Abstract: A self-retaining bone conduction hearing device having a sound processor (104) and a nonoccluding in-the-canal vibrating component (108) responsive to the sound processor and configured for non-surgical-implantation in a recipient's ear canal. Utilizing bone conduction eliminates the dependency on acoustic stimulation, thereby enabling the hearing device of the present invention to address a wider range of sound frequencies in conductive hearing loss.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 27, 2007
Publication date:
September 2, 2010
Applicants:
COCHLEAR LIMITED, EAROTECH., INC.
Inventors:
Christopher Purcell, Richard Fleming, David P. Morris, Manohar Bance