Patent Document ID: 20050129262
Application ID: 10993359
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An auditory prosthesis comprising: a microphone for receiving sound and producing a microphone signal corresponding to the received sound; an output device for providing audio signals in a form receivable by a user of the prosthesis; sound processing means operable to receive the microphone signal and carry out processing operations on the microphone signal to produce an output signal in a form suitable to operate the output device, and user control means; wherein the processing means is operable in a first mode in which the processing operation comprises at least one variable processing factor which is adjustable by a user using the user control means to a corresponding setting which causes the output signal of the sound processing means to be adjusted according to the preference of the user in the current acoustic environment; and wherein the sound processing means is simultaneously operable in a second mode in which at least one of the at least one variable processing factor(s) is automatically adjusted on the basis of one or more previously selected settings.