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6048305 |
Apparatus and method for an open ear auditory pathway stimulator to manage tinnitus and hyperacusis
An open-in-the-ear auditory pathway stimulator device includes a noise generator in the device for generating noise and controls in the device for adjusting the volume of the noise. The device is...
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6039685 |
Ventable connector with seals
A connector device for use in connecting various electric components of an implantable hearing assistance system. In one embodiment, the connector has a lead housing defining at least one lead...
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6005955 |
Middle ear transducer
An electromechanical transducer for an implantable hearing aid, such as a partial middle ear implantable (P-MEI) or total middle ear implantable (T-MEI) hearing aid system. The invention comprises...
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5997466 |
Implantable hearing system having multiple transducers
A method and apparatus for improving a frequency response of a piezoelectric input or output transducer in an implantable hearing system. Multiple input or multiple output transducers obtain...
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5984859 |
Implantable auditory system components and system
Auditory system components and system adapted for implantation into a human subject for reducing conductive and/or sensorineural hearing deficiency in the subject. An electrically excitable...
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5954628 |
Capacitive input transducers for middle ear sensing
A hearing assistance system senses sound vibrations of an auditory element in the middle ear and provides a stimulus to an auditory sensory element. The vibrations are received through the tympanic...
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5949895 |
Disposable audio processor for use with implanted hearing devices
A disposable audio processor for use with implanted hearing devices is provided. The audio processor may include a microphone, application specific integrated circuit performing both signal...
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5941814 |
Arrangement for adjusting and fixing the relative position of two components of an active or passive hearing implant
Arrangement for adjusting and fixing the relative position of two components of an active or passive hearing implant. A first one of the elements is rod-shaped at least in the fixing region. The...
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5935170 |
Disconnection device for implant coupling at hearing aids
A device for disconnection of a connecting device between an implant (2) and a device (12) connectable thereto, which coupling device is of the type incorporating a first and a second coupling part...
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5913815 |
Bone conducting floating mass transducers
A floating mass transducer for assisting hearing in a person is provided. Inertial vibration in the floating mass transducer (100) produces vibrations in the inner ear. In an exemplary embodiment,...
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5899847 |
Implantable middle-ear hearing assist system using piezoelectric transducer film
A method and apparatus transduces between mechanical and electrical signals within a middle ear to improve hearing. An electromechanical transducer film, preferably polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF),...
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5881158 |
Microphones for an implantable hearing aid
A implantable sealed microphone (50) includes a diaphragm (52) having a thin central region (54) surrounded by a thicker rim (56). One side of sheet electret material (72) is bonded to the...
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5859916 |
Two stage implantable microphone
Two stage implantable microphone devices suitable for use in hearing systems are provided. An implantable microphone device may include a housing including a diaphragm with the housing and...
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5853005 |
Acoustic monitoring system
A transducer in communication with fluid in a pad held in close contact against a sound or movement source monitors acoustic signals transferred into the fluid. The signal pattern is monitored...
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5842967 |
Contactless transducer stimulation and sensing of ossicular chain
An implantable hearing aid system for the middle ear utilizes pairs of permanent magnets to engage transducers with auditory elements in a middle ear. At least one transducer is supported within...
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5804109 |
Method of producing an ear canal impression
A method of fabricating an ear canal impression which includes the steps of (a) placing a covering on the tympanic membrane of a hearing-impaired person, (b) marking the junction between the bony...
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5800336 |
Advanced designs of floating mass transducers
A floating mass transducer for assisting hearing in a person is provided. Inertial vibration in the floating mass transducer (100) produces vibrations in the inner ear. In an exemplary embodiment,...
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5797834 |
Hearing improvement device
A thin diaphragm for contacting an individual's tympanic membrane is sufficiently stiff and flexible to vibrate in response to audio frequencies so as to augment or over-ride the displacement of...
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5795287 |
Tinnitus masker for direct drive hearing devices
Tinnitus maskers for direct drive hearing devices are provided. A circuit generates signals corresponding to sounds to mask tinnitus a user perceives. A direct drive hearing device which is coupled...
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5788711 |
Implantable positioning and fixing system for actuator and sensor implants
A permanently implantable, fixable positioning system (1) for stationary attachment to a human body, without play, preferably to the human skull. It has ball-and-socket joint (3), linear axle (4)...
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5782744 |
Implantable microphone for cochlear implants and the like
A system and method for assisting a person with a hearing disability includes an implantable microphone which senses sounds by monitoring pressure variations in the cochlear fluid. The electrical...
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5776144 |
Device for positioning and fixing of therapeutic, surgical, or diagnostic instruments
Temporarily fixable positioning system (1) for secure, play-free fastening to the human body, preferably to the human skull has a base (4), a clampable ball-and-socket joint (3), a linear axis...
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5772575 |
Implantable hearing aid
A hearing aid includes an implantable microphone, signal-processing amplifier, battery, and microactuator. An electrical signal from the microphone is amplified and processed by the amplifier...
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5771298 |
Apparatus and method for simulating a human mastoid
An apparatus and method for simulating a human mastoid is disclosed. The apparatus includes a diaphragm having a mass, springiness and damping means sufficient to more closely replicate the...
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5762583 |
Piezoelectric film transducer
A method and apparatus transduces between mechanical and electrical signals within a middle ear to improve hearing. An electromechanical transducer film, preferably polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF),...
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5737389 |
Technique for determining a compression ratio for use in processing audio signals within a telecommunications system
A "loudness balance" procedure is used to determine the amount of dynamic range for syllabic compression loss in an individual's cochlea. In particular, an individual is asked to adjust a set of...
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5735790 |
Device in hearing aids
A device for interconnecting an implant (2) anchored in the skull bone of a person with impaired hearing, which acts as or supports a first coupling part (7) and a second coupling part (14)...
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5707338 |
Stapes vibrator
A method and apparatus for vibrating an auditory element, such as a stapes, within an ear to improve hearing. A piezoelectric transducer is interposed within an inner circumference of the stapes,...
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5702342 |
Directionally-controllable mounting apparatus
A mounting apparatus for mounting a mounting post in a preselected position. The apparatus includes a primary casing having a side wall and an end wall which define an interior space within the...
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5697975 |
Human cerebral cortex neural prosthetic for tinnitus
A neural prosthetic device for reducing or eliminating the effects of tinnitus is inserted into a tinnitus patient's primary auditory cortex (or thalamus). The prosthetic device includes a...
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5558618 |
Semi-implantable middle ear hearing device
An improved partially implantable hearing device has a high coercivity permanent target magnet mounted to the ossicular chain by METABOND adhesive and being driven by an air core driving coil...
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5554096 |
Implantable electromagnetic hearing transducer
An electromagnetic transducer for improving hearing in a hearing impaired person comprises a magnet assembly and a coil secured inside a housing which is fixed to an ossicle of a middle ear. The...
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5553152 |
Apparatus and method for magnetically controlling a hearing aid
An apparatus and method for controlling a plurality of adjustable operational parameters of a hearing aid by the movement of an external magnetic actuator into and out of proximity with the hearing...
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5531787 |
Implantable auditory system with micromachined microsensor and microactuator
An implantable auditory system for a human subject includes a microsensor, a processor and a microactuator. The microsensor is implanted in the middle ear to transduce sound waves into electrical...
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5498226 |
Totally implanted hearing device
A totally implanted hearing device is located within a dry cavity formed in the mastoid area of the human skull to house and mount the device and associated electronic hardware allowing the bypass...
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5460593 |
Method and apparatus for imparting low amplitude vibrations to bone and similar hard tissue
Vibrations for application to hard living tissue, such as bones, teeth, etc., are derived from a magnetostrictive element disposed in a varying electromagnetic field to create dimensional...
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5456654 |
Implantable magnetic hearing aid transducer
An electromagnetic transducer for improving hearing in a hearing impaired person comprises a magnet assembly and a coil secured inside a housing which is fixed to an ossicle or a middle ear. The...
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5447489 |
Bone conduction hearing aid device
This invention provides a hearing aid of the kind which has a transmitter element and a receiver-transducer element having a vibrating element. The receiver element is suitable for being placed,...
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5433749 |
Apparatus for enhancing hearing in an ear
Apparatus for, and a method of, facilitating the hearing of audio information by an individual are provided for the inner ear of the individual. The apparatus includes a prosthesis having a head...
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5430801 |
Hearing aid
A hearing aid including a microphone fitted through a small hole in the conchal bowl of the user to receive sound impinging the anterior side of the pinna, an electronics package worn behind the...
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5411467 |
Implantable hearing aid
Implantable hearing aid for stimulation of the inner ear with a hydromechanical coupling element having an input side connected to an electromechanical converter for transmission to the inner ear...
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5370689 |
Method of implanting a middle ear prosthesis
The middle ear prosthesis includes an elongated link member having an eyelet portion at one end for connection to one of the auditory ossicles and an opposite posting end connectable to part of...
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5360388 |
Round window electromagnetic implantable hearing aid
An implantable hearing aid device including a vibrational element which is mounted to the round window of the cochlea and a transmitter which can be mounted externally of the ear or within the...
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5344387 |
Cochlear implant
An implant produces an auditory response in the auditory nerve of a person's ear. The implant is a flexible, coiled strip of piezoelectric material dimensioned for insertion into the scala tympani...
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5338287 |
Electromagnetic induction hearing aid device
An electromagnetic induction type hearing aid which comprises (1) an electromagnetic transmitter having an input for receiving a radiated acoustical signal and an output for radiating an...
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5318502 |
Hearing aid having gel or paste transmission means communcative with the cochlea and method of use thereof
A hearing aid (100) is provided for surgically implanting in the ear of a subject. A gel or paste filled tube (142) is positioned between an orifice of the cochlea and a subcutaneous amplifier...
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5282858 |
Hermetically sealed implantable transducer
A hermetically sealed acoustic mechanism for an implantable hearing aid system having a signal processing unit having at least one electromechanical transducer coupled to the auditory system of a...
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5277694 |
Electromechanical transducer for implantable hearing aids
Electromechanical transducer for implantable hearing aids. The transducer has a hermetically sealed and biocompatible housing, in which a wall is designed as a membrane that can oscillate, and...
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5239588 |
Hearing aid
A hearing aid having a stereophonic microphone mounted on a flexible base and an adhesive for adhering it to the top of the head. This substantially eliminates the shadow effect encountered when...
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5220918 |
Trans-tympanic connector for magnetic induction hearing aid
The specification discloses a trans-tympanic rod having a magnet at one end, and connected at the opposite end to a location in the middle ear, for transmitting the vibrations induced in the magnet...
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