|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
8175281 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Method and apparatus for a binaural hearing assistance system using monaural audio signals
The present application provides method and apparatus for a binaural hearing assistance system using a monaural audio signal input. The system, in various examples, provides adjustable delay/phase...
|
|
|
8175306 |
Wireless communication between devices of a hearing prosthesis
A method of wireless communication between hearing aid devices of a hearing prosthesis. A first device selects a frequency channel for bidirectional wireless communication from a predefined series...
|
|
|
8169938 |
Communication system for wireless audio devices
The present subject matter provides a system for wireless communications between one or more wireless audio devices and other electronics for providing a rich set of streaming audio, control,...
|
|
|
8170219 |
Size adjustable device and method
One or more embodiments may provide for a size adjustable earphone that may include a foldable sleeve attached to an earphone housing. A first end of the foldable sleeve may embrace the earphone...
|
|
|
8165331 |
Hearing apparatus with variably mounted control element
A hearing apparatus is provided with a housing including a first housing mounting element and a control element that is mounted rotatably in the first housing mounting element via a control...
|
|
|
8130971 |
Manually switching dual-mode hearing protector
A manually switching dual-mode hearing protector including an active hearing protection device that does not only provide for acoustic attenuation of ambient sound in order to protect hearing of a...
|
|
|
8130990 |
Fully automatic switching on/off in hearing aids
In a hearing aid system comprising two hearing aids between which wireless signal transmission is provided. The hearing aids are automatically switched on and off. To this end, a field strength or...
|
|
|
8126153 |
Hearing system with partial band signal exchange and corresponding method
A binaural supply with a hearing system is to be enabled, whereby the computing outlay and energy consumption are to be kept as minimal as possible. A hearing system comprising a first hearing...
|
|
|
8121321 |
Hearing aids
The hearing aids comprise a microphone, a signal processor, and a receiver, and have a constitution in which the microphone generates an input signal from an input sound and generate an output...
|
|
|
8121298 |
Hearing aid
The invention is a hearing aid that is mounted on both the left and right ears and generates a notification sound to notify the user to a state change. This hearing aid comprises a first hearing...
|
|
|
8111839 |
Always on headwear recording system
A system that records audio and stores the recording is provided. The system includes first and second monitoring assemblies mounted in an earpiece that occludes and forms an acoustic seal of an...
|
|
|
8073171 |
Method for making a wireless communication link, antenna arrangement and hearing device
So as to adapt an antenna arrangement (13) for RF-signal transmission in a hearing device (5) to different needs of different types of signal-transmission, the bandwidth BW of the antenna...
|
|
|
8069022 |
Method and apparatus for the classification of surface features of an ear impression
A method and apparatus is disclosed whereby a point on an ear impression model to be labeled is selected and a shape context is determined for that point. This shape context is then compared to...
|
|
|
8059825 |
Hearing device system with binaural data logging and corresponding method
The data of a hearing device system with two hearing devices are to be available in a more comfortable manner. To this end, provision is made for each of the two hearing devices to be equipped with...
|
|
|
8050439 |
Hearing aid system
This hearing aid system comprises a first hearing aid (1) and the second hearing aid (2) mounted on the right ear. These each have a microphone (101) for inputting ambient sound, a hearing aid...
|
|
|
8014871 |
Implantable interferometer microphone
A prosthetic hearing device comprising a biocompatible housing having a surface that vibrates in response to sound waves traveling through tissue; and an interferometer mounted in the housing, the...
|
|
|
7877121 |
Modular wireless headset and/or headphones
The modular wireless headset includes at least one wearable earpiece and at least one wearable microphone, where the earpiece is physically separate from the microphone. The wearable earpiece is...
|
|
|
7876906 |
Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals
Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a...
|
|
|
7860262 |
Method to operate a hearing device and arrangement with a hearing device
A hearing device has a transfer function adjustable by a set of parameters. The hearing device can have two microphones, a processing unit, and a speaker unit. A direction identification unit is...
|
|
|
7831052 |
Method and acoustic system for generating stereo signals for each of separate sound sources
In a method and an acoustic system that generate a stereo signal for each of multiple. separate sources, a blind source separation of at least two microphone signals is conducted to acquire BSS...
|
|
|
7822217 |
Hearing assistance systems for providing second-order gradient directional signals
Systems, devices and methods are provided for diotically presenting second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals. The present subject matter provides an improved signal-to-noise ratio, and...
|
|
|
7813698 |
Modular wireless multimedia device
A modular wireless headset includes wearable earpiece(s) and wearable microphone(s), where the earpiece and microphone may be physically separate devices. The wearable earpiece renders inbound...
|
|
|
7796769 |
Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals
Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a...
|
|
|
7784583 |
Deep insertion vented earpiece system
A deep insertion vented earpiece system is described including resilient earpieces shaped to a wearer's ear canal for a conformal fit. A receptacle is provided within the outer surface of each...
|
|
|
7764798 |
Radio frequency interference reduction in connection with mobile phones
A wireless communications apparatus comprises a monitor component that analyzes transmitter operating parameters of the wireless communications apparatus. A generator component generates an...
|
|
|
7761291 |
Method for processing audio-signals
The invention regards a method for processing audio-signals whereby audio signals are captured at two spaced apart locations and subject to a transformation in the perceptual domain (Bar or Mel),...
|
|
|
7756276 |
Audio amplification apparatus
A method of adjusting frequency-dependent amplification in an audio amplification apparatus. The audio amplification apparatus includes a forward transfer path (2) connectable to an output...
|
|
|
7729775 |
Spectral contrast enhancement in a cochlear implant speech processor
Psychophysical tests are administered to cochlear implant (CI) users to determine a spectral modulation transfer function (SMTF), the smallest detectable spectral contrast as a function of spectral...
|
|
|
7715572 |
Custom-fit hearing device kit and method of use
A kit for preparing a custom-fit ear protection molding is provided having a first container containing a compliant material and a second container containing a hardening agent such that when the...
|
|
|
7672823 |
Computerized method for adherence to physical restriction in the construction of an ITE hearing aid
In a computerized method for adherence to physical restrictions in the construction of an ITE hearing aid, each component to be placed in the shell of the hearing aid has a collision plot...
|
|
|
7587052 |
Hearing aid and method for adjusting a hearing aid
The object of the invention is to make the adjustment of a hearing aid more convenient, for which purpose the frequency response data relating to the frequency response individually measured for...
|
|
|
7587058 |
Method and device for matching the phases of microphone signals of a directional microphone of a hearing aid
The phase differences of microphones of a hearing aid microphone are to be reduced. To do this, the level of an output signal (y1(t)) of a directional microphone is compared with an omnidirectional...
|
|
|
7561707 |
Hearing aid system
The user (2) of a binaural hearing aid or communication system (1A, 1B) is to be provided with an easier assignment or identification of acoustic signals generated in the system for keeping a user...
|
|
|
7555356 |
Method for manufacturing a body-worn electronic device adapted to the shape of an individual's body area
A body-worn device, such as a hearing aid, is adapted to the shape of an individual's body area, such as an ear. A digitized, three-dimensional representation of the area is prepared. At least one...
|
|
|
7545944 |
Controlling a gain setting in a hearing instrument
According to the invention, in a hearing instrument it is once or repeatedly checked whether a second hearing instrument is present and active. If a second hearing instrument is active on the...
|
|
|
7526958 |
Audiometer receiver and audiometer
An audiometer having an air-conduction receiver, a bone-conduction receiver, a masking receiver and an audiometer body is provided, in which the air-conduction receiver, the bone-conduction...
|
|
|
7457741 |
Device for transmitting speech information
A device (1) for transmitting speech information to the human body, comprising: a microphone (2) for inputting speech from an external source;a speech signal processor (20) that produces a...
|
|
|
7457426 |
Method to operate a hearing device and arrangement with a hearing device
A hearing device has a transfer function adjustable by a set of parameters. The hearing device can have two microphones, a processing unit, and a speaker unit. A direction identification unit is...
|
|
|
7369669 |
Diotic presentation of second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals
Systems, devices and methods are provided for diotically presenting second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals. The present subject matter provides an improved signal-to-noise ratio, and...
|
|
|
7349741 |
Cochlear implant sound processor with permanently integrated replenishable power source
A cochlear implant sound processor is powered by a rechargeable battery that is permanently integrated into the sound processor. The sound processor contains an inductive coil that may be tuned to...
|
|
|
7317932 |
Portable phone capable of being switched into hearing aid function
The present invention discloses a portable phone using a sound receiving unit installed in the portable phone to receive a sound in the surrounding within an appropriate range, and then using a...
|
|
|
7308107 |
Method for activating a hearing device
A hearing device is activated by operating the hearing device in an operating mode in a first phase after supplying energy to internal circuitry of the hearing device, by operating the hearing...
|
|
|
7295121 |
Methods and apparatus for aurally presenting notification message in an auditory canal
Methods and apparatus for aurally presenting predefined notification messages within an auditory canal of a user are disclosed. Aural notification is provided by positioning a device at least...
|
|
|
7286672 |
Binaural hearing device and method for controlling a hearing device system
A binaural hearing device system comprises a reception device (1) for one ear with at least two input acoustical/electrical converters (3a, 3b). Via a communication link (5) a signal (A1) which...
|
|
|
7245731 |
Device and method for communication of hearing aids
An energy-saving communication is made available in a hearing aid system. For this purpose the individual communication participants are given different priorities, by using data packets of...
|
|
|
7240416 |
Process for manufacturing electrically conductive components
A method of forming a device, such as an electrode array for a cochlear implant. The method comprises a step of forming a predetermined pattern of relatively electrically conductive regions and...
|
|
|
7221765 |
System and method for individualized training of hearing aid users
In a method for individualized training of hearing aid users a number of hearing training courses are stored in a databank. An individual user profile is acquired in a training device. A...
|
|
|
7202774 |
Eye shield sleeping device
The invention is an eye shield sleeping device that has a strap, a pair of eye shields, a pair of ear covers, a timer, one or more speakers, a microphone, and a voice recognition system. The timer...
|
|
|
7016507 |
Method and apparatus for noise reduction particularly in hearing aids
This invention describes a practical application of noise reduction in hearing aids. Although listening in noisy conditions is difficult for persons with normal hearing, hearing impaired...
|
|
|
6920226 |
Hearing aid having a deactivatable signal processing device, and deactivation method
For reducing the power consumption of a hearing aid system, an internal or external hearing aid signal source with a signal line for the transmission of a signal to a hearing aid amplifier and a...
|