| 摘要 |
<p>An In-The-Ear (ITE) microphone (22) improves the acoustic response of an Implantable Cochlar Stimulation (ICS) system during telephone use. An acoustically sealed volume may be provided by holding a telephone earpiece against the outer ear. The ITE microphone (22) is positioned to receive sound from the sealed volume. The result provides improved coupling of low frequency (up to about 1 KHz) sound waves, sufficient to overcome losses due to the near field acoustic characteristics resulting from the telephone microphone cooperation. In a preferred embodiment, the microphone (34) is connected to an ear hook (24) by a short bendable stalk (28), which earhook (24) is adapted to connect to a Behind-The-Ear speech Processor (10) of an ICS system.</p> |
