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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7236751 | Strap pendant with input buttons on strap for controlling attached portable devices An input/output device is adopted which includes a pendant strap and a connecting member connecting the strap in a ring shape. The strap incorporates at least one input portion. The connecting member includes a connector for the input portion and a portable informat... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221769 | Hearing aid adapted for discrete operation The present invention relates to a hearing aid, which allows a hearing aid user to discretely operate his/her hearing aid by applying a force to a portion of the ear carrying the hearing aid. A number of different functions of the hearing aid, such as turning a batt... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206424 | Hearing aid with time-varying performance A hearing aid that compensates for a patient's hearing deficit in a gradually progressing fashion. The hearing aid may be programmed to successively select in a defined sequence a parameter set that defines at least one operating characteristic of the signal process... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206423 | Intrabody communication for a hearing aid Disclosed is a hearing aid that includes a first component operable to receive an input and a second component operable to provide an output to at least one ear of a user of the hearing aid. The first component and the second component are electrically coupled toget... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206426 | Multi-coil coupling system for hearing aid applications Disclosed herein is a hearing improvement device using a multi-coil coupling system and methods for operating such a device. In an embodiment according to the present invention an array microphone may be used to provide highly directional reception. The received aud... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194101 | Hearing device having two modules for assembling/disassembling device A hearing device is provided with an electrical supply unit and an electrical to mechanical converter incorporated in a first module. An acoustical to electrical converter and a signal processing unit are incorporated in a second module. The first and second modules... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184564 | Multi-parameter hearing aid A hearing aid according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a parameter-select device to select one of several parameters to be adjusted and a parameter-adjust device to adjust the parameter-selected by the parameter-select device. Another hearing aid... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177668 | Access monitoring via piconet connection to telephone A home or office is remotely monitored by an authorized caller using wireless piconet networks between personal wireless piconet identifier devices worn or carried by particular persons and a remotely accessible access monitor base unit. Persons are monitored by an ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177436 | Component arranged directly on a t-coil At small electric devices, such as in particular medical devices, as e.g. hearing devices, very small electric coils (1) are used. Especially with hearing devices e.g. so-called t-coils are used. Those t-coils are considered and arranged at hearing devices as... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173525 | Enhanced fire, safety, security and health monitoring and alarm response method, system and device Method, system and device useful with conventional personal computers respond automatically to an identified alarm sound by sending a notification signal via the Internet only when a special sound monitoring program is active. Additionally, bedside detection of acou... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174026 | Selection of communication connections in hearing aids A hearing aid and a corresponding method are provided in which address data and/or channel data with respect to a plurality of signal sources are stored in a memory of the hearing aid. As a result of a priority-driven address management system, the hearing aid user ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167571 | Automatic audio adjustment system based upon a user's auditory profile A system for adjusting audio output including a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user and a sound generating system. The transmitter unit includes a memory and a signal transmitter. The sound generating system includes a sound generator, a signal receiver... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162044 | Audio signal processing Systems, devices, and methods are provided to inhibit at least one feedback component of an input audio signal by adjusting a feedback-inhibiting filter through a narrowband subaudible signal. The level of the signal may be determined using an audibility model so as... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148797 | Enhanced fire, safety, security and health monitoring and alarm response method, system and device Method, system and device useful with conventional personal computers respond automatically to an identified alarm sound by sending a notification signal via the Internet only when a special sound monitoring program is active. Additionally, bedside detection of acou... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149319 | Telecommunication system, speech recognizer, and terminal, and method for adjusting capacity for vocal commanding Time-limited electrical audio signals are fed to an electromechanical output transducer in addition to the signals from the hearing aid input. Some of the time-limited audio signals are user-defined. The process is implemented in a hearing aid having an electromecha... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142681 | Device and method to remotely operate a hearing device The manual operation of hearing devices is simplified using a remote control that provides a projection device in order to project virtual buttons on a back of a hand. A sensor device registers, as necessary, an operation of the virtual buttons, whereupon a correspo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139403 | Hearing aid with digital compression recapture Systems, devices, and methods are provided to inhibit apparent amplitude modulation in non-linear processing that causes distortion in a processed signal. One aspect of the invention includes a hearing aid. The hearing aid includes a microphone to receive an input s... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127078 | Implanted outer ear canal hearing aid A hearing aid system including an implant (60) configured for insertion into a recess (40) formed under the skin of the retro-auricular space (50), which implant does not occlude the ear canal (30). The implant includes electronic circuit... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126467 | Enhanced fire, safety, security, and health monitoring and alarm response method, system and device Method, system and device useful with conventional personal computers respond automatically to an identified alarm sound by sending a notification signal via the Internet only when a special sound monitoring program is active. Additionally, bedside detection of acou... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117010 | Wireless phone powered inductive loopset An induction-type loopset is provided that is connectable to a wireless device. The loopset contains a first coil electromagnetically coupled to a t-coil hearing aid and an impedance-matching device coupled to the first coil. The impedance-matching device is respons... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113589 | Low-power reconfigurable hearing instrument A reconfigurable processing unit for a digital hearing instrument includes an IS processor module, a plurality of processing units and a crosspoint switch matrix. The IS processor module receives a hearing instrument configuration. Each of the processing modules are... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106870 | Method for adjusting a hearing device to a momentary acoustic surround situation and a hearing device system A method for adjusting a hearing device is disclosed in which one of several hearing programs can be selected, as well as a hearing device system to perform the method. The method comprises the steps of identifying a momentary acoustic surround situation and of arra... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106877 | Earloop for telecommunications headset Earloops with improved post design for increased reliability and quality for over-the-ear style headsets are disclosed. The earloop includes an earloop main body having connecting and stabilizer portions and a post extending from the connection portion for insertion... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106874 | Method and system for selective coupling of a communication unit to a hearing enhancement device The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for selectively coupling a communication unit (110) to a hearing enhancement device (112). The method includes the steps of—in the communication unit—selecting (212) betwee... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099486 | Multi-coil coupling system for hearing aid applications A hearing improvement device using a multi-coil coupling system and methods for operating such a device are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may use an array microphone to provide highly directional reception. The received audio signal may be filter... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099749 | Voice controlled vehicle wheel alignment system An improved vehicle wheel alignment system having a voice interface configured with an induction-pickup microphone associated with an earpiece and adapted to receive voice signals from a vibration transmitting anatomical structure associated with an operator. A cent... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088224 | Audio information transmitting apparatus and the method thereof, and a vibrator holding structure An audio information transmitting apparatus for transmitting audio information to a human body, comprises an audio signal generating unit in which an audio signal is generated based on inputted audio, an audio information recognizing unit in which the audio signal i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084738 | Inventory system with image display A pick/put to display (PTD) device includes an image display that allows the PTD device to display images related to a product, such as a picture of the product or an instructional video. By having the capability to display images of the product, the PTD device is a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076076 | Hearing aid system The present invention relates to a system for improving a user's hearing and more particularly to a receiver system used in the system. In one embodiment, the receiver system has a housing and a plurality of arms extending from the housing for positioning and suspen... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072480 | Hearing aid system with a hearing aid and an external processor unit A hearing aid system has a hearing aid and an external processor unit, where the external processor unit is permanently allocated to a specific hearing environment. The external processor unit is fashioned for remaining in the respective hearing environment long-ter... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068802 | Method for the operation of a digital, programmable hearing aid as well as a digitally programmable hearing aid A method for operating a digital, programmable hearing aid is provided that uses both a transmission characteristic of a normal amplification as well as a transmission characteristic of a maximum amplification of an audio signal over a frequency range that can be ne... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068803 | Acoustic device with means for being secured in a human ear A device with acoustic effect and a housing for being located in the cavum conchae of a human ear. The housing has a face adapted for abutment on the tragus, a face adapted for abutment on the antitragus, a mouthpiece adapted for being inserted into the mouthing of ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058191 | Hearing aid with a radio frequency receiver A hearing aid including a radio frequency receiver, where the receiver includes a single oscillator providing a single crystal oscillator frequency and where means are provided for generating a further number of receiving frequencies by transforming the oscillator f... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054957 | System for programming hearing aids A hearing aid programming system with a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid. The host computer system includes a first communication interface for sending and receiving control and data signals. A hearing aid programming interface ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043041 | Integrated telecoil amplifier with signal processing The invention concerns a method of receiving and processing both audio and non-audio signals for use in a hearing aid or other listening device comprising converting electromagnetic radiation to electrical signals, amplifying said electrical signals to produce ampli... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7031476 | Method and apparatus for intelligent speaker A speaker system having intelligence for communication with the amplifier. The speaker system contains a communications module that transmits information across the connection between the speaker system and the amplifier with regard to the speaker characteristics. T... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020296 | Method for operating a hearing aid system and hearing aid system In a hearing aid system having at least two hearing aid devices acoustic field characteristics are generated in the hearing aid devices and are transmitted between the hearing aid devices for adapting the signal processing units to different hearing situations. Both... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020297 | Subband acoustic feedback cancellation in hearing aids A new subband feedback cancellation scheme is proposed, capable of providing additional stable gain without introducing audible artifacts. The subband feedback cancellation scheme employs a cascade of two narrow-band filters Ai(Z) and Bi(Z) alo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016511 | Remote magnetic activation of hearing devices A magnetic switch assembly for hearing devices designed for remote activation by the user is highly miniaturized with a self-contained latching mechanism. The switch is activated and deactivated by the user via a hand-held magnet placed in proximity to the hearing d... | 03/21/2006 |
