Power Supply Or Programming Interface Terminals Patents (Class 381/323)
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Publication number: 20100226519Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid comprising a shell shaped for placement behind the ear lobe of a hearing aid user whereby a battery door is mounted in the shell for rotational movement between an open position for granting access to a battery and a closed position where a latch mechanism is provided between a pivotal latching part of the battery door and a corresponding arrest part at an internal side of an arrest wall forming part of the hearing aid shell for arresting the battery door in its closed position where the pivotal latch has a proximal part and a distal part and the distal part is arranged to pivot in order to release the battery door from the arrest part when an opening force is applied to the latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: OTICON A/SInventors: Peter SPRAGGE, Michael F. JØrgensen, Rune Værndal
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Publication number: 20100208924Abstract: The hearing aid system (102) has a sound-to-vibration conversion circuitry including a microphone system (108), an electronic amplifier (114) and a vibrator (120). A housing (121) accommodates the vibrator (120). The vibrator (120) is connected to an abutment (124) that goes through the skin. The abutment (124) is connected to a fixture (126) that is anchored in the skull bone (128). The sound-to-vibration conversion circuitry has an AfD converter (212) that converts an analogue microphone signal into a digital signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2006Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: OTICON A/SInventor: Patrik Westerkull
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Publication number: 20100208925Abstract: A battery bay of a hearing device should be better protected against unwanted opening. A housing for a hearing device is therefore provided with: a battery bay that is mounted on the housing and can be moved into an open position as well as a closed position; a projection that is permanently attached to the housing, and a securing element to prevent a movement of the battery bay. The securing element is supported on the battery bay and can be pivoted between a secured position and an unsecured position. The securing element also engages behind the projection in the secured position and the closed position of the battery bay so that the battery bay cannot be moved into the open position. The securing element has a recess in which, in the secured position, a tool can be held to move the securing element into the unsecured position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Michael Sattler
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Publication number: 20100202644Abstract: Smallest electronic device such as e.g. a hearing instrument being operated by means of a battery which comprises a battery compartment (1) or the at least one battery (3) for power supply of the device. The battery (3) is locked in the compartment (2) to prevent removal or falling out of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2007Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: PHONAK AGInventors: Jan Angst, Erich Dittli, Paul Portmann
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Publication number: 20100202640Abstract: An exterior power supply consists a positive and negative power contacts located in the hearing aid, a wire, and a power supply. The electrode contacts use two pieces of thin plate connecting to the wire, which passes through the battery container without modifying the structure of the hearing aid. At the other end of the wire is the power supply that can be a combination of a solar cell with a chargeable battery, or a normal small battery. The multi-functional power supply has a circuit offering an electricity conduction circuit, an auto loud noise control circuit detecting background noise volume and being stopped temporarily as though the noise is overloaded and started automatically once the background noise volume is back to the normal level, and a voltage regulator circuit to control an output voltage always be 1.4 V.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Chum Lee, Huey-Ling Kao Ulrey
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Publication number: 20100202643Abstract: A hearing aid includes a housing for accommodation of a signal processor for processing an audio signal into a processed audio signal compensating a hearing loss, and a receiver that is connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the processed audio signal into a sound signal, wherein the housing is configured to be positioned in an ear canal of a user without obstructing the ear canal, thereby leaving a passageway between a part of an ear canal wall and a part of the housing so that sound waves can escape from behind the housing through the passageway to surroundings of the user, the housing having an output port for emission of sound towards an eardrum of the user when inserted in the ear canal, and wherein the housing is coupled to an elongate member, which is configured to be placed in a pinna and outside the ear canal of the user for retention of the housing in the ear canal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: GN ReSound A/SInventor: Henrik Nielsen
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Patent number: 7756284Abstract: A hearing aid includes a circuit board having a battery affixed thereon and a switch that utilizes a portion of the circuit board as a portion of the switch. The battery is permanently affixed to the circuit board in at least one location and at least a portion of the battery is spaced away from the circuit board. The circuit board further includes at least one pair of printed switch traces. The switch is integrated into the circuit board in a way that utilizes the circuit board to form a rotary switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Songbird Hearing, Inc.Inventors: Walter P. Sjursen, Michael DeSalvo, Hassan Mohamed, Paul J. Mulhauser, Karl D. Kirk, III
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Publication number: 20100172528Abstract: A battery compartment for a behind-the-ear hearing device includes a battery compartment body having a battery receiving space for accommodating a battery and at least one latching element for locking to a hearing device housing. The latching element and the battery compartment body are formed of different materials and the latching element is disposed in a holding device in the battery compartment body. A behind-the-ear hearing device with a latching element and the use of polyoxymethylene for manufacturing the latching element, are likewise provided. As a result of the separation of the latching element and the battery compartment body and the use of different materials, a switching and locking function can be optimized and the wearing quality can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.Inventors: Werner Fickweiler, Björn Freels, Markus Trautner
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Patent number: 7747030Abstract: A hearing aid is identified by storing a first binary code in the hearing aid as a first identification code, storing a second binary code in the hearing aid as a default code, and replacing the default code with a second identification code if a second hearing aid is used by the person using the first hearing aid. The identification code includes a bit indicating for which ear the hearing aid is intended. If two hearing aids are used, the identification code of the first hearing aid is substituted for the default code in the second hearing aid and vice-versa, thereby pairing the first hearing aid with the second hearing aid and indicating that there are two hearing aids needed, even if one hearing aid should become lost or inoperative.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Zounds Hearing, Inc.Inventors: Scott Raymond Fink, Samuel L. Thomasson
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Publication number: 20100158295Abstract: An embodiment of a hearing assistance device comprises an enclosure that includes a faceplate and a shell attached to the faceplate, a power source, a flex antenna, a transmission line connected to the flex antenna, and radio circuit connected to the transmission line and electrically connected to the power source. The flex antenna has a shape of at least a substantially complete loop around the power source, and maintains separation from the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Beau Jay Polinske, Jorge F. Sanguino, Jay Rabel, Jeffrey Paul Solum, Michael Helgeson, David Tourtelotte
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Publication number: 20100158294Abstract: A hearing assistance device for a user comprising a housing, a three dimensional electronic substrate disposed in the housing, the substrate adapted to conform to a battery of the hearing assistance device and hearing assistance electronics mounted to the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Michael Helgeson, Jeffrey Paul Solum, David Tourtelotte, Beau Jay Polinske
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Publication number: 20100150356Abstract: A binaural hearing aid system for a user is set forth. The system includes a casing adapted and constructed to encase a hearing aid system suitable for wearing below the neck of the user. A first digital signal processor, having an audio input from a first microphone of the hearing system, is also provided. The first digital signal processor produces a first audio output corresponding to a first hearing profile. A second digital signal processor having the audio input from the second microphone of the hearing system is also provided. The second digital signal processor produces a second audio output corresponding to a second hearing profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Michael Uzuanis, Richard Uzuanis
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Patent number: 7738668Abstract: A space-saving electrical contact assembly for a hearing instrument faceplate can be fashioned by physically conforming the configuration of individual contacts to the battery and the battery door in the faceplate. By providing each contact of the assembly with an interconnected terminal, the wiring of the assembly is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc.Inventor: Shin Chai Mark Lin
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Publication number: 20100119094Abstract: A hearing aid includes a hearing aid shell, a microphone enclosed within the hearing aid shell, and a sealing member that surrounds the periphery of the microphone enclosed within the hearing aid shell, and a sealing member that surrounds the periphery of the microphone. The sealing member completely fills the area between the periphery of the microphone and the interior surface of the hearing aid shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Songbird Hearing, Inc.Inventors: Walter P. Sjursen, Michael DeSalvo, Hassan Mohamed, Paul J. Mulhauser, Karl D. Kirk, III
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Publication number: 20100098278Abstract: A listening system, e.g. a hearing aid system, including a charging station and one or more listening devices, e.g. hearing instruments. The hearing aid system includes a) a hearing instrument including a rechargeable battery for energizing the hearing instrument, and a volatile data memory, wherein basic data for the configuration of the hearing instrument are stored during normal operation, b) a charging station adapted for allowing a hearing instrument to be mounted and the battery to be recharged without removing the battery from the hearing instrument, and c) a connection allowing communication between the charging station and the hearing instrument, to allow the basic data for the configuration of the hearing instrument to be transferred from the data memory of the charging station to the data memory of the hearing instrument, when the hearing instrument is mounted in the charging station.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Per Kokholm SORENSEN, Frank Engel RASMUSSEN
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Publication number: 20100098280Abstract: A hearing aid includes a circuit board having a battery affixed thereon and a switch that utilizes a portion of the circuit board as a portion of the switch. The battery is permanently affixed to the circuit board in at least one location and at least a portion of the battery is spaced away from the circuit board. The circuit board further includes at least one pair of printed switch traces. The switch is integrated into the circuit board in a way that utilizes the circuit board to form a rotary switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Songbird Hearing, Inc.Inventors: Walter P. Sjursen, Michael DeSalvo, Hassan Mohamed, Paul J. Mulhauser, Karl D. Kirk, III
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Publication number: 20100098279Abstract: A hearing apparatus with a housing including a housing interior is provided. Signal processing components are accommodated in the housing interior. The hearing apparatus includes a battery compartment fastened in or on the housing, which has a battery compartment interior into which a battery is inserted for supplying power to the hearing apparatus. Further, a membrane is provided, which separates the housing interior from the battery compartment interior. The membrane is fastened to the housing or to the battery compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Hoong Yih Chan, PhanHow Amy Cheng, Leep Foong Chew, Cheoung Hong Lee, Meng Kiang Lim
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Patent number: 7697704Abstract: A hearing aid having a microphone for conversion of sound into an input audiosignal, a signal processor for processing the input audiosignal, a receiver for conversion of the processed signal into sound, an audio amplifier for supplying current to the receiver in response to the processed signal, a battery for current supply of the signal processor, the audio amplifier, and the receiver, and a current limiter connected in series between the battery and the audio amplifier for analogue limitation of the current supplied by the battery to the audio amplifier in response to the battery output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: GN Resound A/SInventors: Mark Brooks, Per Asbeck Nielsen
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Publication number: 20100086160Abstract: 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 length of the hearing aid audio tube to be formed as well as a metal reflector to increase the efficiency of the heater element. The device has nonskid feet and air holes to improve the cooling of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventor: Charles Beck
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Publication number: 20100054510Abstract: A user programmable hearing aid allows a user to select acoustical configuration programs that provide optimum performance for the user. The user may cycle through and evaluate various available programs by operating a single digital rocker switch on the hearing aid housing to switch from one program to the next. When a preferred program is active, the user can press and hold an up control or down control of the digital rocker switch for an extended time to select the currently active program. The user can then use the digital rocker switch to adjust the audio gain for the selected program. The hearing aid may also operate in a Configuration Mode wherein configuration settings may be changed by operating the up and down controls of the digital rocker switch. In the Configuration Mode, a clinician or patient may easily change configuration settings manually, with no need to connect the apparatus to a computer or other programming interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventor: Daniel R. Schumaier
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Publication number: 20100054488Abstract: A caddy for testing hearing aid batteries, including a battery test unit having a battery receiver, a battery test mechanism, and an indicator mechanism displaying the capacity of the battery tested. The caddy further includes a storage compartment for storing hearing aid batteries, and an optional flashlight for assisting with battery replacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventor: Robby Dale Young
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Patent number: 7672468Abstract: In a method for adjusting the transmission characteristic of a hearing aid, the characteristic being defined by hearing aid-specific parameters, a data processing device is used that has a screen and a pointer device. On a graphics user interface of the data processing device, an object displayed in a first area of the screen is selected and copied with the pointer device and the copy is moved into the second area of the screen and stored there, with the transmission characteristic of the hearing aid being able to be changed by the stored object. Settings selected for a hearing aid or a hearing program thus can be transferred quickly and easily to a second hearing aid or a second hearing program.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbHInventors: Eduard Kaiser, Reinier Kortekaas, Sören Kuhrt, Michael Sieber
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Patent number: 7668326Abstract: A battery compartment for a hearing aid. The battery compartment comprises a first portion for accommodating a battery and a second portion, where the second portion comprises at least one retaining element for securing the position of the battery compartment with respect to a housing of said hearing aid. The first and second portions of the battery compartment are provided as first and second separate parts (1, 2) comprising releasable interlocking means (12, 14) for mutual engagement.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: WIDEX A/SInventor: Morten Linkenkær-Hansen
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Publication number: 20100034408Abstract: Switching device for hearing aid, whereby a hearing aid casing part is adapted for placement above and behind the ear lobe and encloses a battery and a signal processing and amplifier device operable to provide an amplified audio signal to the user perceivable as sound wherein further the switching device comprises a base section and a manually operable rigid pivot element which has a two spaced apart pressure receiving parts and a pivotal axis placed between the two pressure receiving parts, whereby a cantilever and indexing ladder is provided between the base section and the rigid pivot element operable to allow the rigid pivot element to assume 2, 3 or more stable positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Rune Vaerndal, Peter Spragge
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Patent number: 7657045Abstract: A low-power implant system. The system includes an implant for implantation into a person, such as a cochlear implant or a middle ear implant. The implant is capable of communicating with a device via transmission of ultra wideband pulses. The device may be adapted to be worn external to the person, or may be a second implant. So as to conserve battery power, the transmitted ultra wideband pulses may have a low duty cycle of approximately 1/1000 or less. Power savings may also be realized by using time-gating amplifiers in the implant and/or device receiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2003Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbHInventors: Erwin Hochmair, Ingeborg Hochmair
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Patent number: 7650004Abstract: A field ready, unsupervised-use ready, method and apparatus for audio fitting a hearing aid is described in a hand held configuration having paired comparisons (hearing selections) stored in and derivable from a memory therein. The paired comparisons are presented one at a time to a user and a preferred selection for each paired comparison is made by a select indicator after the user toggles back and forth between the selections for as many times necessary in determining their preferences. A genetic algorithm converges all the preferences upon a single solution. Crossover and mutation genetic algorithm operators operate on a linear range of indexes representative of parametric values of the pairs. A fully integrated hearing aid having all the above described features incorporated therein is also presented.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2002Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Eric A. Durant
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Patent number: 7639822Abstract: A battery-powered hearing aid (1) is programmed via a programming device (2), the hearing aid (1) having a battery (11) and a line connection (3, 4) for connecting the battery (11) to the programming device (2). The programming device uses a variable voltage source (5) and an input comparator (6) with a first and a second input terminal and an output terminal to output a variable voltage to one input of the input comparator (6) and determining the voltage of the hearing aid battery (11) by using the second input of the input comparator (6) of the programming device (2). By ramping the output of the variable voltage source (5) used as a reference, the voltage of the battery (11) can be determined with great accuracy using existing hearing aid programming circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: WIDEX A/SInventor: Anders Westergaard
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Publication number: 20090316940Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a microphone on a proximal side of a device housing and a loudspeaker which via a transmission channel is in open communication with a sound-emitting opening of the device. A sound processing device serves to generate sound received by the microphone to the loudspeaker in amplified form. The device housing is provided on a distal side with an optionally sealed battery chamber for receiving a battery therein. The transmission channel is at least almost wholly separated from the microphone acoustically in order to prevent acoustic feedback. The battery chamber comprises ventilation means for the purpose of increasing the lifespan of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: Exsilent Research B.V.Inventors: Aeldrik Pander, Michel Martin Marie Havenith, Marcus Johannes Aloysius Kaal
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Publication number: 20090316941Abstract: A hearing aid includes at least one capacitive switch for controlling or communicating with the hearing aid by touch. The capacitive switch is an electrode on the inside of the housing coupled to a touch detector. Touching the outside of the hearing aid adjacent the electrode produces a switching operation. The hearing aid includes a programmed microprocessor coupled to the touch detector. The microprocessor is programmed to effect predetermined functions in response to particular touch patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: Zounds, Inc.Inventors: Donald Allan Lowmiller, Fan Wu, Samuel L. Thomasson
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Publication number: 20090310806Abstract: A battery compartment has a spring element for securing a battery in the battery compartment where the spring element is secured in the battery compartment in such a way that it can be replaced, for example upon slackening of the spring tension.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Werner Fickweiler, Tom Weidner
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Publication number: 20090296968Abstract: A maintenance station includes means for disinfecting, drying, recharging, and communicating with one or more hearing aids using light. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a fluorescent lamp is primarily for disinfecting a hearing aid, an incandescent lamp is primarily for recharging a hearing aid, and a light emitting diode is primarily for communicating with a hearing aid. All power dissipated within the station aids in drying the hearing aids within.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Zounds, Inc.Inventors: Fan Wu, Samuel L. Thomasson
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Publication number: 20090290738Abstract: A hearing aid includes a case and a photovoltaic cell located in the case near a translucent portion of the case. A detector circuit includes a voltage comparator for monitoring the voltage from the photocell and indicating variations in voltage. The variations are analyzed to detect data for operating the hearing aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: Zounds, Inc.Inventors: Samuel L. Thomasson, Fan Wu
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Publication number: 20090290735Abstract: An improved hearing aid and method that employs a combination microphone/speaker, sized to have the microphone inserted within the concha bowl of the outer ear and the speaker is inserted within which the opening of the ear canal such that it does not obstruct the same for more natural hearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: Schanz III, LLCInventor: Richard W. Schanz
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Publication number: 20090285426Abstract: A hearing aid with a rechargeable energy storage unit used as a power supply and an antenna used for wireless transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals is provided. The hearing aid also includes an energy charging unit which is arranged between the antenna and the energy storage unit, with the energy transmitted electromagnetically in a charging mode to the antenna being fed electrically via the energy charging unit into the energy storage unit. An energy charger and an energy storage method are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: Mihail Boguslavskij
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Publication number: 20090285425Abstract: A hearing aid includes a case, a photovoltaic cell located within the case, and a light gathering member optically coupled to the photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic cell is preferably a multi-junction cell and the light gathering member gathers light at the wavelengths preferentially absorbed by the multi-junction cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: Zounds, Inc.Inventors: Samuel L. Thomasson, Fan Wu
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Patent number: 7620195Abstract: A hearing aid having a rechargeable battery and a charger for charging the battery includes a first microphone and a first speaker in the hearing aid and a second microphone and a second speaker in the charger for acoustically transferring data between the hearing aid and the charger. The hearing aid can detect the charge state of a battery and send a signal to the charger indicative of the charge state. The charger also includes a chamber for receiving at least a portion of the hearing aid.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Zounds, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Dean Bengtsson, Scott Raymond Fink, Samuel L. Thomasson
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Patent number: 7620194Abstract: A digital hearing aid adjusts power to a processor or other modules to conserve battery life. The digital hearing aid receives and measures audio signals from an environment. If a magnitude of the audio signals is less than a predetermined threshold, the digital hearing aid starts a timer. If the audio signals are below the threshold for a predetermined period as measured by the timer, the digital hearing aid adjusts power to the processor or other modules. The digital hearing aid may also adjust clock rates and sampling rates of the processor. If the digital hearing aid detects audio signals above the threshold, the digital hearing aid restores power to the processor or other modules.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Inventors: John H. Sayler, Bernard A. Galler
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Publication number: 20090279727Abstract: A hearing aid including an audio-processing device. The audio-processing device may be configured to receive a signal from a microphone and send the signal to a receiver. The hearing aid may include a hearing aid housing coupled to the audio-processing device. The hearing aid housing may have a body and a battery door. The battery door may be coupled to the body to form a battery cavity. The battery door may be movable about an axis of rotation that extends through a circular cross section of the battery cavity. Additional hearing aid housing configurations and methods for manufacturing hearing aids are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2008Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: Sonic Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Owen Brimhall, Jeremy Horton, Craig Collotzi
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Patent number: 7609259Abstract: A method and appertaining system load 3D shape information defining a hearing aid shell into a processor and present a representation of the shell on a display. A fill boundary is entered by a user operating a user input device and a fill region for the shell is thus defined. The fill boundary is then displayed, but can be modified by the user. Various checks may be performed to ensure that the fill region is a proper one, and if not, a status can be provided to the user indicating why the fill region is unacceptable. The displayed shell can be rotated and moved to assist the user. Once an acceptable fill region has been defined, an indication is provided by the user that the displayed fill region is to be used as the actual fill region.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbHInventors: Fred McBagonluri, Artem Boltyenkov, Oleg Saltykov
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Publication number: 20090262964Abstract: A hearing aid includes a device housing to be worn outside an ear of a user and which co-acts with an in-the-ear part provided with a sound-emitting opening and which is intended and adapted to be received at least substantially in the ear of the user. The in-the-ear part is physically separated from the device housing, wherein at least a microphone and a loudspeaker are accommodated together with the sound-emitting opening in the in-the-ear part. An electronic connection is present between the device housing and the in-the-ear part. A power supply of a hearing aid particularly includes a capacitor (40), more particularly an ultra-capacitor. The functionality of a hearing aid can be expanded with an expansion unit (50). For an accurate fit of the in-the-ear part use is made of a digital representation which has been modified on the basis of fitting data of a fitting body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: EXSILENT RESEARCH B.V.Inventors: Michel Martin Marie Havenith, Aeldrik Pander, Marcus Johannes Aloysius Kaal
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Publication number: 20090257610Abstract: A hearing aid includes a secondary battery and means for identifying the kind of battery for charging. After the battery is identified, an appropriate algorithm for charging the battery is selected and used for charging the battery. Primary batteries are not charged. The hearing aid also includes a voltage reduction circuit for supplying a constant voltage to circuitry within the hearing aid. The battery preferably has an energy density greater than 500 watt-hours per liter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: Zounds, Inc.Inventors: Fan Wu, Samuel L. Thomasson
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Patent number: 7602930Abstract: Hearing aid wearers can find themselves in situations in which the necessary replacement and/or recharging of a discharged voltage source is not immediately possible. In such a situation, reducing the low-frequency signal elements in the acoustic output signal allows a type of emergency mode to be maintained for a certain period. The majority of important acoustic information thus remains comprehensible to the hearing aid wearer.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbHInventor: Thomas Kasztelan
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Publication number: 20090252359Abstract: A battery compartment door for an electronic device, said door being operable between open and closed conditions of use with respect to the device, including a cradle shaped to at least partially receive a terminal of a battery, wherein the cradle is adapted to electrically couple the terminal to an electric circuit of the device when the door is arranged in the closed condition of use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2005Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Wai Kit David Ho, Wee Haw Koo, Beng Hai Tan
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Patent number: 7599705Abstract: A wireless transmitter includes an antenna and a signal generator. A control signal input to the signal generator controls a frequency band of a carrier frequency. The control signal also controls the transmitted signal power. The control signal is generated by a decoder unit that decodes an audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2001Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Phonak AGInventors: François Marquis, Louis Gerber
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Publication number: 20090214064Abstract: A hearing aid includes an antenna and is powered by one or more signals received by the antenna. At least some of the power for operating the hearing aid is derived from a received signal. Power not used for operation is used for charging a battery, if any, in the hearing aid. The signal can be modulated for one-way communication or there is two-way communication if the hearing aid includes a transmitter coupled to the same antenna or a second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: Zounds, Inc.Inventors: Fan Wu, Samuel L. Thomasson
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Publication number: 20090202093Abstract: A charging device for a hearing apparatus and a system which includes the charging device are provided. The charging device has at least one charging contact in order to charge the hearing apparatus. The charging contact is movable in order to align with a contact on a hearing apparatus contact thereby a standard charging device is be made available.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Axel Dannemann, Roland Weigert
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Publication number: 20090202094Abstract: A hearing aid device has a shell that fits into the upper part of the concha of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and connecting element that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in an ear piece in the ear canal. The combination of the shell and the connecting element in the concha retain the hearing aid in the outer ear.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Knud Ammitzboll, Mark Balke, Uwe Rass
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Publication number: 20090202092Abstract: A hearing apparatus is provided with a housing and/or frame and a battery compartment that is mounted rotatably in or on the housing or frame between an open position and a closed position. The battery compartment, radially relative to the axis of rotation, has a first locking element within the battery charger area. A second locking element that corresponds to the first locking element is arranged on the housing or frame so that the battery compartment engages removably in a specified pivoted position between the open position and the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventor: Josef Ruppert
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Publication number: 20090161898Abstract: An energy storage means holding device and an associated housing module for a hearing device are provided. The holding device includes a holding module and a contact arranged in the holding module for connection to an energy charging device. A gripping is embodied in the holding module and cover the contact such that the contact can be contacted outside but cannot however be reached by human fingers when inserting the holding device into a housing module of the hearing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Uwe Rass, Joseph Sauer, Benjamin Schmidt, Christian Schmitt
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Patent number: 7545947Abstract: A hearing aid using a printed circuit board (PCB) is provided, which minimizes internal wires since components of the hearing aid are disposed on the PCB. In the hearing aid using a PCB, hearing aid components can be automatically disposed and soldered on the PCB, and through this the total process time, including manufacturing time, can be substantially reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Algorkorea Co., Ltd.Inventor: Soon-Suck Jang