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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7660426 | Hearing aid fitting system with a camera A hearing aid fitting system comprising a computer with fitting software and having a display for displaying parameter settings of a hearing aid and input means for adjustment of the parameters, characterized in that the system further comprises a camera for recordi... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657046 | IC chip type hearing aid module for mobile communication terminal Disclosed is an IC chip type hearing aid module for use in a mobile communication terminal having a hearing aid circuit including: a first section having a resistor R1 and an inductor L1 which are connected in series on a first output line Receiver_P b... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657045 | Low power signal transmission A low-power implant system. The system includes an implant for implantation into a person, such as a cochlear implant or a middle ear implant. The implant is capable of communicating with a device via transmission of ultra wideband pulses. The device may be adapted ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7650004 | Hearing aids and methods and apparatus for audio fitting thereof A field ready, unsupervised-use ready, method and apparatus for audio fitting a hearing aid is described in a hand held configuration having paired comparisons (hearing selections) stored in and derivable from a memory therein. The paired comparisons are presented o... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7630507 | Binaural compression system A multi-channel signal processing system adapted to provide binaural compressing of tonal inputs is provided. Such a system can be used, for example, in a binaural hearing aid system to provide the dynamic-range binaural compression of the tonal inputs. The multi-ch... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7620194 | Digital hearing aid battery conservation method and apparatus A digital hearing aid adjusts power to a processor or other modules to conserve battery life. The digital hearing aid receives and measures audio signals from an environment. If a magnitude of the audio signals is less than a predetermined threshold, the digital hea... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7593536 | Multimedia audio dock A multimedia audio dock is provided to support a portable electronic device so that the portable electronic device can stand on a plane. The multimedia audio dock includes two retractable arms formed by a plurality of sleeved-through tubes so that the length of the ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7539320 | Hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control A technique is disclosed, which can shorten attack time and release time without using RC filter with time constant. According to this technique, diodes 51 and 52 rectify AC signal at output stage of an amplifier 30 by voltage doubler rectificat... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7519193 | Hearing aid circuit reducing feedback A hearing aid circuit includes a correlation detector that detects correlation at a feedforward path input and that provides a correlation output to a phase shifter. The phase shifter introduces a phase shift along a feedforward path. A phase measurement circuit mea... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515725 | Electronic battery-powered hearing instrument, and method for operating such a hearing instrument In a method for operating an electronic battery-powered hearing instrument, the following steps are performed: providing primary function means with power from the battery via a first power supply terminal and a second power supply... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512247 | Wearable wireless ear plug for providing a downloadable programmable personal alarm and method of construction A wearable wireless ear plug for providing a downloadable programmable personal alarm and method of construction are described. An alarm circuit is integrated with a self-contained power source. A randomly accessible memory is included to provide general purpose sto... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7496206 | Hearing aid with a magnetic field-controlled switch, and operating method therefor In a hearing aid with a magnetic field-controlled switch and a method for operating such a hearing aid, the magnetic field sensor for automatically switching the hearing aid is miniaturized and made more cost-effective by the use of a ferrite component as the magnet... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492916 | 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... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7477753 | Hearing aid protective packaging assembly Embodiments of the invention provide systems, assemblies and methods for packaging hearing devices to protect them during shipping and storage. Many embodiments provide packaging systems that allow metal-air battery powered hearing aids to be stored for several mont... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7450730 | Personal monitoring system for a user and method for monitoring a user The invention relates to a personal monitoring system for a user, comprising: at least one of a sensor (26, 28) for sensing an internal body parameter of the user and a sensor (14, 26, 28) for sensing an ambient parameter of the ambient around said use... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7433481 | Digital hearing aid system A digital hearing aid is provided that includes front and rear microphones, a sound processor, and a speaker. Embodiments of the digital hearing aid include an occlusion subsystem, and a directional processor and headroom expander. The front microphone receives a fr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433480 | Hearing aid with wireless transmission system, and operating method therefor To allow bidirectional data communication to be realized in hearing aids which have only a restricted installation space, the earphone, i.e. the electroacoustic transducer unit, is used as the transmitter and the telephone coil as the receiver for high-frequency sig... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430299 | System and method for transmitting audio via a serial data port in a hearing instrument In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for transmitting audio via the serial data port of a hearing instrument. At least one hearing instrument microphone may be used for receiving an audio input signal. A sound processor... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428313 | Method for correcting sound for the hearing-impaired A method for correcting sound for the hearing impaired includes analyzing an incoming sound into frequency channels and computing a group delay of each of the frequency channels that is expected in a healthy ear. A correction is defined as a percentage less than 100... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428312 | Method for adapting a hearing device to a momentary acoustic situation and a hearing device system In a signal processing unit of a hearing device, the signal processing unit consisting of a signal analyzing unit and a signal identification unit, the momentary acoustic surround situation is identified. Based on this identified surround situation, the parameter se... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421085 | Hearing aid device or hearing device system with a clock generator Due to the clocked mode of operation, electromagnetic interference signals originate from digital hearing aid device or hearing device systems with the clock frequency and its harmonics. These can disrupt the wireless signal transmission between the hearing aid devi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415118 | System and method for distributed gain control In accordance with an embodiment, the invention provides a spectral enhancement system that includes a plurality of distributed filters, a plurality of energy distribution units, and a weighted-averaging unit. At least one of the distributed filters receives a multi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406179 | System and method for detecting the insertion or removal of a hearing instrument from the ear canal A hearing instrument system detects the insertion or removal of a hearing instrument into a space and includes first and second acoustic transducers, first and second level detection circuitry, and signal processing circuitry. The first acoustic transducer receives ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403629 | Disposable modular hearing aid The present invention relates to a modular hearing aid having a base unit and a detachable earmold. A battery, an earmold tip and a receiver can be integrated with the earmold. The earmold can also include a removably attached module. The module can have a shell, el... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400738 | Acoustic module for a hearing aid device An acoustic module for a hearing aid device has at least one microphone and at least one earphone (acoustic output transducer) combined together as a unit, the unit including a signal-processing unit for feedback suppression that is connected with the microphone and... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397925 | Hearing device system and method for manufacturing such device A hearing device has an acoustical/electrical input converter, and electrical/mechanical output converter, and a digital signal processing unit connected between the input converter and output converter. The device is adapted to a specific ear of a specific individu... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386141 | Hearing device and method of operating a hearing device The interference noise suppression in hearing devices is to be optimized. A hearing device, in particular a hearing aid (HG) is thus proposed, comprising a directional detection device (RM) for detecting a direction from which an audio signal comes in from the sound... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376563 | System for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder A system for rehabilitation of a hearing disorder which comprises at least one acoustic sensor for picking up an acoustic signal and converting it into an electrical audio signal, an electronic signal processing unit for audio signal processing and amplification, an... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372373 | Embedded antenna and filter apparatus and methodology Apparatus and methodology are disclosed for providing effective transmission of data to and/or from an electricity meter by providing embedded radio frequency components. An antenna and stripline or microline filter arrangement are provided as embedded components in... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372969 | Method for processing an input signal to generate an output signal, and application of said method in hearing aids and listening devices A method and a system for defining a threshold value (Omax, Omin, OTR) serving to limit the output signal of a processing unit which is fed an input signal. An input-signal level is determined and the threshold value (Omax... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369669 | Diotic presentation of second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals Systems, devices and methods are provided for diotically presenting second-order gradient directional hearing aid signals. The present subject matter provides an improved signal-to-noise ratio, and presents a desired directional signal to each ear. One aspect is a h... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369671 | Switching structures for hearing aid A hearing aid is provided with a a programmable, signal processing circuit electrically connecting an input system to an output system, a magnetic field sensor, and a selection circuit connected to the magnetic sensor. The selection circuit may be adapted to control... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366315 | Adaptive dynamic range optimization sound processor In one embodiment, an apparatus for processing sound includes a means (401) for analysing a sound signal into a number of frequency bands and a means (403) for applying variable gain to each frequency band independently. Gain in applied under control o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365669 | Low-delay signal processing based on highly oversampled digital processing A low-delay signal processing system and method are provided which includes a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter, an oversampling processor, and a delta-sigma digital-to-analog converter. The delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter receives an input or audio si... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363063 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interference from the keyboard into the radio receiver A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing. Radio frequency (RF) circuitry carried by the circuit board forms a transmitter and receiver. A processor is carried by the circuit board and operative with the RF c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356153 | Hearing assistive apparatus having sound replay capability Hearing assistive apparatus can be implemented to include sound replay capability, the hearing assistive apparatus enabling operation in a replay mode (in which the hearing assistive apparatus replays sound that occurred prior to the current time), as well as in a c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356151 | Microphone system A system remotely controls a microphone through a remote control unit. The remote control unit includes a frequency modulator that modulates a control signal. A cable conductor that is used to provide phantom power also conveys a frequency-modulated control signal. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353041 | Mobile wireless communications device having improved RF immunity of audio transducers to electromagnetic interference (EMI) A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor operative with each other. Audio circuitry is carried by the circuit board and an audio transducer assembly,... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353043 | Mobile communication peripheral device A mobile communication peripheral device includes a main body, a circuit board, an earphone and a microphone. An identification card is disposed on a surface of the main body. The circuit board is disposed within the main body, and includes a transceiver for receivi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348907 | Range compression in oversampling analog-to-digital converters An analog-to-digital converter according to the invention is provided. The analog-to-digital converter preferably includes an analog input signal, a first reference signal, a second reference signal, and a range compression signal. The range compression signal is pr... | 03/25/2008 |