There is provided a neural stimulation system, comprising a microphone arrangement (20, 120) for capturing an audio signal from ambient sound, a sound processor unit (24), a headpiece (26), and an implantable neural stimulator (14), the sound processor unit comprising a housing (50) to be worn behind a patients ear or at a patients body, and a signal processing unit (34) within the sound processor unit housing for generating a neural stimulation signal from the captured audio signal, the sound processor being communicatively coupled to the headpiece for supplying the neural stimulation signal to the headpiece, the headpiece comprising a housing (52) separate from the housing of the sound processor and to be fixed at the patients head, a signal transmission unit (28) for transmitting the neural stimulation signal to a signal receiving unit (54) of the implantable cochlear stimulator, and a user interface (40, 140, 240) for controlling operation of the sound processor unit, the user interface being configured for being manually operated by the patient, the neural stimulator being configured to stimulate the patients hearing according to the neural stimulation signal by cochlea stimulation, intraneural stimulation or brainstem stimulation.Linvention concerne un système de stimulation neurale, comprenant un agencement de microphone (20 120) pour capturer un signal audio à partir dun son ambiant, une unité de processeur de son (24), une oreillette (26) et un stimulateur neural implantable (14). Lunité de processeur de son comprend un boîtier (50) devant être porté derrière loreille dun patient ou au niveau du corps dun patient, et une unité de traitement de signal (34) à lintérieur du boîtier dunité de processeur de son pour générer un signal de stimulation neurale à partir du signal audio capturé, le processeur de son étant couplé à loreillette de façon à communiquer pour fournir le signal de stimulation neurale à loreillette, loreillette comprend un boîtier (52) séparé
