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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184841 | Ear canal device retention means The invention regards an ear canal device and a retainer strip, whereby the ear canal device has a distal part for extending into the ear canal and facing the tympanic membrane and a proximal part extending towards the ear canal opening, wherein the proximal part of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180081 | System and method for eliminating feedback and noise in a hearing device This invention relates to a system (100) and method for synthesizing an audio input signal of a hearing device. The system (100) comprises a microphone unit (102) for converting the audio input signal to an electric signal, a filter unit (110... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165328 | Hearing aid A hearing aid is provided which comprise an audio signal input device (11), a signal processor (12) a signal output device (13) which presents a processed audio signal perceivable as sound to an ear of a user, where the signal processor comprise... | 04/24/2012 |
| D656924 | Wireless microphone | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145246 | Low latency, high quality link for audio transmission A system includes a transmitting device, an intermediate communications device, and a receiving device. The system establishes a first synchronous wireless link between a transmitting device and the intermediate device, and a second synchronous wireless link between... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144905 | Volume control in a hearing aid and hearing aid with volume control A volume control in a hearing aid which has a signal path from a microphone to a receiver and which provides amplification of the signal delivered to the receiver, the volume control including first and second user input elements to allow the user to change the ampl... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135139 | Frequency transposition applications for improving spatial hearing abilities of subjects with high-frequency hearing losses A method of configuring a frequency transposition scheme for transposing a set of received frequencies of an audio signal received by a hearing aid worn by a subject to a transposed set of frequencies, wherein the method comprises determining at least one subject-de... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130992 | Hearing aid with anti-feedback Disclosed is a hearing aid, where at least part of the hearing aid is adapted to be inserted into an ear canal of a user such that one end of the hearing aid and the tympanic membrane in the ear canal define a residual space of the ear canal, the hearing aid compris... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130991 | Hearing instrument with linearized output stage This invention relates to a hearing instrument (100), which comprises a first microphone (102) converting ambient sound to an ambient sound signal, a signal processor (104) generating a processed sound signal based on the ambient sound signal, a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125391 | Miniature patch antenna The invention relates to a patch antenna for a small size, low-power device adapted for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic radiation in a predefined frequency range. The invention further relates to a method of driving a patch antenna and to the use of a patc... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107659 | Control arrangement for hearing aids or for control units coupled to hearing aids In a control arrangement for hearing aids or for control units coupled to hearing aids, a strain gauge is mechanically coupled to an elastically deformable or displaceable portion of the hearing aid or of the control unit coupled thereto and undergoes an elastic def... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8059844 | Bone conducting hearing aid with connection The hearing aid according to the invention comprise: a skin penetrating abutment, a skin penetrating abutment, a rod with a coupling part, operative to allow releasable connection between the rod and the abutment, | 11/15/2011 |
| D648689 | TV-box | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054999 | Audio system with varying time delay and method for processing audio signals The invention regards a method for processing audio signals whereby an audio signal is captured, digitized and processed in the digital domain by a digital signal processing unit or DSP, and where a processed output signal from the digital signal processing unit is ... | 11/08/2011 |
| D647204 | Hearing aid | 10/18/2011 |
| 8005247 | Power direct bone conduction hearing aid system The hearing aid system has a sound-to-vibration conversion circuitry including a microphone system, an electronic amplifier and a vibrator. A housing accommodates the vibrator. The vibrator is connected to an abutment that goes through the skin. The abutment is conn... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7936890 | System and method for generating auditory spatial cues This invention relates to a hearing aid system (100, 200, 300) for generating auditory spatial cues. The hearing aid system (100, 200, 300) comprises a first microphone unit (306) adapted to convert sound received at a first microphone (102 | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925031 | Audio system with feedback detection means The invention concerns an audio system comprising a microphone, audio signal processing means, an output transducer and mans for detecting a possible feedback tone and the corresponding frequency of the feedback tone in the audio system between the output transducer... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7903832 | System and method for driving an antenna The present invention relates to a system (100) and method for driving an antenna (118). The system (100) comprises a driving means (110, 112, 114) driving the antenna (118) with a driving signal. The system (100) further co... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894621 | Audio device comprising a microphone An audio device includes a microphone, a sound canal allowing sound to pass from the surroundings to the microphone, a signal path from the microphone to a receiver, and a current source, such that sounds received at the microphone may be enhanced and presented at t... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885991 | Digital filter having a fir filter and a warped fir filter, and a listening device including such a digital filter A digital filter includes at least a first and a second delayed summation line. One of the delay lines includes a warped finite impulse response (FIR) filter and the other line is a FIR filter. Midpoint elements from the first delayed summation line are used as inpu... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7864971 | System and method for determining directionality of sound detected by a hearing aid This invention relates to a system (200) for determining directionality of a sound. The system (200) comprises a first audio device (202) placed on one side of a user's head (100) and having a first microphone unit (110, 112) for c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860261 | Method for hearing aid identification and hearing aid with visual identification The invention relates to a hearing aid with an identification element (4) for visual identification of the hearing aid (1). According to the invention the hearing aid comprises a programmable signal processor (2), a battery (3) connectabl... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7831053 | System and method for matching microphones This invention relates to a system (10) and method for matching one or more microphones. A first and second microphone (110, 210) communicates, respectively, a first and second microphone signal to an amplitude compensating means (16) adjusting ... | 11/09/2010 |
| D627069 | Communication device | 11/09/2010 |
| 7822390 | System for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly This invention relates to a system (100) for communicating wirelessly. The system (100) comprises an inductive antenna circuit (110) for transmitting and receiving inductively coupled signals, a driving means (102, 104) connected to induc... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813518 | Method of current management in a battery powered audio device The invention relates to a method of current management in a battery powered audio device. According to the invention the method comprises the following steps: a—comparing the actual supply voltage from the battery with a fixed r... | 10/12/2010 |
| D622256 | Wireless communication device | 08/24/2010 |
| 7756283 | System and method for measuring vent effects in a hearing aid This invention relates to a system (300) for measuring acoustic properties of a vent (126) in a hearing aid. The system (300) comprises: a microphone (202) converting ambient sound pressure to an electric sound signal; a signal processing... | 07/13/2010 |
| D619355 | Pocket clip for portable communications device | 07/13/2010 |
| D618805 | Hearing aid with receiver in the ear | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738667 | Hearing aid for recording data and learning therefrom The present invention relates to a hearing aid logging data and learning from these data. The hearing aid (10, 100) comprises an input unit (12) converting an acoustic environment to an electric signal; an output unit (16) converting an processe... | 06/15/2010 |
| D617093 | Clip for portable communications device | 06/08/2010 |
| 7688990 | Hearing aid with anti feedback system A hearing aid with anti feed back system, the hearing aid including a signal path from at least one input transducer to an output transducer, a signal processing unit, acoustic environment detectio... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7670278 | Hearing aid system A direct bone conduction hearing aid system for generating direct bone conduction vibration includes a vibrator that is placed in an implanted vibrator unit and an implanted energy-receiving unit that has an energy-receiving inductive coil. A vibrator supply cable c... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7664279 | Equipment for fitting a hearing aid to the specific needs of a hearing impaired individual and software for use in a fitting equipment for fitting a hearing aid The invention relates to equipment for fitting a hearing aid to the specific needs of a hearing impaired individual. The equipment comprising a computer or similar device with soft-ware, where the device has display means for visual display of data, data entry means... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7592964 | Shielded coil for inductive wireless applications The present invention relates to a surface mounted coil (200) for wireless communication. The coil (200) comprises a wire (202) wounded about a core (204) thereby establishing a plurality of windings and having its ends terminated on moun... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590254 | Hearing aid with active noise canceling The invention relates to a hearing aid comprising a signal path with an input transducer, a signal processor and an output transducer, the signal processor being adapted to produce a compensation signal capable of at least partly attenuating acoustic signals bypassi... | 09/15/2009 |
| D596295 | Bone anchored hearing aid | 07/14/2009 |
| 7489789 | Method for noise reduction in an audio device and hearing aid with means for reducing noise The invention regards a method for noise reduction in an audio device whereby an electrical and/or digital signal which represents sound is routed simultaneously through:—a signal analysis path, and—a signal processing path wherein the signal amplification is in... | 02/10/2009 |
