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    • 86. 发明授权
    • Sound processing for a bilateral cochlear implant system
    • US10226624B2
    • 2019-03-12
    • US15187865
    • 2016-06-21
    • OTICON MEDICAL A/S
    • Mathias DietzBradford Backus
    • A61N1/00A61N1/36A61N1/05H04R25/00
    • According to an embodiment, a method for producing stimulation pulses in a bilateral cochlear implant (CI) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a sound at a first microphone or a first microphone array positioned at or in the vicinity of a first ear of a user of the bilateral CI and receiving the sound at a second microphone or a second microphone array positioned at or in the vicinity of a second ear of the user of the bilateral CI. Furthermore, generating, using the first microphone or first microphone array, a first microphone signal in response to the sound received at the first microphone or first microphone array and generating, using the second microphone or second microphone array, a second microphone signal in response to the sound received at the second microphone or second microphone array. This is followed by filtering the first microphone signal into a plurality of band limited first microphone signals and a filtering the second microphone signals into a plurality of band limited second microphone signals. Later, determining a major sound based on analysis of the first microphone signal and/or the second microphone signal and/or at least one of the plurality of band limited first microphone signals and/or at least one of the plurality of band limited second microphone signals and extracting direction of arrival of the major sound. Based on the determined major source, a primary pulse pattern is generated and a secondary pulse pattern comprising for example a delayed and/or attenuated copy of the generated primary pulse pattern is then generated. The amount of delay and/or attenuation is based on the extracted direction of arrival. Finally, stimulating one cochlea using a primary stimulation pulse that is based on the primary pulse pattern and stimulating the other cochlea using a secondary stimulation pulse that is based on the secondary pulse pattern.