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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120008792 | Hearing Aid Apparatus There is described a hearing aid comprising input transducer means for converting input acoustic signals into electrical input signals, signal processor means and output transducer means. The signal processor means is operable to divide said electrical input signals int... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110299693 | METHOD FOR TESTING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN CONNECTION WITH A FITTING DEVICE AND A HEARING DEVICE AS WELL AS A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for testing a wireless communication system is disclosed comprising a fitting device (1; IF, PC) and at least one of a hearing device (HD1, HD2) and an accessory device (ACC) to the hearing device (HD1, HD2). The fitting devic... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110299692 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND HEARING AIDS FOR IN SITU OCCLUSION EFFECT MEASUREMENT A hearing aid (1) adapted for operation in a sound amplification mode and for operation in an occlusion measurement mode, has a microphone (10) adapted for transforming an acoustic sound level external to a hearing aid users ear canal (4) into a fir... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110280409 | Personalized Hearing Profile Generation with Real-Time Feedback A personalized hearing profile is generated for an ear-level device comprising a memory, microphone, speaker and processor. Communication is established between the ear-level device and a companion device, having a user interface. A frame of reference in the user interf... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110235814 | USER CONTROL FOR HEARING PROSTHESES A method of operating a hearing prosthesis. The hearing prosthesis includes memory and a clock and is configured to deliver stimuli to a user. The method includes determining the stimuli, with the hearing prosthesis, in response to a sound signal and at least in part by... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110194706 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY FITTING HEARING AID Provided is a method of automatically fitting a hearing aid. The method includes entering the audiogram of a test subject, defining criterion gains and SSPLs based on installed criterion gains and SSPLs according to the test subject's audiogram, generating sounds from a... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110188664 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ADJUSTMENT OF HEARING AID An adjustment device for a hearing aid includes: an audio extraction section for, through an acoustic process of a collected audio signal, utilizing information of a phoneme or syllable contained in the audio signal to output time information, the time information ident... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110176686 | Remote Programming System for Programmable Hearing Aids Bluetooth-enabled programmable digital hearing aids can be adjusted remotely and in real time. The hearing aid patient at home or a location convenient to the patient logs on to a hearing clinic web site to connect with a clinician, e.g. audiologist or hearing aid techn... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110150231 | ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES The present disclosure relates to tracking of acoustic feedback events of a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid. Information about the acoustic feedback events is stored for analysis. Such information is useful for programming acoustic feedback cancellers a... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110150232 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING BINAURAL HEARING AID FUNCTION Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for identifying one or more defective hearing aids. The present system provides a dichotic sound to the wearer that can be used to sense whether the aids are properly operating. Different types of dichotic ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110075853 | METHOD OF DERIVING INDIVIDUALIZED GAIN COMPENSATION CURVES FOR HEARING AID FITTING A method of deriving individual gain compensation curves for hearing aid fitting includes providing a system that detects, measures and records head azimuth for sound direction affirmation by a patient and provides a plurality of audio signals through a plurality of tes... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110058681 | Method for improving the fitting of hearing aids and device for implementing the method The invention relates to a method for fitting a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user, the method comprising collecting statistical data characterizing physical or psychological properties of environments in which use of the hearing aid is desired and utilizing... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110051942 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING HEARING ENHANCEMENT FITTINGS FOR A HEARING AID DEVICE A computer-implemented method for obtaining hearing enhancement fittings for a hearing aid device is described. A plurality of audiograms is collected. The plurality of audiograms is divided into one or more sets of audiograms. A representative audiogram is created for ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110051943 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A HEARING AID AND HEARING AID ADJUSTMENT INSTRUMENT Optimized hearing aid parameter settings are automatically determined from a multiplicity of data obtained by applying different test methods for testing the auditory perception of a person. Data pertaining to the auditory perception (audiological data) of the user are ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110019830 | Antenna Arrangement for a Hearing Instrument The present invention relates to a hearing instrument which comprises: (a) a housing; (b) an RF receiver; (c) plurality of conductive elements, each conductive element has the form of a plate, is positioned on said housing so it provides coupling with the device wearer'... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100316227 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A HEARING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED HEARING APPARATUS A method determines a frequency response of a hearing apparatus in any acoustic environment situation as well as an associated hearing apparatus. Here the frequency response of the hearing apparatus is determined in dependence on at least one preset, user-independent fr... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100296661 | OPTIMIZING OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF A HEARING PROSTHESIS A method for operating a hearing prosthesis is provided. A plurality of settings are provided, each setting providing a different operating functionality for the hearing prosthesis suitable for different situations. A signal analysis is executed on input signals to the ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100271373 | FITTING SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT VISUAL TOOLS A fitting system with intelligent visual tools may included calculating a response curve of a hearing assistance device, wherein the response curve indicating sound level pressure level compared to frequency. Additionally it may include, displaying, on a display device,... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272273 | DEVICE FOR ACOUSTICALLY ANALYZING A HEARING DEVICE AND ANALYSIS METHOD A device for acoustic analysis has a first hearing device with a first sound input and a first sound output and a second hearing device with a second sound input and a second sound output. The first hearing device is in acoustic communication with the second hearing dev... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272272 | HEARING INSTRUMENT USING RECEIVERS WITH DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS The invention regards a hearing aid comprising a receiver and a signal processing device, wherein the signal processing device is electrically coupled to a connection socket operable to detachably connect the receiver to the socket and whereby the signal processing devi... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100254540 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, DIGITAL HEARING AID, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DIGITAL HEARING AID USING THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL A mobile communication terminal interacts with a digital hearing aid and a wireless hearing aid uses the mobile communication terminal. When a user having the mobile communication terminal interworking with the digital hearing aid operates the hearing aid, an amplificat... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100254538 | METHOD FOR LOUDNESS-BASED ADJUSTMENT OF THE AMPLIFICATION OF A HEARING AID AND ASSOCIATED HEARING AID A method and an associated hearing aid for loudness-based adjustment of the amplification of the hearing aid by presenting test signals of a predefinable level and predefinable frequency. Blind signals are presented before and between the test signals, but the blind sig... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100246841 | SOUNDBRIDGE TEST SYSTEM The present invention relates to the field of devices and methods for improving testing of hearing devices, including soundbridges and direct drive middle ear implants. In particular, the present invention provides a microphone system utilizing reverse transfer function... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239100 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTIC AND A HEARING APPARATUS The aim is to improve the adjustment of the directional characteristic of a hearing apparatus, and in particular of a hearing aid. A method is therefore provided in which a microphone signal having a plurality of frequency bands is derived from an input sound being obta... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100232613 | Systems and Methods for Remotely Tuning Hearing Devices A method of tuning a hearing device includes sending a test signal to a model of a hearing device that may be remote from the actual hearing device being tuned. The test signal is encoded by the model and sent to the hearing device being tuned. The user of that hearing ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100232612 | On-Site, Custom Fitted Hearing Equalizer A modular, cost effective customizable sound processing unit can provide enhanced audio from a displaced source to a user. The source can be wirelessly coupled to the unit via a short range transceiver. The processing unit can include circuitry and software to process i... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100226502 | Method For Fabricating A Hearing Device A method (10) for fabricating a hearing aid using a self-contained hearing aid production laboratory employing three dimensional printing technology. The method (10) comprises the steps of conducting audiometric testing of an individual with a hearing impa... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100208906 | RESISTANCE IDENTIFICATION OF A PERIPHERAL UNIT ON A HEARING AID In order to identify peripheral units (3A, 3E) on a hearing aid, said units are provided with an identification resistor (R) that is read through the configuration of the hearing aid.... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100202625 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A HEARING DEVICE WITH FREQUENCY TRANSPOSITION AND CORRESPONDING ARRANGEMENT A method for adjusting a hearing system to the hearing preferences of a user of said hearing system is disclosed, wherein said hearing system is capable of carrying out frequency transposition of audio signals, which frequency transposition depends on at least one param... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100195839 | METHOD AND HEARING DEVICE FOR TUNING A HEARING AID FROM RECORDED DATA A hearing device and an associated method for tuning a hearing aid include at least one hearing aid and at least one external unit. The device includes the following: a memory unit in the hearing aid which stores the times and the listening situations for which at least... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100183161 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRAINING HEARING SYSTEM USERS The inventor has found that a considerable portion of hearing system users have a considerable lack of understanding the effect of adjusting adjustable audio processing parameters of the hearing system. Therefore, the method according to the invention comprises the step... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100172507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF GAIN MARGIN OF A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE Method and apparatus for determination of gain margin of a hearing assistance device under test. In varying examples, the impulse response for multiple levels can be taken and used to arrive at a gain margin. The method and apparatus, in various examples, process critic... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100166198 | Hearing Instrument with Improved Initialisation of Parameters of Digital Feedback Suppression Circuitry A method of modelling a feedback path from a receiver to a microphone in a hearing instrument, includes applying an electronic probe signal with an increasing level as a function of time to the receiver for conversion of the electronic probe signal into an acoustic prob... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100158262 | PREPROGRAMMED HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH AUDIOMETRIC TESTING CAPABILITY A hearing aid which is operable in an audiometric testing mode includes an audio output section, a volume control, a switching device, and a processor. The audio output section sequentially generates a number of testing sounds at a corresponding number of testing freque... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100150356 | Body-worn hearing aid system A binaural hearing aid system for a user is set forth. The system includes a casing adapted and constructed to encase a hearing aid system suitable for wearing below the neck of the user. A first digital signal processor, having an audio input from a first microphone of... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150362 | ACOUSTIC APPARATUS According to one embodiment, an acoustic apparatus comprises a measuring signal generator, a transducer configured to convert a measuring signal to a measuring sound and to convert a characteristic vibration of the transducer due to the measuring sound, to a characteris... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100111316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF IN-EAR DEVICE ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANCE A method and apparatus for objectively assessing acoustical performance of an in-ear device having a passageway extending there through use a dual microphone probe that removably engages the passageway. The acoustical performance of the in-ear device is performed with t... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100111315 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A RECEIVER IN A HEARING AID A method for identifying a receiver in a hearing aid of the RITE (Receiver In The Ear) type (1) comprises providing a hearing aid of the RITE-type (1), providing said hearing aid with a receiver (10), measuring the impedance of said receiver (10<... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100098262 | METHOD AND HEARING DEVICE FOR PARAMETER ADAPTATION BY DETERMINING A SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY THRESHOLD A method and a hearing device are proposed to adapt at least one hearing device parameter. A first speech intelligibility threshold is determined. The determined first speech intelligibility threshold is compared with a predefinable reference value and is adapted the at... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092001 | COUPLER FOR OPEN FITTING HEARING AID MEASUREMENTS In a system and method for open fitting hearing aid frequency response sound measurements, a test space is provided having located therein a sound source, a hearing aid with a microphone, and an open fit receiver. An acoustic shield is provided and within the acoustic s... | 04/15/2010 |
