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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111848 | Hearing aid with acoustical signal direction of arrival control Acoustical signals from the acoustical surrounding (U) which impinge upon a reception unit 30 are evaluated and direction of arrival (DOA) of such signals is determined. From signals indicative of such direction of arrival (DOA) a histogram is formed in unit ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8094847 | Method for manufacturing acoustical devices and for reducing especially wind disturbances A method for manufacturing an acoustical device, especially a hearing device. A device casing is provided with an acoustical/electrical input converter arrangement with an electric output. An audio signal processing unit establishes audio signal processing of the de... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090127 | Method for manufacturing a fitted hearing device A method for: Adjusting a hearing device in a computer-aided manner towards the needs of an individual, and storing a workflow data of the adjusting. The workflow data may include adjusting steps, fitting operations, timing of performing of the adjusting steps or fi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8077891 | Method and system for adjusting a hearing device A method for wirelessly adjusting one or more hearing devices (1, . . . , 3) with a central unit (4) is presented, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a wireless network (6) wirelessly connecting t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077889 | Method to log data in a hearing device as well as a hearing device The present invention relates to a method for recording information in a hearing device and/or in a recording unit at least temporally operationally connected to the hearing device. The method consists in that a point in time of the recording and/or a recording freq... | 12/13/2011 |
| 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 arrangement (13) is manually (M) and/or automatically (A)... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8045737 | Method of obtaining settings of a hearing instrument, and a hearing instrument According to the invention, a real ear acoustic coupling quantity representative of the acoustic coupling of a hearing instrument to the user's ear or an anatomical transfer quantity—for example the Real-Ear-to-Coupler-Difference (RECD), the Microphone Location Ef... | 10/25/2011 |
| D646788 | Hearing aid | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032079 | Hearing system, hearing device and method of operating and method of maintaining a hearing device The hearing device is adapted to automatically requesting an establishment of a communication connection to at least one hearing device support provider. The hearing device support provider may comprise a person knowledgeable in hearing devices, at the hearing devic... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027496 | Hearing device with peripheral identification units Hearing aid fitted with a central processing unit (1) having peripherals (3E, 3A) connected to its input and output respectively. Each peripheral includes an identification unit (5) having an the output connected to a first input of a com... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027495 | 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 depends on both inp... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014548 | Hearing instrument, and a method of operating a hearing instrument A hearing instrument in accordance with the invention comprises an in-the-ear-canal component to be worn at least partially in the ear of a user. When the hearing instrument is worn, a remaining volume between the in-the-ear-canal component and the user's eardrum is... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009848 | Hearing device system, hearing device maintenance system, and method for maintaining a hearing device system The hearing device system having at least one hearing device includes an input transducer for receiving incoming acoustical sound and converting the incoming acoustical sound into audio-representing signals; an output transducer for converting audio-representing sig... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995781 | Method for operating a hearing device as well as a hearing device In order to switch between different hearing programs to adjust to a momentary acoustic scene, a method for adjusting a hearing device, in which one of several possible hearing programs can be selected in order to adjust to a momentary acoustic scene, the method com... | 08/09/2011 |
| D642276 | Hearing aid | 07/26/2011 |
| 7961981 | Method of obtaining a three-dimensional image of the outer ear canal The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) image of the outer ear canal. This will be achieved by scanning at least the outer ear canal by use of a video camera, transmitting the image data of the video camera through a connectio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949145 | Method of manufacturing an individually shaped hearing device or hearing aid The present invention provides a method of providing input parameters for the fitting process of individually shaped or customized hearing devices by storing geometry data during the manufacturing process into data storage and selectively reading out data from this ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945065 | Method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software, and hearing instrument adapted therefor A method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software wherein the fitting software comprises executable fitting program code (13) configured to process fitting program data (12,14) on a programmable data processor (11), comprises the steps ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933419 | In-situ-fitted hearing device The hearing device is operable in a fitting mode and in a listening mode and comprises a transducer for receiving, in the fitting mode, audio test signals, and for converting the audio test signals into signals to be perceived by the user in the fitting mode. It com... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636879 | Hearing instrument | 04/26/2011 |
| D636492 | Hearing aid | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925034 | Method for operating a hearing device as well as a hearing device In order to switch between different hearing programs to adjust to a momentary acoustic surround situation, a method is provided to operate a hearing device as well as a hearing device. Signals, or parameters of a transfer function, are changed smoothly in order to ... | 04/12/2011 |
| D635264 | Hearing aid | 03/29/2011 |
| D634434 | Clip for hearing aid | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899200 | Universal-fit hearing device An in-the-ear hearing instrument comprises a deformable holding element (3) outside the ear canal and a sealing element (7) comprising venting elements. The sealing element is an exchangeable resilient eartip, which by means of venting elements, such a... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899199 | Hearing device and method with a mute function program A hearing device (1) and a method to operate a hearing device (1), the method comprising the steps of selecting a hearing program from a set of hearing programs, the set comprising at least two hearing programs, one of which is a mute hearing program b... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890377 | Method for producing an order and ordering apparatus A hearing device to be ordered in identified by a set (2) of data elements. Identifying data sets K[E] according to previous orders are stored (5) to such ordered data sets (K[E]) weighing values are assigned to (W[K]) which reflect the frequency of or... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876918 | Method and device for processing an acoustic signal For reducing wind noise effects in a hearing instrument, a converted acoustic signal is processed in a number of frequency bands, a low frequency band of which is chosen to be a master band. A wind noise attenuation value is determined in each frequency band, based ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876908 | Process for the visualization of hearing ability For the visualization of the hearing ability or hearing recognition respectively of a person with or without a hearing device at least one hearing dimension as for instance the loudness recognition is being made visible by means of a picture by varying at least one ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869614 | Fixing device for operating elements of hearing devices or hearing aids The present invention provides a fixing device for receiving and attaching operating elements to the faceplate of hearing devices or hearing aids, whereas the operating elements comprising connectors for the electrical connection to further electric or electronic co... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869606 | Automatically modifiable hearing aid For modifying or adapting at least one basic hearing aid setting such as volume, low/high frequency balance etc., it is suggested that at particular time intervals at least one current user-selected setting entered on the hearing aid is registered and combined or li... | 01/11/2011 |
| 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 operationally connected to the processing unit. Communication between a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844065 | Hearing instrument According to the first aspect of the invention, a hearing instrument with at least one microphone and signal processing comprises at least two receivers having a different frequency response. At least a first one of the receivers is placed outside the ear canal, for... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7804975 | In-ear device A housing inserted in to the ear of a user is disclosed, said housing comprising a lateral end defined by being a part of the housing which is directed towards surroundings if the housing is inserted into the ear, a medial end defined by being a part of the housing ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7793756 | Replaceable microphone protective membrane for hearing devices A device as hearing aid to be worn in the ear or in or at the auditory canal comprises at least a sound or acoustic exit opening with a protection element (10) to prevent the contamination of the device. The protection element (10) comprises a thin, at... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778426 | Feedback suppression in sound signal processing using frequency translation A method of processing a sound signal in an audio amplification device using frequency transposition, the method including the steps of: (a) receiving (11) an input sound signal, (b) determining (19) gains for amplifying the input sound signal at a plu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7757400 | Method of manufacturing an ear plug device with embedded venting grooves formed in its outer surface A hearing device having at least one of an acoustical/electrical converter and an electrical/acoustical converter respectively with an acoustical input or output. The input or output, as the case may be, is linked to a coupling opening at the outer surface of the de... | 07/20/2010 |
| 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 transducer, the forward transfer path including a frequency transposin... | 07/13/2010 |
| D618672 | Earphones | 06/29/2010 |
| 7729501 | Hearing device with anti-theft protection The present invention thus provides a hearing device with at least one programmable signal processing unit for the temporary or permanent activation or deactivation of features of the hearing device, comprising at least one counter for the logging of discrete action... | 06/01/2010 |
