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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120082331 | BEHIND-THE-EAR HEARING AID WITH INTERCHANGEABLE EAR HOOK AND EAR TUBE A hearing aid includes a casing, an ear hook, and an ear tube. The casing includes a first connector on an upper portion of the casing and a second connector on a lower portion of the casing, wherein the first and second connectors are substantially identical. The ear h... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070024 | HEARING AID WITH OCCLUSION SUPPRESSION A hearing aid includes an ambient microphone configured to receive and convert environmental sound into an electronic input signal, a hearing loss processor configured to process the electronic input signal in accordance with a hearing loss of a user, and generate an el... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053393 | SOUND TRANSDUCER FOR INSERTION IN AN EAR The invention relates to a sound transducer for producing sound vibrations, which can be inserted in an ear and can be used in particular for an implantable hearing aid. The sound transducer has at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer, as a resul... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120020507 | HEARING AID AND IN-THE-EAR-DEVICE A hearing aid may include a hearing aid housing. The hearing aid housing may include a first housing wall portion and a second housing wall portion. The first housing wall portion has a first flexibility, the second housing wall portion has a second flexibility and the ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016180 | MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT A hearing actuator (10) for implantation in the middle ear of a user. The actuator comprises transducer means (for example a piezoelectric device) (12) for converting electrical input signals into mechanical vibrations, and attachment means (16) for... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014548 | Semi-Permanent Hearing Aid A semi-permanent hearing device is adapted to be inserted completely into the ear canal of a user. The semi-permanent hearing device comprises a first part and a second part each of which comprises at least one of the following electrical components: a microphone, a sou... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110299713 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A FOLDED SUBSTRATE A portable electronic device having a) a folded substrate carrying components of the device, and b) another, separate component having a fixed outer contour, and c) a housing for enclosing said folded substrate and said separate component, said housing having an inner c... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110293125 | DEEP-EAR-CANAL HEARING DEVICE A deep-ear-canal hearing device is worn deep in the ear canal of a user. The hearing device is easy to produce and use, has a small overall size, and can be comfortably worn deep within the auditory canal, in particular in the bony part of the auditory canal as well. Th... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110280427 | Music Pre-Processing for Hearing Prostheses A method of pre-processing a sound signal including music for an auditory prosthesis is provided. An input sound signal is received. The sound signal is processed using music pre-processing software to produce a music pre-processed signal. The music pre-processed signal... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280425 | Open Ear Fitting An improved open ear hearing aid fitting for insertion into an ear canal is provided. The fitting offers enhanced acoustic performance while maintaining user comfort. The fitting comprises a polymeric body having at least one acoustic source and at least one aperture ex... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280426 | Partially Implantable Hearing Aid A partially implantable hearing aid is provided, comprising an external audio signal unit to be worn at least in part in a user's ear canal, an implantable unit and external means for transmitting power transcutaneously to the implantable unit via an inductive link, the... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110261985 | HEARING AID EARPIECE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HEARING AID EARPIECE A hearing aid earpiece (1) is provided, that is custom fitted to the individual shape of the ear canal of a user and manufactured in a rapid prototyping process. The earpiece comprises a sound conduit (3) that is adapted for conveying an acoustic signal fr... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255725 | Beamforming Microphone System A system and method for generating a beamforming signal is disclosed. A beam forming signal is generated by disposing a first microphone and a second microphone in horizontal coplanar alignment. The first and second microphones are used to detect a known signal to gener... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255723 | HEARING AID A hearing aid includes a receiver with a receiver housing, the receiver having a sound port opening, and being configured to be placed at least partly in an ear canal of a user, and a sound tube acoustically connected to the sound port opening of the receiver, the sound... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255724 | Implantable Hearing Aid With a Monitoring Transducer That Can Be Implanted In The Inner Ear A device for improving hearing ability comprises an input transducer which picks up the movement of the malleus in the middle ear. The input signal generated by the input transducer is supplied to a processing unit which converts the input signal into an output signal w... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249849 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IN-EAR SOUND GENERATION A device for in-ear sound generation comprises a sound determining unit adapted to determine a first sound signal, a sound collecting unit exposed to the ear canal and adapted to collect a second sound signal, a sound correction determining unit adapted to determine a t... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249850 | Acoustic ear tube retainer spring A metal retainer spring bent into a forwardly tapered flexible spring for retaining an acoustic ear tube for use with behind-the-ear devices. A rearward hook or tapering slot holds the acoustic ear tube with a friction fit. A forward opening admits the acoustic ear tube... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110243357 | MODULAR HEARING DEVICE The hearing device (1) comprises an outer part (2) to be worn behind a hearing device user's ear (5), an inner part (3) to be worn within the hearing device user's ear (5), and a connecting portion (12) operationally interconnec... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235837 | HEARING AID WITH AMORPHOUS LOUDSPEAKER SHIELDING It should be possible to produce hearing aids in a simpler and more compact fashion. It is for this reason that a hearing aid is proposed, the loudspeaker device of which is shielded by a shielding device, more particularly a housing (21), which can shield both h... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110194717 | HEARING AID WITH EXCHANGEABLE SHELL PARTS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Hearing aid or audio device having a behind the ear part adapted to rest behind an earlobe of a user and a speaker unit comprising a speaker, whereby the speaker unit is adapted for insertion into the ear of a user, and whereby electric leads are provided between the sp... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110194716 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A DETACHABLY COUPLED EARPIECE In a hearing device or hearing aid, provision can be made for a sound tube or an in-the-ear loudspeaker to be held in an auditory canal of a user by an earpiece. To couple a sound tube to an earpiece, a connection element can be provided on the sound tube, which connect... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110188690 | RECEIVER IN CONCHA An elastic sleeve member (1) for a receiver module of a hearing aid of the receiver-in-the-ear (RITE) type comprises an elongated housing adapted for receiving an electrical input signal from said hearing aid, a sound output port and at least one receiver for con... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110188689 | CONDUCTION DEVICE FOR A HEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONDUCTION DEVICE A hearing apparatus, more particularly a hearing aid, generally requires sound or electrical signals to be conducted from a housing, worn outside of an auditory canal of a user, to an earpiece which has been inserted into the auditory canal. An appropriate conduction de... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110182453 | RECEIVER MODULE FOR INFLATING A MEMBRANE IN AN EAR DEVICE A receiver module configured to be seated within an ear canal and optimized for simultaneously inflating an inflatable membrane while generating acoustic waves transmitted to a user. The inflatable membrane can be used to secure the receiver module within the bony porti... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110182454 | RETAINING MODULE FOR THE EARPIECE OF A HEARING AID A retaining module (5) for retaining an earpiece in an ear comprises an annular sleeve (6) having a central aperture (7) adapted for receiving and holding at least a part of the earpiece. The retaining module (5) further comprises a first ret... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110150258 | EXTERNAL EAR INSERT FOR HEARING COMPREHENSION ENHANCEMENT A simple hearing enhancement device that takes the normally adequately loud sound levels and optimizes selective frequency gain of the patient's ear passage to improve speech comprehension.... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110142274 | Eardrum Implantable Devices For Hearing Systems and Methods An implantable device is configured for placement in the eardrum to transmit an audio signal to a user. The device may be configured to improve transmission of an electromagnetic signal comprising light energy from an input assembly on a lateral side of eardrum to an ou... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110135132 | HEARING DEVICE WITH MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT OF SOUND PROPERTIES A hearing device that is worn in the ear has a hearing aid and a support device with a runner. The support device remains stationarily inserted in the auditory canal, while the hearing aid is moveably connected to the runner and moveably arranged along the runner. This ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110116668 | 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 as ho... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110103630 | METHODS FOR INLET AND OUTLET MODELLING OF VENT AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE FOR HEARING AID DEVICES A method of modeling an opening of a hearing aid vent includes defining a trimming surface through a tip of the vent as one of a planar surface or a non-planar surface, and trimming the shell along the trimming surface to the expose the interior of the shell to create t... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110091058 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID WITH CAPACITIVE SENSOR Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for an in-the-ear hearing aid with a capacitive sensor. The present subject matter includes various approaches to improved control of an in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid with capacitive sensors. In various embo... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110091060 | HEARING INSTRUMENT A hearing instrument includes a behind-the-ear component and an external component for being placed in the user's ear canal or in the user's ear and a connection link between the behind-the-ear component and the external component. The connection link is reversibly plug... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110085689 | INVERTED BALLOON SYSTEM AND INFLATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a pressure management system for an earpiece comprising: a first valve, where the first valve allows air to pass from a first side of the valve to a second side more readily than from the second side to the first side an ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110079227 | Pressure regulation mechanism for inflatable in-ear device An inflatable in-ear device incorporates a pressure regulating mechanism, for example a simple length of tubing or a relief/unloader valve, at the inflow or outflow from the inflating sheath inserted within the ear canal, thus allowing pressure regulation of the settabl... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110069852 | Hearing Aid A hearing aid (10) having an active occlusion reduction system (50) that counteracts occluded sounds generated within the volume (24) of the ear canal (20) that is not blocked when the hearing aid (10), or an ear piece thereof, is inse... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110058697 | Canal Hearing Device with Disposable Battery Module A modular canal hearing aid assembly having a main module positioned in the ear canal and a disposable battery module laterally positioned in the ear canal. The main module incorporates the durable components of a hearing device including the receiver, microphone and el... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110019852 | HEARING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD For particularly good adaptation to a given hearing situation, an in-the-ear hearing device which has a housing with a channel in the housing that is designed as a through-opening for sound and air between the interior of the ear and the environment outside the ear, the... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019851 | OPEN EAR CANAL HEARING AID The invention provides systems and methods for providing hearing aid. An open ear canal hearing aid may be provided in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The hearing aid may include a part that contains electronic components, a passive amplifier, and a secu... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100290656 | Domes for a Receiver-in-the-Canal Hearing Instrument A receiver for a receiver-in-the-canal hearing instrument can be securely held by a dome comprising a receiver receptacle that selectively receives and holds the receiver. After the dome has been assembled, pulling on the electrical cable connected to the receiver will ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100290657 | MAGNETIC EARPIECE COUPLING Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for magnetic earpiece coupling.... | 11/18/2010 |
