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6659103 Earplug with stiffener  
An earplug includes a body of soft elastomeric material such as a soft resilient foam for insertion in the ear canal, and a stiffener of more rigid material than the body. The stiffener is in the...
6622816 Personal protective devices having an energy activated material  
A personal protective device is disclosed. The personal protective device comprises at least one energy-activated material, disposed within or on the personal protective device. The energy...
6622815 Transducer support pad  
A support pad for use in a hearing device of the type comprising a casing having an inner surface defining a cavity; and a sound receiving, amplification and transmitting system within the cavity...
6595317 Custom-moulded ear-plug device  
A hearing aid ear-plug device and process for its manufacture, including a resilient, custom-molded outer shell adapting to the dynamics of its area of application including the ability to adapt to...
6585075 Hearing aid having hard mounted speaker and energy absorbing tip  
A hearing aid having a speaker that is hard mounted to the housing of the hearing aid and has an energy absorbing tip at that end of the hearing aid that is innermost in the ear and closest to the...
6540045 Method for manufacturing an ear device and ear device  
A method for manufacturing ear devices that are individualized for individuals. Data of the three-dimensional shape of each individual's area of application for a hearing device is provided....
6532295 Method for fitting a universal hearing device shell and conformal tip in an ear canal  
A method for fitting a hearing device in an ear canal, comprises, providing a receiver module sized and shaped to fit in any of a wide range of ear canals, selecting a conformal tip from a...
6513621 Method of producing and making use of ear tips having a filled airtight chamber  
This invention discloses an ear tip used in connection with a stethoscope. Whereby the disclosed ear tip is formed of a single piece of molded elastomeric material that is inverted and sealed to...
6427800 Ear plug and method of manufacturing an ear plug  
The invention relates to a sound-attenuating ear plug, comprising an elongate elastic body ( 103 ) adapted to be inserted at least partially into an auditory meatus. A foil ( 117 ) which is rounded...
6412593 Cushioned earphones  
An earphone having a drive unit ( 22 ) carried by an earphone shell ( 20 ) and covered by an ear cushion ( 24 ) of auxetic foam.
6401859 Custom-molded ear-plug, and process for producing a custom-molded ear-plug device  
A device and process for uniquely identifying customized hearing aids and hearing aid parts. The device and process is also useful for facilitating the manufacture of a customized hearing aids and...
6393130 Deformable, multi-material hearing aid housing  
A compliant hearing aid has a housing formed with an exterior peripheral layer of a deformable material. Electronic components located within the deformable layer can be encapsulated, at least in...
6386314 Flexible earphone assembly for use during hearing screening  
An earphone assembly is disclosed that includes an annular baffle having an outer surface and an inner surface as well as an interior wall and an exterior wall. The interior wall defines a central...
6382346 Retention and extraction device for a hearing aid  
A hearing aid retention and extraction device comprises a retention ring having an outer bonding surface and an inner grasping surface, and an elongate member extending from the retention ring. The...
6367578 Hearing aid sound seal device  
A hearing aid sound seal device for preventing audio feedback. The hearing aid sound seal device includes a support assembly being adapted to be securely and removably disposed about a hearing aid...
6364052 Earplugs with surface ornamentation  
Noise-reducing earplugs include a configuration and surface ornamentation to resemble a product other than earplugs, or a container for such a product. For example, such earplugs may have a...
6349790 Self-cleaning cerumen guard for a hearing device  
A self-cleaning cerumen guard includes a thermally activated element. The cerumen guard is mounted on the distal end of a hearing device adjacent to a sound port. The thermally activated element is...
6345684 Checkable earplug  
An earplug has a front portion ( 14 ) for entering the ear canal and a rear portion ( 16 ) that serves as a handle, with a marking ( 56 ) near their intersection to indicate to a supervisor whether...
6286622 Hearing protector  
A hearing protector, including a sealing body with a channel, and a muffling device which is connected to the sealing body and connects to the channel. When the sealing body is placed in an...
6256396 Self-fitting hearing protection earplug with facile insertion mechanism  
A self-fitting hearing protection earplug is disclosed that may be easily inserted or withdrawn from an external auditory meatus by first operating an extension mechanism to reduce the diameter of...
6253871 Disposable in-the-ear monitoring instrument using a flexible earmold and casing, and method of manufacture  
A disposable in-the-ear monitoring instrument includes a monitoring assembly for monitoring one or more vital health signs of a user, a transmitter assembly for transmitting the monitored vital...
6241041 Multi-cone earplug and method of forming and using  
An earplug is described, of the type which has an elongated stem (12, FIG. 2) and a plurality of hollow cone elements (20-24) each centered on the stem and spaced along a forward portion thereon,...
6208741 Battery enclosure for canal hearing devices  
The present invention provides an extremely space efficient battery enclosure and battery replacement methods for miniature hearing devices that are deeply and entirely positioned within the ear...
6164409 Wax guard membrane for hearing aids  
A non porous wax guard for an in-the-canal hearing aid is in the form of a membrane or diaphragm which completely covers the mouth of the round or other shape outlet of the hearing aid. The...
6138790 Band earplug adapted to prevent soiling  
A noise blocking band earplug has a band (12) with outer portions (44, 46) that are bent to prevent the ear-engaging pods (20, 22) from touching the ground, whether placed right-side-up or...
6129175 Acoustical control plastisol earpieces  
An acoustical control earpiece comprised of non-foamed polyvinyl chloride plastisol. The earpieces may be acoustical hearing protective earplugs as well as overmolds and covers for audio sound...
6129174 Minimal contact replaceable acoustic coupler  
An acoustic coupler adapted for use with an intracanal receiver module can be deeply inserted into the ear canal of the user while making minimal contact with the walls of the ear canal. The...
6105715 Multi-color variably attenuating earplug  
The present invention provides an earplug having a plurality of visual zones. In one embodiment, the earplug includes a first visual zone, a second visual zone, and a third visual zone. The first,...
6105713 Cover movable by rotation forming a cerumen barrier in a hearing aid  
A movable cover that pivots over a receiver port in the hearing aid shell forms a cerumen barrier. Alternatively, the cerumen barrier includes both a movable cover that pivots over a receiver port...
6094492 Bone conduction voice transmission apparatus and system  
A voice sound transmitting unit having an earpiece that is adapted for insertion into the external auditory canal of a user, the earpiece having both a bone conduction sensor and an air conduction...
6082485 Adjustable earplug  
An earplug has a rotationally adjustable gating mechanism for adjustable attenuation of treble sounds. The plug includes a conventional earplug foam body for conforming to and wedging in the ear...
6070693 Hearing protector against loud noise  
The invention relates to a hearing protector for attenuating, selectively or not, noises that can have an intensity of up to 190 dB, designed to be inserted in sealing fashion into the auditory...
6068079 Acoustic valve capable of selective and non-linear filtering of sound  
Acoustic valve capable of selective and non-linear filtering of sound and placeable in a perforated ear plug. The acoustic valve consists of a tube enclosing two rigid disks axially spaced opposite...
6035961 Earphone with a soft, compressible housing and adjustable earpiece loop  
An earcap type earphone having a flexible stretching configuration which includes an earphone housing, an ear loop and a speaker, wherein both the ear loop and the earphone housing can be produced...
6006857 Earplug with insertion stem  
An earplug is provided, of a type that includes a soft shell (12) and an insertion stem (16), which facilitates pullout of the earplug from the ear canal and which has an increased ability to block...
6000492 Cerumen block for sound delivery system  
An earpiece for a sound delivery system has a sound output port for delivering sound into the ear canal of the user. A cerumen block is provided to prevent cerumen or earwax from blocking the sound...
5999632 Fixation element for an implantable microphone  
A fixation element secures to a patient's ear an implantable microphone having a cylindrical housing part with an acoustic inlet membrane after insertion into a hole which crosses a rear bony wall...
5979589 Flexible hearing aid  
An earmold for a hearing aid includes a cylindrical tube of a soft, pliable material having a cylindrical passage therethrough. A plurality of conical fins project outward from the tube and are...
5970795 Apparatus and method for testing attenuation of in-use insert hearing protectors  
The system is designed for the purpose of providing a means of conducting objective assessment of the actual or "real world" attenuation which is provided by insert-type hearing protection (IHP)...
5936208 Hearing protector against loud noises  
The invention relates to a hearing protector for attenuating, selectively or not, noises that can have an intensity of up to 190 dB, designed to be inserted in sealing fashion into the auditory...
5824966 Enhanced band earplug  
A noise blocking band earplug has a band (12) with outer portions (44, 46) that are bent to prevent the ear-engaging pods (20, 22) from touching the ground, whether placed right-side-up or...
5824967 Ear muffler  
An ear muffler device suitable for coupling to the entrance of the ear canal of a person to reduce the level of ambient noise in the ear canal. The device includes a muffler tube of appropriate...
5824968 Ear tips having a plurality of ear contacting surfaces  
An ear tip having a central portion and two end portions is described. The end portions each have ear contacting surfaces that are sized and shaped to contact the ear of the user. The ear tips are...
5792998 Acoustical hearing protective devices utilizing dynamically stiff foam and methods of producing same  
An earmuff cushion and other foam hearing protective components such as earplugs and pods for semi-aural hearing protectors and earplugs providing improved attenuation are described. The cushion...
5781637 Method for fabricating a hearing aid faceplate and a faceplate produced thereby  
A method for forming a standardized faceplate for an individually adapted in-the-ear hearing aid shell which matches the physical characteristics of the hearing aid user's ear, and for fabricating...
5712453 Concha headset stabilizer  
An apparatus for stabilizing a concha style headset comprises a receiver attachment that couples to the body of the receiver of the headset, a flexible and resilient support member extending from...
5682020 Sealing of hearing aid to ear canal  
A device for providing a seal between a sound-blocking or sound-transmitting device, especially an "in the ear" hearing aid, and the ear canal into which it is inserted. This device comprises a...
5668354 Earplug assembly and eyewear assembly  
An earplug assembly. The assembly includes a pair of earplugs adapted for insertion into the ear canal of an individual and an attachment member securely connected to each plug. The attachment...
5659156 Earmolds for two-way communications devices  
Earmolds for holding communications devices within the ear in a secure and comfortable manner. The earmolds are designed to minimize protrusion into the ear canal, while providing security by...
5654530 Auditory canal insert for hearing aids  
For retention and sound-damping sealing of members introducible into the auditory canal, such as hearing aid housings, otoplastics or ear adapters, an annularly fashioned seal and retainer element...
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