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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386142 | Method and apparatus for a hearing assistance system with adaptive bulk delay A hearing assistance system having adjustable bulk delay for cancellation of a time varying acoustic feedback path. The hearing assistance system including an FIR filter, coefficient update module, and delay rules module for programmable adaptive filtering. The hear... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7305100 | Dynamic compression in a hearing aid The present invention relates to a hearing aid with a compressor having a low and gain independent delay and low power consumption. The hearing aid comprises a multi-channel compressor for compensation of dynamic range loss and with a digital input for inputting a d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302072 | Electronic device mount for mask An adapter assembly for releasably supporting lapel mic on a mask includes a mask adapter for mounting on the mask, and a lapel adapter for mounting on the lapel mic. The lapel adapter is releasably connectable with the mask adapter to support the lapel mic on the m... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295675 | Phantom powered capacitor microphone and a method of using a vacuum tube in the same The present invention provides a low noise phantom powered capacitor microphone and a method of using a vacuum tube as an impedance converter of the microphone capsule in the capacitor microphone with no exclusive power supply. In the phantom powered capacito... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292698 | Data transmission device for hearing aids The communication device in a hearing aid needs to be optimized with respect to spatial requirements and power consumption. To this end, provision is made for an inductor in an oscillator circuit to be used simultaneously as an antenna. Besides reducing the number o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292502 | Systems and methods for producing a sound pressure field The invention provides, in various embodiments, a transducer for generating hyper-directional sound beams, and a system and method employing a hyper-directional sound transducer for producing pressure gradients and forces across stationary and moving objects. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289633 | System and method for integral transference of acoustical events A sound system for capturing and reproducing sounds produced by a plurality of sound sources. The system comprises a device for receiving sounds produced by the plurality of sound sources and converting the separately received sounds to a plurality of separate audio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286672 | Binaural hearing device and method for controlling a hearing device system A binaural hearing device system comprises a reception device (1) for one ear with at least two input acoustical/electrical converters (3a, 3b). Via a communication link (5) a signal (A1) which depends on both inp... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286673 | Embedded internet for hearing aids A hearing aid has an embedded Internet interface so that the hearing aid can automatically communicate error diagnosis data to a hearing aid acoustician via the Internet so that the hearing aid user need not visit the hearing aid acoustician and so that acoustician ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283637 | Exciting device An exciting device capable of producing sound by sound-producing vibration body of a main body of an apparatus is provided. An exciting member 32A thin and long in the direction X is provided on a vibration substrate 31 thin and long in the direction X... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277553 | Transmission coil system and remote control for a hearing aid A transmission coil system has a first and a second transmission coil in which the first transmission coil is connectable to a stimulation unit, and the second transmission coil can be used as part of a resonant circuit which can be stimulated to resonate, and havin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277552 | Increased LF spectrum power density loudspeaker system The power density of a bass-reflex enclosure is improved by providing transducers in pairs, with the members of each pair being oriented front to back with respect to one another. The transducers are mounted on the enclosure with at least one of the transducers bein... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269269 | Method to adjust an auditory system and corresponding auditory system An adjustment of hearing device systems is achieved by an interactive adaptation that is undertaken during the operation. A classifier recognizes various auditory situations and starts interactive adaptation procedures, in the framework of which various settings are... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266211 | Speaker grill A speaker grille is disposed in front of a speaker having a diaphragm and reproducing the sounds of 1 kHz and higher. The speaker grille is provided with a sound opening which includes a sound opening portion that opposes a region extending from the edge portion of ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263184 | Method and apparatus for active reduction of speakerphone singing In a speakerphone device identification of signals (i.e., voice input or speaker output) in a process for reducing acoustic feedback, in a communication device, is accomplished by adding a signature noise (i.e., an identification mark) to output signals radiated by ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7260185 | Method and apparatus for gradual application of a hitless monitoring access to a communications circuit employing a guided transmission media A monitor access is gradually applied an removed from a communications circuit, including a digital subscriber line (DSL), by a gradual monitor access (GMA) technique, in which a variable impedance element is gradually applied to the communications circuit until the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260233 | Hearing aid or similar audio device and method for producing a hearing aid Hearing aid or similar device, where the device comprises at least one structural part whereto two or more spaced apart electronic components are fastened and where electric leads interconnects the electronic components and where the electric leads are provided on t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260231 | Multi-channel audio panel A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more effectively comprehend information contained in one or more of the signal... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260228 | Optimum driver spacing for a line array with a minimum number of radiating elements The loudspeaker has a first pair of drivers arranged in a line, a center point along the line, wherein the pair of drivers are substantially centered about the center point with a center to center distance, d0, between the drivers in the first pair of dri... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257221 | Method of calling up called party, communication equipment, calling party information server, and calling control device To make a call, a calling-end terminal station (3) notifies a call-up control unit (71) of a communications network (7) of the terminal station number of a called-end terminal station (5) so as to cause it to stand by for a connection. Th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251339 | Wireless remote control for a hearing instrument A remote control for programming a hearing instrument includes a housing and a mechanism associated with the housing for mechanically generating an acoustical pulse for effecting control of a hearing instrument. The remote control is passive. A hearing instrument sy... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248710 | Embedded internet for hearing aids A method is described to operate a hearing device with an input transducer (1), a signal processing unit (2) and an output transducer (4). The method comprises the steps of converting an acoustic input signal into a converted input signal, proce... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245731 | Device and method for communication of hearing aids An energy-saving communication is made available in a hearing aid system. For this purpose the individual communication participants are given different priorities, by using data packets of variable length in the communication. The longer data packets of higher prio... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242777 | Data logging method for hearing prosthesis The present invention relates to a method of logging or recording input signal data of a hearing prosthesis in combination with values of one or several variables associated with the hearing prosthesis. The hearing prosthesis variable(s) may comprise logic states of... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242778 | Hearing instrument with self-diagnostics In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for a hearing instrument with self-diagnostics. A detection circuitry may be used to monitor the functional status of at least one transducer by measuring an energy level output of t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239698 | DOCSIS network interface device and methods and systems for using the same A network interface device located at a customer's premises includes an external interface that receives a plurality of telecommunication services via a coaxial connection from a telecommunication service provider. The services are received using Data Over Cable Ser... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233674 | Integrated base and electret condenser microphone using the same An electret condenser microphone includes a case, a diaphragm electrically connected to the case, a fixed electrode plate disposed opposing the diaphragm with a spacer interposed therebetween, the fixed electrode plate being formed of a metal plate coated with a pol... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233681 | Electromagnetic transducer with eccentrically mounted voice coil former An electromagnetic transducer such as an audio speaker which includes an asymmetric diaphragm to deliver smooth frequency response with reduced distortion by reduction of common modes in the diaphragm. Other benefits such as asymmetric directivity patterns can be re... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231270 | Mobile play-list method A mobile play list method, comprising the steps of: broadcasting a work and identification for the work over a broadcast system; receiving the broadcast work and identification in a mobile device; receiving, from a user, an input identifying the broadcast work as de... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231271 | Steganographic method for covert audio communications Method for embedding a covert message within a digital audio signal. The existence of the covert message is undetectable and the information content of the covert message can be further rendered unascertainable. Covert message data is embedded within a digital audio... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7209255 | Print data transfer method for reducing first print time A method is provided for transferring print data from a host computer to a printer connected to the host. According to the method, a transfer rate determiner of the host determines the data transfer rate of the interface between the host and the printer. Before the ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209552 | Telecommunication terminal device and method of using the same A telecommunication terminal device includes a network connection unit having at least a first pin and a second pin to which a public telephone network is connected, and a third pin and a fourth pin through which a first external terminal device of a first type is c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203327 | Apparatus for and method of processing audio signal A number (M) of sound source signals T1, T2, T3, T4, each having at least one information element of position information, movement information and localization information, are synthesized to N sound source signals SL, SR based on the in... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199488 | Telemetry power system A long-life telemetry power storage and delivery system includes a power bus electrically connected through a voltage regulator to a wireless communications unit operable for periodic high-current transmissions. The power bus is connected to a direct power source an... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200223 | Electronic circuit to reduce noise in digital subscriber loop and communications over unshielded twisted pair metallic conductors In order to reduce noise in telecommunications made over unshielded twisted pair (UTP) of metallic conductors an active electronic circuit for a two-to-four wire hybrid circuit reduces common mode signals without recourse to inductive components. The hybrid has a ba... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194084 | System and method for stereo conferencing over low-bandwidth links Systems and methods are disclosed for packet voice conferencing. An encoding system accepts two sound field signals, representing the same sound field sampled at two spatially-separated points. The relative delay between the two sound field signals is detected over ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193536 | Illuminated keyboard A keyboard is provided having illuminating keys. The keyboard includes a light channeling membrane and key members constructed at least partially of translucent material so that light produced from a light source is channeled upwardly to the upper surfaces of the ke... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193535 | Illuminated keyboard A keyboard is provided having illuminating keys. The keyboard includes a light channeling membrane and key members constructed at least partially of translucent material so that light produced from a light source is channeled upwardly to the upper surfaces of the ke... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190803 | Acoustic transducer having reduced thickness A transducer for a hearing aid includes a housing, a relatively thin membrane having a free end suspended in the housing for vibration in response to a motor. The motor has a coil and a magnet assembly, the coil being mounted in the housing beneath the membrane; the... | 03/13/2007 |
