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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107661 | Listening device cap An assistive listening device cap attaches to a headpiece of a cochlear implant behind-the-ear (BTE) unit, an other BTE unit, an earhook, or an external component unit to supplement or replace components thereof. The cap may receive signals from sources outside the ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098865 | Behind-the-ear hearing device with a magnetically-attached ear hook An ear hook is to be able to be tightly attached to a hearing device housing in a simple fashion. To this end, provision is made for it to be possible to clip the ear hook onto the hearing device housing. One of the two parts; hearing device housing and ear hook has... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098866 | Receiver device with manipulable sound outlet direction Provided is a receiver device with an earpiece for securing the receiver device in an auditory canal. The receiver device further comprises a receiver with a sound outlet direction and an adapter for affixing the receiver in the earpiece, with a sound from the recei... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094852 | Headset A headset for using an electronic device worn on a head, includes an ear clip formed to have a shape conforming to and wearable on a root of auricle. The ear clip includes a core that can plastically be deformed according to a difference between shapes of the root o... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8073175 | Behind-the-ear type hearing aid A behind-the-ear type hearing aid which can improve a fit to a user includes a hearing aid main body and a tube for introducing sound output from the hearing aid main body to an external auditory meatus. The tube is comprised of a connector portion, and a tube porti... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8023678 | Hearing device with on/off switch and associated method A hearing device and an associated method are provided. The hearing device includes a behind-the-ear part and an in-the-ear part that are connected to one another by a connecting element. The behind-the-ear part has a switching element arranged to be functionally co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023677 | In the ear auxiliary microphone system for behind the ear hearing prosthetic An In The Ear (ITE) microphone improves the acoustic response of a Behind The Ear (BTE) Implantable Cochlear Stimulation (ICS) system during telephone use. An acoustic seal provided by holding a telephone earpiece against the ear provides improved coupling of low fr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014551 | Behind-the-ear hearing aid whose microphone is set in an entrance of ear canal There is provided a behind-the-ear hearing aid that makes it easy for a hearing aid wearer to estimate a position of a sound source with respect to a front-back direction and that enables an increase in aesthetic property when the hearing aid is worn. A behind-the-e... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7970157 | In the ear auxiliary microphone system for behind the ear hearing prosthetic An In The Ear (ITE) microphone improves the acoustic response of a Behind The Ear (BTE) Implantable Cochlear Stimulation (ICS) system during telephone use. An acoustic seal provided by holding a telephone earpiece against the ear provides improved coupling of low fr... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7751580 | Open ear 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... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7729502 | Hearing aid tube molding heater An improved device for heating hearing aid microtubes is presented, the invention comprised of inexpensive electrical parts and a simple plastic base. The device possesses a heater flue that is shaped to concentrate the heat from the heating element along a short le... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720245 | Hearing aid system An exemplary hearing aid system includes a receiver unit configured and positioned within the user's ear canal so as to minimize insertion loss and/or occlusion effect. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720244 | Earpiece for a hearing aid and a hearing aid An earpiece (2) for a hearing aid (12) comprises a plug (20) for contacting the meatus of the users ear canal, a contact element (13) for resting against an inside of the users tragus and or the ear canal, and a fixture for holding the pl... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715582 | Hearing device with locking system for connectors The present invention provides a hearing device with locking apparatus comprising a first component (10) with a housing (11) being adapted to be carried outside of or at the human body, a second component (20) to be inserted either partially or ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684581 | Behind the ear hearing device housing with self-adhering properties A micro electrical and/or electronical device, as in particular a hearing aid being worn e.g. behind the ear, is characterized by a housing shell (1), which at least partially comprises a skid-proof surface (11). This skid-proof surface can be made out... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676051 | Hearing device and corresponding method for inserting the hearing device A linking element is provided for a hearing device, which connects the first behind-the-ear part and second behind-the-ear-part. In one embodiment the linking element is rigid. In another embodiment the linking element may be made of a memory material or have a spri... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7606382 | BTE/CIC auditory device and modular connector system therefor An earpiece auditory device is described which includes a behind-the-ear component shaped to fit behind the ear of a user. The behind-the-ear component can also have at least one microphone and processing circuitry, where the processing-circuitry is used to processe... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7599508 | Listening device cap An assistive listening device cap attaches to a headpiece of a cochlear implant behind-the-ear (BTE) unit, an other BTE unit, an earhook, or an external component unit to supplement or replace components thereof. The cap may receive signals from sources outside the ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7590256 | Angle piece at hearing devices At the exit of a hearing device (3) (for producing acoustic or sound-signals) a tube-like connecting-element or an angle piece (21) is arranged. At the end of the connecting element or angle piece (21) a thread (23) is arranged for connec... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7526096 | In the ear auxiliary microphone for behind the ear hearing prosthetic An In The Ear (ITE) microphone which converts audio sounds into electrical signals which are then processed by a speech processor to generate electrical pulses to stimulate nerves in the cochlea, improves the acoustic response of a Behind The Ear (BTE) Implantable C... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519194 | Hearing aid system and operating method therefor in the audio reception mode In a hearing aid device system with two hearing aids for binaural supply to a hearing aid user, a coupling of the settings of both hearing aids is not always reasonable in the “audio reception” mode and therefore the hearing aid that is in the “audio reception... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7421086 | Hearing aid system An exemplary hearing aid system includes a receiver unit configured and positioned within the user's ear canal so as to minimize insertion loss and/or occlusion effect. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7372971 | Hearing device with fuel cell A hearing device is provided that includes at least a signal processing unit and at least a fuel cell to supply the signal processing unit with energy. The fuel tank of the fuel cell includes a membrane or an area with micro openings to let the fluid or gas to be us... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372973 | Hearing aid A hearing device has a housing with an acoustic input aperture and an acoustic output aperture. A cover element overlays the input aperture. The material of the cover element permits passage of sound received at the input aperture though the material. Two microphone... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372970 | Pocket hearing aid Pocket hearing aids are to be designed to be more comfortable. To this end there is provision on one hand for a wireless communication connection to be established between the microphone part and the earpiece part. To this end the microphone device of the pocket hea... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7340075 | Otoplasty for behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids An otoplasty for behind-the-ear provisions for hearing aids, with which a preferably flexible signal conductor coming from the behind-the-ear device, such as a sound tube, can be positioned in the auditory canal. The otoplasty is individually adapted to the anatomy ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336796 | Hearing assistive apparatus having sound replay capability and spatially separated components 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... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328080 | Manufacturing methods and systems for rapid production of hearing-aid shells Methods, apparatus and computer program products provide efficient techniques for designing and printing shells of hearing-aid devices with a high degree of quality assurance and reliability and with a reduced number of manual and time consuming production steps and... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324653 | Suspension means for transducer A suspension tube for a transducer, wherein the suspension tube also functions as a sound-guide for directing sound between the transducer and the external cabinet of an audio processing device, wherein the suspension tube has means for forming a connection with the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319399 | System and method for monitoring the wearing compliance of hearing protection devices A system for monitoring the use of a hearing protection unit comprising a left ear hearing protection device (14) and a right ear hearing protection device (12) to be worn by a user (10) within a monitoring area, an arrangement (16, 18, 22, 1... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302071 | Bone conduction hearing assistance device A bone conduction hearing aid includes an in-the-ear (ITE) component and a behind-the-ear (BTE) component. A bone vibrator is carried by the ITE component and positioned in the concha of the ear when in use. A vibrationally conductive structural member of the ITE co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292700 | Microphone for a hearing aid A microphone assembly having a housing, a transducer, and an electronic circuit. The housing has an opening, and the transducer is disposed within that opening. The electronic circuit covers the opening such that the transducer is surrounded by at least the electron... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283635 | Headset with memory A headset having a built-in memory to store parameter settings relating to headset performance characteristics such as headphone(s) and/or microphone performance characteristics. The performance characteristics can be measured during headset production and stored in... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277722 | Reducing undesirable audio signals A way of reducing undesirable audio signals is provided. A portable device is provided that comprises a sensor to sense an audio signal and a control unit that is communicatively coupled to the sensor. The control unit is provided to receive a first audio signal fro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263194 | Hearing device The space in hearing device housings (1, 2) is to be enabled to be used more intensively. To this end, the invention pro-poses dispensing with a separate microphone housing and embodying said housing in one piece with the hearing device housing. To reduce the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7248712 | Base plate with electronic module The present invention relates to a base plate for the reception of at least one electronic module, whereby the electronic module is insertable and connectable through an opening or slot respectively within the base plate into said base plate. Thereby a part of the e... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248713 | Integrated automatic telephone switch A hearing aid includes a microphone for providing an electrical signal representative of a received acoustic signal, a means for filtering the electrical signal and a means for automatic switching. Upon detecting a presence of a magnetic field, the means for automat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245728 | Microphone for hearing aid and communications applications having switchable polar and frequency response characteristics A microphone assembly generally for hearing aid and communications applications is disclosed. The microphone assembly operates in both directional and non-directional or omni-directional modes. The microphone assembly has front and rear sound inlet tubes, and an act... | 07/17/2007 |
