Hearing Prosthesis with Accessory Detection

摘要

The present application discloses hearing prostheses with two modes of operation and methods for operating the prostheses. In the first mode of operation, a hearing prosthesis receives a microphone input and produces an output based on the microphone input. In the second mode of operation, the hearing prosthesis may detect an accessory input signal and switch to an accessory input mode. The second mode of operation may produce an output that is based at least in part on the accessory input signal. Some embodiments may include detecting an accessory input signal with a detector. In response to detecting an accessory input signal, the hearing prosthesis may switch to an accessory operation mode. When the accessory input signal is not detected, the hearing prosthesis may operate in microphone operation mode.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting an input signal from an accessory associated with a hearing prosthesis; and generating an output signal based at least in part on the input signal from the accessory in response to detecting that the input signal includes audio data from the accessory.