1. A device, comprising: an implantable hearing system, including: an implantable microphone operative to generate microphone output responses; an amplifier operative to receive said microphone output responses and generate amplifier output responses, wherein said amplifier output responses are dependent upon a characteristic of said microphone output responses; a signal processor operative to receive said amplifier output responses and further operative to process said amplifier output responses and generate signal processor output responses; and an implantable auditory stimulation device operative to stimulate an auditory component of a patient in accordance with said signal processor output responses.