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7599508 |
Listening device cap
An assistive listening device cap attaches to a headpiece of a cochlear implant behind-the-ear (BTE) unit, an other BTE unit, an earhook, or an external component unit to supplement or replace...
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7564988 |
Audio apparatus
Audio apparatus ( 30 ) comprising a piezoelectric transducer ( 44 ) and coupling means ( 54 ) for coupling the transducer to a user's pinna ( 32 ) whereby the transducer excites vibration in the...
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7526096 |
In the ear auxiliary microphone for behind the ear hearing prosthetic
An In The Ear (ITE) microphone which converts audio sounds into electrical signals which are then processed by a speech processor to generate electrical pulses to stimulate nerves in the cochlea,...
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7496206 |
Hearing aid with a magnetic field-controlled switch, and operating method therefor
In a hearing aid with a magnetic field-controlled switch and a method for operating such a hearing aid, the magnetic field sensor for automatically switching the hearing aid is miniaturized and...
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7471801 |
Device for the generation of or monitoring of vibrations
The present invention relates to an electromagnetic vibrator of variable reluctance type, according to a new principle which provides higher efficiency, smaller dimension, and higher reliability...
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7466833 |
Bone vibrating speaker using the diaphragm and mobile phone thereby
In a bone conduction speaker, a body has a shape of a cylinder, and a vibrating plate is inserted to a mastoid to close an upper opening portion of the body. An auxiliary vibrating plate is...
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7433484 |
Acoustic vibration sensor
An acoustic vibration sensor, also referred to as a speech sensing device, is provided. The acoustic vibration sensor receives speech signals of a human talker and, in response, generates...
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7421087 |
Transducer for electromagnetic hearing devices
A hearing system for producing audio signals perceptible to an individual. The hearing system includes a transducer having a surface adapted to attach to a middle-ear acoustic member of the...
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7409070 |
Implant device
An implant device for bone anchored hearing aids of the type that include a screw-shaped anchoring element for anchorage in the bone tissue, an abutment sleeve for skin penetration and arranged to...
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7376237 |
Vibrator for bone-conduction hearing
The vibrator system is for generating bone conduction vibrations. A magnet ( 8 a ) provides a static magnetic flux (Φ 1 ) that follows a first path. A bobbin ( 4 a ) is disposed at a center a...
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7366316 |
Device to transmit and receive data for remote control of hearing devices
A device to transmit and receive data for remote control of hearing devices has a reduced size achieved by the transmitter coils of the transmitter and the receiver coil of the receiver being wound...
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7319773 |
Subminiature bone vibrating speaker using the diaphragm and mobile phone thereby
The present invention relates to a subminiature bone conduction speaker by using a vibrating plate and a mobile phone having the subminiature bone conduction speaker. A subminiature bone conduction...
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7319771 |
Vibrator for bone conducted hearing aids
A vibrator for a bone conduction type hearing aid device. The vibrator includes a coil for generating a dynamic magnetic field and two permanent magnets for generating a static magnetic field. The...
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7317807 |
Apparatus for communication coupling with a hearing aid
An improved communication coupling device having a coupler coil with about 125 turns of wire about a core having a hole for use with a hearing aid having a hearing aid coil to accommodate...
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7302071 |
Bone conduction hearing assistance device
A bone conduction hearing aid includes an in-the-ear (ITE) component and a behind-the-ear (BTE) component. A bone vibrator is carried by the ITE component and positioned in the concha of the ear...
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7292695 |
Bone conductive speaker
A bone conductive speaker is downsized without causing any loss in efficiency, simple in construction low in cost, and comprises yoke ( 2 ), magnet ( 3 ) disposed in a central area of the yoke, and...
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7289639 |
Hearing implant
The present invention relates to a hearing aid system comprising a hearing implant and a method of powering a hearing implant, the system comprising an external ear canal module and an implant,...
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7269266 |
Method and apparatus for tooth bone conduction microphone
A tooth microphone apparatus worn in a human mouth that includes a sound transducer element in contact with at least one tooth in mouth, the transducer producing an electrical signal in response to...
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7266209 |
Cochlear implants with a stimulus in the human ultrasonic range and method for stimulating a cochlea
A cochlear implant system for a patient's cochlea includes an external processor and an implanted internal unit. The internal unit includes one electrode for inserting in the patient's cochlea, and...
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7266208 |
Auditory aid device for the rehabilitation of patients suffering from partial neurosensory hearing loss
The invention concerns a hearing aid comprising: an outer housing ( 1 ) containing a signal processing module ( 11 ) connected in input to at least a microphone ( 13 ) and in output to an earphone...
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7242786 |
Vibrator damping
A variable-reluctance type vibrator for generating vibrations in a bone anchored hearing aid. The vibrator includes a vibrator plate and a bobbin base with a vibrator gap therebetween. The vibrator...
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7209569 |
Earpiece with an inertial sensor
A communication device includes an earpiece housing adapted for fitting to an ear of a user such that the earpiece does not block the canal, an inertial sensor operatively connected to the earpiece...
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7197152 |
Frequency response equalization system for hearing aid microphones
A system and method to compensate for changes in the frequency response of a microphone caused by factors interfering with the receipt of acoustic sound in the microphone. The system includes at...
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7177435 |
Living organism conductive actuator
The invention provides an optimal structure able to reduce sound leakage and improve transmission characteristics and control a vibration transmitting path of internal and external portions in a...
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7167572 |
In the ear auxiliary microphone system for behind the ear hearing prosthetic
An In The Ear (ITE) microphone improves the acoustic response of a Behind The Ear (BTE) Implantable Cochlear Stimulation (ICS) system during telephone use. An acoustic seal provided by holding a...
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7127078 |
Implanted outer ear canal hearing aid
A hearing aid system including an implant ( 60 ) configured for insertion into a recess ( 40 ) formed under the skin of the retro-auricular space ( 50 ), which implant does not occlude the ear...
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7116794 |
Hearing-aid anchoring element
A hearing aid anchoring fixture ( 104 ) for anchoring a direct bone conduction hearing aid ( 108 ) to the skull bone ( 106 ), comprising a threaded portion ( 110 ) that has at least one cutting...
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7076077 |
Bone conduction headset
An object of the invention resides in the provision of a bone conduction headset, which is inconspicuous in appearance during wearing thereof, adapted for use in avoiding absorbing nearby people's...
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7065223 |
Hearing-aid interconnection system
The hearing-aid interconnection system has a skin-penetrating hearing-aid abutment ( 2 ) and a fixture ( 4 ) anchored in a skull bone ( 6 ). A first press fit is formed between a first contact...
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7058192 |
Fixation element for an implantable microphone
A fixation element for an implantable microphone is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the fixation element comprises an essentially cylindrical portion adapted to be inserted into a bore which...
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7043279 |
Handsfree structure with antibackground noise function
A handsfree structure with antibackground noise function, comprising: a male plug, coupled to an output of a mobilephone; a voice receiving device, coupled to said male plug by a wire for picking...
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7043040 |
Hearing aid apparatus
A hearing aid apparatus is intended for sound transmission from one side of the head to the cochlea on the other side of the head for rehabilitation of patients with unilateral hearing loss. The...
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6964642 |
Apparatus for bone conduction threshold hearing test
An apparatus for bone conduction hearing testing is provided. The apparatus comprises a planar spring having opposed first and second elements to which are coupled, respectively, a bone conduction...
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6957049 |
Mobile communication unit with bone conduction speaker
A lightweight miniature mobile communication unit allows the user to listen sufficiently and talk quietly in a noisy place so that the user can make a call without disturbing nearby people in the...
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6940989 |
Direct tympanic drive via a floating filament assembly
A canal hearing device has a subminiature filament assembly which vibrates and directly drives the tympanic membrane (eardrum) and imparts audible mechanical vibrations thereto. The filament...
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6907130 |
Speech processing system and method using pseudospontaneous stimulation
A apparatus and method for inner ear implants is provided that generates signal processing stochastic independence activity across the excited neural population. A high rate pulse train can produce...
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6898448 |
Miniature vocal transmitter device
A vocal transmitter device includes a cable-receiving structure, an earphone, a fastener and a microphone. The cable-receiving structure has a case, a cable-winding plate, a connection cable, and a...
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6885753 |
Communication device using bone conduction
A communication device comprising a microphone, a conduction interface and an electromechanical force transducer mounted to the conduction interface to drive the interface to conduct sound to a...
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6839443 |
Bone conduction speaker
A bone conduction speaker, in which a sound is sufficiently improved in tone quality by suppressing an unnecessary vibration of a vibration system and preventing generation of an abnormal sound due...
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6754358 |
Method and apparatus for bone sensing
The invention discloses an improved bone conduction sensor capable of use within a voice sound transmitting apparatus. The bone conduction sensor is adapted for placement in the external auditory...
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6738485 |
Apparatus, method and system for ultra short range communication
A system for voice sound communicated control includes an earpiece adapted to be inserted into the external auditory canal of the user and having a bone conduction sensor being adapted to sense...
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6735318 |
Middle ear hearing aid transducer
A middle ear hearing aid transducer is provided. The middle ear hearing aid includes: first and second permanent magnets arranged such that the same poles face each other; a coil separated a...
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6731769 |
Upper audio range hearing apparatus and method
A system and method upper auditory frequency range hearing. A speech signal is filtered, and then modulated to an upper auditory frequency range. The modulated signal is then provided to a...
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6718043 |
Voice sound transmitting apparatus and system including expansion port
A voice sound transmitting and receiving unit having an earpiece that is adapted for insertion into the external auditory canal of a user, the earpiece having an expansion module. The voice sound...
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6707920 |
Implantable hearing aid microphone
An improved implantable hearing aid microphone comprises a housing having an internal chamber with an aperture thereto and a first diaphragm sealably positioned across the aperture. A microphone...
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6694035 |
System for conveying musical beat information to the hearing impaired
A beat detection system provides tactile stimulation in response to musical characteristics and in particular to repetitive musical beat information. The device processes multiple acoustic bands...
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6643378 |
Bone conduction hearing aid
A bone conduction hearing aid includes a vibrator carried by the insertion end of the hearing aid. When the hearing aid is inserted into the ear canal of a patient, the vibrator is positioned in...
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6631197 |
Wide audio bandwidth transduction method and device
The present invention is directed to a communication system wherein bone conducted ultrasonic signals are used as carriers to efficiently produce high fidelity, wide audio bandwidth sound....
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6626822 |
Implantable microphone having improved sensitivity and frequency response
Implantable microphone devices that may be utilized in hearing systems are provided. An implantable microphone device allows the implantable microphone's frequency response and sensitivity to be...
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6554761 |
Flextensional microphones for implantable hearing devices
This relates to flextensional microphones which are made up of a piezoelectric substrate having opposing surfaces, typically parallel surfaces when the substrate is crystalline or ceramic, and at...
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