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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7668326 | Battery compartment for a hearing aid A battery compartment for a hearing aid. The battery compartment comprises a first portion for accommodating a battery and a second portion, where the second portion comprises at least one retaining element for securing the position of the battery compartment with r... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7443993 | Tool for insertion and removal of a hearing aid ear wax guard and a method for its use For the protection of an in-the-ear hearing aid against contamination by ear wax through the acoustic outlet port (34a) or a vent, a replaceable ear wax guard (36) is inserted in the aid and includes an essentially tubular element with a through... | 10/28/2008 |
| D570485 | Hearing aid part | 06/03/2008 |
| 7321663 | Compact modular in-the-ear hearing aid A hearing aid faceplate has a recess for holding a socket part, the faceplate having an engagement structure at an edge of the recess, and the socket part including: a projection structure for engaging the faceplate engagement structure, protruding resilient lugs fo... | 01/22/2008 |
| D556326 | Hearing aid earpiece | 11/27/2007 |
| 7239711 | Hearing aid system and hearing aid for in-situ fitting Hearing aid system for the in-situ fitting of hearing aids, said system comprising a separate control device, and a least one hearing aid, adapted for communication with each other, said hearing aid comprising at least one microphone, a signal processor for generati... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7181031 | Method of processing a sound signal in a hearing aid A multichannel hearing aid (20) comprises at least one frequency channel having a compressor (38) with a compression threshold at an output level below the hearing threshold and an attack time above 0.5 seconds whereby hearing of a sudden sound in a st... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7082205 | Method for in-situ measuring and correcting or adjusting the output signal of a hearing aid with a model processor and hearing aid employing such a method The application relates to an in-situ method to measure and correct or adjust sound signal presented to the eardrum by means of a hearing aid and a hearing aid employing such a method. The hearing aid comprises at least one microphone (1), at least one digita... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7031484 | Suppression of perceived occlusion A fitting method is provided for a multichannel hearing aid with at least one low frequency channel having an individually adjustable compressor. The method comprises the steps of first adjusting the characteristic of the compressor according to the hearing loss to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024012 | Compact modular in-the-ear hearing aid A modular hearing aid for arrangement in a user's ear comprises a hollow plug (1) adapted to the ear canal and having a generally irregular conical shape and an exterior opening which is covered by a faceplate (2), in which a recess (8) is forme... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010134 | Hearing aid, a method of controlling a hearing aid, and a noise reduction system for a hearing aid A directional hearing aid comprises a front microphone (11) and a back microphone (12), a delay processor (13, 14) for processing, according to a control parameter, the respective microphone signals, and means (8a) for adjusting th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6920414 | CAD/CAM system for designing a hearing aid The present invention relates to a CAD/CAM system for design and manufacture of a hearing aid housing comprising a face plate and a shell that is matched to the auditory canal of a user, the system being adapted to receive and process data representing the shape of ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6879697 | Hearing aid with a face plate that is automatically manufactured to fit the hearing aid shell The present invention relates to manufacturing of a hearing aid housing comprising a face plate and a shell that is individually matched to the shape of the auditory canal of a user. Manufacture of the face plate includes at least one automatic processing step based... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6879692 | Hearing aid with a self-test capability A hearing aid with a test controller for detection of a defect in the signal path of the hearing aid is provided. The test controller controls a test signal generator and a probe means for determination of a signal parameter, such as signal level, frequency spectrum... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6795562 | Ear wax guard for an in-the-ear hearing aid and a means for use at insertion and removal hereof For the protection of an in-the-ear hearing aid against contamination by ear wax through the acoustic outlet port (34a) or a vent, a replaceable ear wax guard (36) is inserted in the aid and comprises an essentially tubular element with a throug... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6766031 | In-the-ear hearing aid with reduced occlusion effect and a method for the production and user-fitting of such a hearing aid An in-the-ear hearing aid comprises a plug (1) for arrangement in the ear channel and having a shell-like wall facing the interior of the ear channel and an exterior faceplate (2) which together define a generally closed cavity (3), in which the... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6748092 | Hearing aid with improved percentile estimator The invention relates to a hearing aid, preferably a programmable hearing aid, having at least one microphone (1), at least one signal processor with at least one channel, an output amplifier (9) and an output transducer (10), at least one of th... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6741715 | Digital hearing aid with a voltage converter for supplying a reduced operation voltage A digital hearing aid comprises a microphone (2), an output transducer (3), a digital signal processor (5) interconnected between the microphone and the output transducer, and a power source (7) including a standard hearing aid battery fo... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6741714 | Hearing aid with adaptive matching of input transducers A hearing aid with a directional characteristic, including at least two spaced apart input transducers and wherein transducer signal type, such as transducer noise, wind noise, sound emitted from a sound source located in the surroundings of the hearing aid, distort... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6738486 | Hearing aid The present invention relates to a hearing aid with an adaptive filter for suppression of acoustic feedback in the hearing aid. The hearing aid further comprises a controller that is adapted to compensate for acoustic feedback by determination of a first parameter o... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6735317 | Hearing aid, and a method and a signal processor for processing a hearing aid input signal In a hearing aid signal processor with AGC in at least three processing channels (a, B, C) for different frequency bands and with noise squelching capability to affect the gain control in a t least a lowest frequency band (A) and one intermediate frequency band (B) ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6704422 | Method for controlling the directionality of the sound receiving characteristic of a hearing aid a hearing aid for carrying out the method Change over of the sound receiving characteristic of a hearing aid having spaced apart first and second microphone means (Fmic, Bmic) between the omnidirectional characteristic and a directional characteristic is effected by controlled attenuation and tim... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6678385 | Compact modular in-the-ear hearing aid A modular hearing aid for arrangement in a user's ear comprises a hollow plug (1) adapted to the ear canal and having a generally irregular conical shape and an exterior opening which is covered by a faceplate (2), in which a recess (8) is formed for remo... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6658122 | Method for in-situ measuring and in-situ correcting or adjusting a signal process in a hearing aid with a reference signal processor The application relates to an in-situ method to measure and adjust the sound signal presented to the eardrum by means of a hearing aid and a hearing aid employing such a method. The hearing aid comprises microphone (1), signal processing system comprising... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6628795 | Dynamic automatic gain control in a hearing aid Automatic gain control in a hearing aid is effected by detecting an input sound level and/or an output sound level and adapting the output sound level supplied by the hearing aid in response to the detected sound level by controlling the gain of the heari... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6549633 | Binaural digital hearing aid system In a binaural hearing aid with signal processors in each unit, each signal processor includes a first processor part for hearing compensation processing of signals representing the sound received at that unit, and a second processor part for hearing compe... | 04/15/2003 |
