Abstract: A device is designed to provide persons with mild, moderate, severe, or profound hearing loss the ability to hear sound that would otherwise be inaudible as well as the ability to hear ambient environmental noise. The device is fabricated as: (1) a receiver assembly having a flexible coil shape worn in the outer portion of the auditory canal with a small transducer that extends into the auditory canal, and (2) a transmitter assembly having a microphone located remotely on the person, whereby information is transmitted to the receiver assembly via modulated carrier waves. The need for a battery in the receiver assembly is eliminated as the power supply is driven by magnetic induction from the transmitter assembly positioned a few inches away, as in a neck pendant.

Abstract: A device is designed to provide persons with a mild, moderate, severe or profound hearing loss the ability to hear sound that would be inaudible, as well as the ability to hear ambient environmental noise. The device is fabricated as: (1) a receiver assembly having a pliable flexible strip worn in the outer ear with a small transducer which extends into the auditory canal, and (2) a transmitter assembly having a microphone located remotely on the person whereby information is transmitted to the receiver assembly via modulated carrier waves. The need for a battery in the receiver assembly is eliminated as the power supply is driven by magnetic induction from the transmitter assembly positioned a few inches away, as in a neck pendant.