IEEE 802.15.4 Wi-Fi module for wireless communication among speech processor and headpiece (Transmitter) of cochlear Implants

The most recent cochlear Implants Naida CI Q70 and Q90 from Advanced Bionics have their external devices such as speech processor and head piece (transmitter), Communicate with the reliable connection oriented network architecture. This architecture is complex with a long cable connected between speech processor and head piece (transmitter). This structure encounter drawbacks, like maintenance of cable, expensive as any small damage requires huge money to be spent on cable. Furthermore its rare and unique structure creates a lot of nuisance with multiple enquiries from the people leading to the frustration while answering them. Hence the idea is to Design Wireless Communication system for a CI device is the thought process. The proposed Architecture uses the ‘UART to WIFI module’ and it is available in the market. We have used IEEE 802.15.4 Wi-Fi module to configure Speech Processor and Head Piece (Transmitter) of CI as Wi-Fi module that has hotspot for communication. This module provides AT commands to configure the WIFI. The Voice processing system has been configured for maximum distance between two WIFI modules as maximum 100mts (practical around 30mts of IEEE 802.15.4 capacity). In this paper we have provided sufficient results through simulation using Sound Wave audio logical software.