Patent ID: 8155747

Claim:
A system for modifying the parameters of acoustic and electric stimulation hearing devices, comprising: a computer provided with access to software that is configured to communicate with and modify parameters of at least one of (a) a hearing aid and a cochlear implant speech processor and (b) the acoustic and electric elements of an electric-acoustic processor; wherein the hearing aid and the acoustic elements of an electric-acoustic processor are devices that are configured to generate or apply acoustic stimulation signals to the acoustic sensing organs of the ear, the acoustic stimulation signals being sound waves directed into the ear canal; wherein the cochlear implant speech processor and the electric elements of an electric-acoustic processor are devices that are configured to generate or apply electric stimulation signals to the auditory nerve of the ear, the electric stimulation signals being stimulation current applied to electrodes implanted within the cochlea of the ear; wherein the hearing aid and the cochlear implant speech processor, or the acoustic and electric elements of the electric-acoustic processor, are situated in the same ear and are configured to generate or apply both acoustic stimulation signals to the acoustic sensing organs of the ear and electric stimulation signals to the auditory nerve of the same ear.