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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5920635 | Hearing aid A hearing aid of conventional configuration comprising a microphone at one end adapted to be placed in the inlet of the external auditory meatus, a loudspeaker at the other end adapted to be placed within the auditory meatus, and an amplifying device betw... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5889874 | Hearing aid device to be worn in the ear An ITE hearing aid device has a pre-fabricated face plate which closes a housing shell and which forms a function unit with hearing aid components, the face plate having a closed visible surface without openings and without components placed thereon.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5887070 | High fidelity insert earphones and methods of making same An insert earphone is provided in which a piece of foam material is used to resiliently mount a receiver within a chamber portion of a one-piece plastic housing member. The receiver has an output port extending through a central aperture of the piece of f... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5881159 | Disposable hearing aid A hearing aid includes an electronic assembly mounted in a cylindrical shell with the shell being mounted in an opening in a ear mold. The electronics assembly includes a printed circuit strip having thereon a speaker, a microphone and electronic componen... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878147 | Directional microphone assembly A microphone capsule for an in-the-ear hearing aid is disclosed. The capsule can include a top plate having first and second spaced openings defining front and rear sound inlets, and a directional microphone cartridge enclosing a diaphragm. The diaphragm ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875254 | Binaural hearing aid with integrated retrieval line and microphone One microphone of a binaural Completely-In-Canal ("CIC") hearing aid is located at the distal end of the retrieval line. This reduces coupling between the microphones and receiver. Additionally, by locating the microphone at the distal end of the retrieva... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5864628 | Press-fit sound damping structure An acoustic attenuator and wax barrier for a hearing aid includes a substantially cylindrical, color coded, housing having a barbed portion for press-fitting the barrier into position. As the channel diameters increase, an associated peak output frequency... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5835606 | Hearing aid with integrated retrieval line and volume control A line is secured to the rotor of a potentiometer which serves as the volume control for a Completely In the Canal ("CIC") hearing aid. The patient can change the volume of the aid by rotating the line and can remove the aid from the ear canal by pulling ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832094 | Device for transmission of sound with selective filtering for insertion in the outer auditory canal An earplug for selective filtering of sound transmission into the external auditory canal. A tube extends through the plug and opens into a space defined by the end piece and the eardrum of a user. The opposite end of the tube is connected to an acoustic ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5828757 | Directional hearing aid assembly A hearing aid assembly is provided. The assembly includes a housing sized and configured for insertion within an ear canal of a user. Electronics are disposed within the housing for amplifying sound. A sound receiving structure is provided for operatively... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5825896 | Hinged hearing aid A hinged hearing aid to allow for ease of inserting the hearing aid into the ear canal with a portion of the hearing aid extending around a bend in the ear canal. The hearing aid includes a boot of a flexible material having two hollow portions. A flexibl... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5818946 | Ruggedized solar charged hearing aid A hearing aid having a body member with a window in one side, electronics in the body member including a microphone for converting sound into electrical signals, an amplifier for amplifying the electrical signals, a battery for supplying power to the ampl... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812680 | Hearing aid apparatus An improved earring-style hearing aid includes a tongue-shaped mold that fits along the bottom of the ear canal, leaving the ear canal substantially unfilled, and that delivers to the eardrum amplified sound that is received through a removably attachable... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5812659 | Ear microphone with enhanced sensitivity An ear-mounted microphone device configured for being supported in the ear. The microphone device includes a microphone element contained within a housing which is configured at one end to be mounted at a user's ear canal. When the housing is so mounted, ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799095 | Beside-the-door programming system for programming hearing aids A system for programming hearing aids uitilizes a multi-electrode programming strip. The strip is inserted into the aid through a narrow slot in the faceplate; the slot is bounded by the faceplate and by one of the edges of the battery door. When the door... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790672 | In ear hearing aid An in-ear hearing aid device including a cup fitted into the auditory canal, and having an earphone, an amplifier, and a microphone arranged therein, the device further including a battery chamber, an adjuster and a front plate, the front plate being moun... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5784470 | Battery door and faceplate arrangement for a completely in the canal hearing aid device A hearing aid device is formed of a shell, face and battery door. The face is cut from a faceplate assembly which includes a battery opening and a hinge pin. Opposed ends of the hinge pin are formed integrally with opposed side walls of the battery openin... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5781637 | Method for fabricating a hearing aid faceplate and a faceplate produced thereby A method for forming a standardized faceplate for an individually adapted in-the-ear hearing aid shell which matches the physical characteristics of the hearing aid user's ear, and for fabricating an individually-adapted in-the-ear hearing aid shell made ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5761316 | Variable and reactive audio power amplifier This disclosure shows the solid state emulation of elements of a thermionic emission device amplifier which distinguish it from solid state amplifiers: the output impedance of transformer impedance with plate resistance, the transfer function coupling fro... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5761319 | Hearing instrument To increase the versatility of an in-the-canal hearing aid, a behind-the-ear receiver for wireless transmission of signals is provided and is coupled whereby an air tube or by a cable terminating in the battery compartment of the in-the-canal unit, to the... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5757933 | In-the-ear hearing aid with directional microphone system Apparatus for use as an in-the-ear hearing aid. The apparatus includes a housing having a shell and a face plate, wherein the shell is molded to custom fit a hearing aid user's ear. A first non-directional microphone system is included having a first outp... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5748743 | Air conduction hearing device A two-piece hearing aid with a soft flexible snap-on covering with a plurality of folding sections which contribute to the proper fit, comfort, ease of maintenance and prevention of earwax build-up interference. The end of the snap-on insert has a thin so... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5742692 | In-the-ear hearing aid with flexible seal An in-the-ear hearing aid has a collar which can form a flexible seal in the bony part of the ear canal so as to reduce the occlusion effect. The collar comprises a tubular portion which is engageable against the wall of the ear canal, a fixing portion an... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5737430 | Directional hearing aid Disclosed is a convenient way of mounting the microphone array and associated electronics of a hearing aid on the person, and providing a convenient wireless means for delivering the microphone signals to the ear, and providing a signal processing techniq... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734976 | Micro-receiver for receiving a high frequency frequency-modulated or phase-modulated signal A micro-receiver for receiving a high frequency frequency modulated or phase modulated signal, including a single integrated circuit in BiCMOS technology and on which is integrated a high frequency amplifier, an oscillator, a modulator, an intermediate fr... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5721783 | Hearing aid with wireless remote processor A hearing aid or audio communication system includes an earpiece (10) that can be hidden in the ear canal, and which communicates wirelessly with a remote processor unit, or RPU (16), that enhances audio signals and can be concealed under clothing. Sounds... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5719935 | Cellular telephone A cellular telephone having a telephone receiver of an improved structure suitable to effectively exclude noise in noisy places thereby allowing a user to clearly hear the voice of a speaker is disclosed. The telephone receiver of this cellular telephone ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5717771 | Programmable hearing aid means worn in the auditory canal For data exchange with a programmable hearing aid worn in the auditory canal, an electrical line is provided that contains leads in electrical contact with a circuit in the hearing aid and which is mechanically attached to the hearing aid so as to serve a... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5712917 | System and method for creating auditory sensations Sound sensations are produced in the ear of a user by contacting the surface of the ear canal with an electrode and applying, between the electrode and another area of the user's body, electrical signals representing sounds to be heard. Preferably the ele... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5712918 | Press-fit ear wax barrier An ear wax barrier for an in-the-ear or in-the-canal type hearing aid device positioned at least in part between a receiver output port and a shell acoustic output port includes a substantially cylindrical housing having a barbed portion for press-fitting... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5701348 | Articulated hearing device A hearing device having highly articulated, non-contiguous parts and adapted for placement within the ear canal includes a receiver module for delivering acoustic signals within close proximity to the tympanic membrane, a main module containing all hearin... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5692059 | Two active element in-the-ear microphone system The herein described invention relates to an ear mounted, in-the-ear compound microphone system which simultaneously uses both an accelerometer, or vibration transducer, to sense bone conducted low speech frequencies and a microphone with controlled frequ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5687242 | Hearing aid controls operable with battery door A hearing aid includes a face plate, a battery door, and a switch. The faceplate has an opening formed therein. The battery door is movable within the opening. The switch is operably disposed in the hearing aid so that movement of the battery door activat... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5675657 | Deep insertion intracanal hearing aids or miniaturized peritympanum hearing aids Miniaturized hearing aid intended for a deep insertion into the auditory meatus of people who suffer from hearing problems, or "peritympanum" hearing aid, comprising a hollow body, a closure plate therefore provided with a cavity for housing the battery a... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5664014 | Two-way communications earset A one piece two way voice communications earset which is situated in or at the ear of the user and which includes either two unidirectional microphones having their outputs combined or a single bi-directional microphone. The earset also includes a combina... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5659156 | Earmolds for two-way communications devices Earmolds for holding communications devices within the ear in a secure and comfortable manner. The earmolds are designed to minimize protrusion into the ear canal, while providing security by extending the helix of the earmold to fit under the crux of the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5659621 | Magnetically controllable hearing aid An apparatus for controlling an adjustable operational parameter of a hearing aid by the use of an external magnetic actuator held in proximity with the hearing aid. The hearing aid has a microphone for generating signals, hearing aid circuitry for proces... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5627521 | Personal microwave and radio frequency detector A self-contained personal microwave and RF detector, which includes, inter alia, the housing and associated electronics of a standard hearing aid, is configured to produce an audible indication to a wearer thereof in response to electromagnetic fields of ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5606607 | Two-way communications earset A one piece two way voice communications earset which is situated in or at the ear of the user and which includes either two unidirectional microphones having their outputs combined or a single bi-directional microphone.... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5606621 | Hybrid behind-the-ear and completely-in-canal hearing aid A hybrid BTE and CIC hearing aid has a BTE component which is worn behind the patient's ear and a CIC component which is worn in the bony portion of the patient's ear canal. The BTE and CIC components are connected together with a wire cable. Electroacous... | 02/25/1997 |
