposed between the BTE speech processor and the battery, the interposer unit comprising: a module having a first side adapted to contact the BTE speech processor and a second side adapted to contact the battery when the module is interposed between the BTE speech processor and the battery; a BTE interface port located on the first side of the module, the BTE interface port having electrical contacts adapted to make electrical connections with electronic circuits within the BTE speech processor when the module in interposed between the BTE speech processor and the battery; communication means for establishing a communication link between the electrical contacts of the BTE interface port and a device remote from the module; and power terminals located on the first side of the module and corresponding power terminals located on the second side of the module, the power terminals on the first side of the module being electrically connected to corresponding power terminals on the second side of the module, wherein power connections from the battery pass through the module to the BTE sound processor when the module is interposed between the BTE speech processor and the battery.