Patent 10111017 was granted and assigned to Cochlear Limited on October, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A device, including an actuator configured to evoke a hearing percept via actuation thereof, wherein the device is configured to make a detection of at least one phenomenon related to the actuator that is indicative of a recipient of the device speaking and control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is configured to control an operation of the device based on the detection.