US 7,502,653 B2
Cochlear implant having patient-specific parameter storage
Christopher Newton Daly, Bilgoa Plateau N.S.W. (Australia)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Lane Cove (Australia)
Appl. No. 10/333,676
PCT Filed Jul. 06, 2001, PCT No. PCT/AU01/00811
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 27, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/003956, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0024429 A1, Feb. 05, 2004
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 607—57 69 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cochlear implant device comprising:
an internal component implantable in a patient, comprising:
a second memory having patient-specific parameters stored therein during a prior programming operation
an electrode array configured to provide stimulation to a cochlea of the patient; and
an external component configured to be worn by the patient comprising:
a first memory adapted to have stored therein said patient-specific parameters for the patient, and
a speech processor configured to download said patient-specific parameters from said second memory to said first memory, and to utilize said downloaded patient-specific parameters stored in said first memory to perform speech processing operations customized for the patient.