Systems and methods for facilitating binaural hearing by a cochlear implant patient

摘要

An exemplary system for facilitating binaural hearing by a cochlear implant patient includes 1) a spectral analysis facility configured to divide a first audio signal presented to a first ear of the patient and a second audio signal presented to a second ear of the patient into first and second sets of analysis channels, respectively, and 2) a processing facility configured to process acoustic content contained in a first analysis channel included in the first set of analysis channels and acoustic content contained in a second analysis channel included in the second set of analysis channels, mix the processed acoustic content contained in the first and second analysis channels, and direct a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of the mixed acoustic content to the first ear by way of a stimulation channel that corresponds to the first analysis channel.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a spectral analysis facility configured to
divide a first audio signal detected by a first microphone associated with a first ear of a cochlear implant patient into a first set of analysis channels, anddivide a second audio signal detected by a second microphone associated with a second ear of the patient into a second set of analysis channels corresponding to the first set of analysis channels; and a processing facility communicatively coupled to the spectral analysis facility and configured to
process, in accordance with a binaural processing heuristic, acoustic content contained in a first analysis channel included in the first set of analysis channels and acoustic content contained in a second analysis channel included in the second set of analysis channels, the first and second analysis channels both corresponding to a particular frequency band,mix the processed acoustic content contained in the first and second analysis channels, anddirect a cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of the mixed acoustic content to the first ear by way of a stimulation channel that corresponds to the first analysis channel.