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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175307 | Method for attenuating interfering noise and corresponding hearing device Transient interfering sounds are to have a less disturbing effect in hearing devices. For this purpose, it is provided that an envelope curve of an input signal of a hearing device, particularly of a hearing aid, is detected. The slope and/or the height of edges of ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165330 | Method for wireless data transfer between a hearing aid and an external device Data is wirelessly transferred between a hearing aid and an external device, wherein the hearing aid via an internal receiving device, receives data being sent form the external device via a wireless connection. The hearing aid is in a receiving mode when data from ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155359 | Hearing system with remote control as a base station and corresponding communication method Hearing-aid wearers should be able to converse unimpeded even in noisy environments. Provided for this is a hearing system with a first hearing device, a second hearing device and a remote control for the operation of the first and/or second hearing device. The remo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150080 | Method for adapting a hearing aid using a genetic feature The present invention relates to a method for adapting a hearing aid with at least one input converter, a signal processing device and an output converter by using a genetic feature of the wearer to whom the hearing aid is to be adapted. Depending on the genetic fea... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144904 | Method for generating an individual hearing device program Sound quality and speech comprehensibility are to be improved for hearing device wearers when watching television. Provision is made for this purpose to record acoustic signals at a recording site on a data medium. The acoustic signals are recorded simultaneously wi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139802 | Hearing apparatus having coils arranged orthogonal to one another Inductive transmission to a hearing apparatus and in particular to a hearing device is to be improved. To this end, it is proposed to equip the hearing apparatus with two or three orthogonal coils. The coil signals are added with different signs and that signal whic... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139800 | Hearing apparatus with a magnetically attached battery holding device A hearing apparatus is to be provided, with which the battery can be exchanged in an almost wear-free fashion. Provision is thus made to magnetically attach a battery compartment or a battery holding device in the housing of the hearing apparatus or hearing device. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139799 | Hearing apparatus with controlled input channels and corresponding method The signal quality in a hearing apparatus and in particular in a hearing device featuring a plurality of input channels is to be improved. Provision is made for this purpose for a hearing apparatus with a plurality of input channel systems each for recording and pre... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139779 | Method for the operational control of a hearing device and corresponding hearing device The aim of the invention is to make using a hearing device and in particular a hearing aid more comfortable and more effective for the user. To this end the setting of a portable hearing device is to be checked. First the acoustic data of a sound from the environmen... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139778 | Method for the time-controlled adjustment of a hearing apparatus and corresponding hearing apparatus The training of a hearing apparatus in respect of an individual adjustment is to be developed in a more user-friendly manner. To this end, provision is firstly made to automatically classify a hearing situation, to adjust a parameter of the signal processing facilit... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135154 | Switch arrangement and method for changing over a hearing device Switch arrangement for hearing devices, which includes a connector socket which can be covered by a socket cover. The connector socket and the socket cover are arranged and embodied such that an electrical switching contact can be produced by applying pressure to th... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130993 | Hearing device with a securing system for a receiver tube The invention relates to a securing system for a receiver tube in a hearing device. The object of the invention is to provide a securing system for the receiver tube in a hearing device, which reliably prevents the occurrence of disruptive acoustic feedback and does... | 03/06/2012 |
| 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 value of an electromagnetic signal received by a hearing aid that is ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130989 | Gender-specific hearing device adjustment The spontaneous acceptance by a hearing device wearer in respect of a new hearing device is to be improved. To this end, a method for adjusting the amplification of a hearing device to an individual hearing device wearer is proposed, with which a target amplificatio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121322 | Method for identifying hearing aids within the scope of wireless programming A method for identifying hearing aids is described wherein a wireless connection is established between a control device and at least one unidentified hearing aid, and which comprises the following procedural steps: a request is sent by the control device to at leas... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121309 | Adapting a directional microphone signal to long-lasting influences The directional effect of a static directional microphone is to be improved. In particular shadowing effects of the head for a hearing device worn on the head of the user are to be taken into account when adjusting at the directional microphone. To this end it is pr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116494 | Method for generating an acoustic signal or for transmitting energy in an auditory canal and corresponding hearing apparatus Changing batteries in hearing apparatuses worn in the auditory canal is to be designed in a more user-friendly manner. To this end, a hearing apparatus is provided with a first component which can be worn in the auditory canal, said component comprising a receiver u... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116492 | Rechargeable hearing device The hearing device operated with an accumulator and comprising an externally accessible electrically conductive structure element is provided. The structure element fulfilling an additional function as a contact element, in order to receive a charging current when e... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116491 | Method for the dynamic range compression of an audio signal and corresponding hearing device It should be possible to carry out dynamic range compression in hearing devices, and in particular in hearing aids, so it is free from distortion and practically in real time. For this purpose it is proposed that the modulation spectrum be obtained from the audio or... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116490 | Method for operation of a hearing device system and hearing device system There is described a method for operation of a hearing device system with two microphones arranged spatially separated from one another and with sound-generating output units assigned to these microphones, in which, by comparison of the microphone signals or of sign... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111852 | Hearing aid with component mounted in the housing by a damping clip A hearing aid has at least one converter element which, in order to reduce mechanical vibrations, is flexibly attached inside or at the hearing aid housing. The converter is mounted in the housing by at least one clip that flexibly is moveable or displaceable in its... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111851 | Hearing aid with adaptive start values for apparatus Fine customization of a hearing aid to the individual hearing environments and habits of a user are to be simplified and improved. To this end, when the hearing aid is turned on or when the hearing aid is switched to a particular operating mode, neither the value mo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107658 | Hearing instrument with parameter resetting and corresponding method Hearing instruments and in particular hearing aids whose signal processing can be adjusted by the user are to be returned to a defined, individual state in a more convenient manner. For this purpose it is provided that at least one individual, current parameter valu... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107656 | Level-dependent noise reduction A method for noise reduction in a hearing aid device is described, with a signal, which comprises a useful and an interference signal part, being processed in the hearing aid device and with the interference signal part being reduced to the benefit of the useful sig... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103030 | Differential directional microphone system and hearing aid device with such a differential directional microphone system A differential direction microphone system for a hearing aid device is described, comprising: a first directional microphone stage with a first differential directional microphone, and a second directional microphone stage with a further differential directional mic... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098865 | Behind-the-ear hearing device with a magnetically-attached ear hook An ear hook is to be able to be tightly attached to a hearing device housing in a simple fashion. To this end, provision is made for it to be possible to clip the ear hook onto the hearing device housing. One of the two parts; hearing device housing and ear hook has... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098863 | Hearing apparatus having an electrical control element integrated in a cover Hearing apparatuses and in particular hearing devices are to be designed smaller. To this end, provision is made to integrate an electrical control facility for controlling the hearing apparatus into the cover for covering a programming connection of the hearing app... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098862 | Hearing apparatus with a special charging circuit Provisions to charge the battery of a hearing apparatus without having to remove the battery from the housing are provided. A hearing apparatus separates charging contacts, which are disposed on the surface of the housing and serve to charge the battery, from the ba... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098861 | Battery compartment door A battery compartment door for an electronic device, said door being operable between open and closed conditions of use with respect to the device, including a cradle shaped to at least partially receive a terminal of a battery, wherein the cradle is adapted to elec... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098860 | Hearing apparatus with special power source Hearing apparatus and especially hearing devices are to be designed to be smaller. To this end there is provision for the shell or otoplastic to be worn in the auditory canal or for the housing of the hearing apparatus to be made of battery layers, so that the shell... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098858 | Hearing device with current-conducting metal arm The influence of interference from power supply lines in hearing devices is to be reduced. Thus a hearing device with an antenna for receiving and/or sending inductive signals, a signal processing device, to which the antenna is connected, a power supply unit for su... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098857 | Hearing aid having an audio signal generator and method The invention relates to a hearing aid having a sound receiver and a sound generator. The hearing aid also has an audio signal unit that is functionally linked to the sound generator and has a tone signal generator for generating a tone signal as a function of a tri... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098206 | Antenna arrangement for hearing device applications A device having an electric antenna and a magnetic antenna is described, the antennas being spatially arranged in immediate mutual proximity. The electric antenna has at least one current-carrying electric conductor which acts as a resonator for the electric antenna... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094851 | Hearing apparatus having a rocker-like actuator for switching on/off The size of hearing apparatuses and in particular of hearing devices is to be reduced. To this end, provision is made to combine a rocker-like actuator of the hearing apparatus for manually adjusting a parameter of a signal processing unit for pressing from a neutra... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090128 | Method for reducing interference powers and corresponding acoustic system The object is to improve the action of a directional microphone in real acoustic environments. To do this, it is envisaged that the interference powers in a directional microphone with three microphones are reduced in that a first and a second microphone signal are ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090111 | Signal separator, method for determining output signals on the basis of microphone signals, and computer program A signal separator, a method and computer product for determining a first output signal describing an audio content of a useful-signal source in a first microphone signal, and for determining a second output signal describing an audio content of the useful-signal so... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085961 | Hearing device and method for monitoring the hearing ability of a person with impaired hearing A hearing device and method for monitoring the hearing ability of a person with impaired hearing allow changes of the hearing ability specifically of a person wearing a hearing aid are to be better able to be registered and taken into account. For this purpose, the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081768 | Method and apparatus for determining a target amplification curve for a hearing device To determine target amplification curves in hearing devices, audiometric mismeasurements are to be corrected. To this end, it is proposed first to measure a bone conduction hearing threshold of a patient. Furthermore a database having typical sound conduction compon... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068653 | Method and system for second bend plane detection of ear canal surfaces A method and system for detecting the second bend plane of an ear canal surface is disclosed. A region of interest of the ear canal is defined between the first bend plane and the ear canal tip. A set of curves is defined in the region of interest and a set of high ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 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 a data acquisition facility, in order to acquire internal signal pro... | 11/15/2011 |
