Patents Assigned to Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
  • Hearing device with automatic determination of its fit in the ear and corresponding method
    Patent number: 7856107
    Abstract: The risk of inadequate hearing device provision for the hearing-impaired is to be reduced. To this end provision is made to determine the correct fit of the hearing device or the hearing device component in an auditory canal. To this end an acoustic measurement signal is output into the auditory canal. The measurement signal influenced in the auditory canal by the hearing device or the hearing device component is received and compared with a reference signal. Information about the fit of the hearing device is determined from the comparison. This information is transmitted with a status report to an external unit. Objective information about the fit of the hearing device can thus be obtained, particularly in the case of provision for children.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Simone Siltmann
  • Hearing aid with sound tube serving for retention in concha
    Patent number: 7856111
    Abstract: A hearing aid device has a custom-fit shell that fits into the helix lock area of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and an RIC tube that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in the ear canal. The combination of the custom-fit shell and the RIC tube in the concha retain the hearing aid in the outer ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Balke, Uwe Rass, Knud Ammitzboll
  • Audio shoe contact for a hearing device
    Patent number: 7853032
    Abstract: A hearing device with an audio shoe is to be designed in a simpler and less interference-susceptible manner. To this end, provision is made for an audio shoe to comprise contact springs of such type that directly contact the circuit boards of a hearing device. A contact intermediate piece between the audio shoe and the circuit board of the hearing device can thus be dispensed with. Furthermore, contact problems caused by the intermediate piece can hereby be avoided and the assembly cost for the hearing device reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Heerlein, Wai Kit David Ho, Thomas Kasztelan
  • Method for setting a hearing aid, hearing aid and mobile activation unit for setting a hearing aid
    Patent number: 7853030
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid which, with the aid of an integrated positioning unit or a positioning unit integrated in a mobile activation device automatically sets operating parameters of the hearing aid as a function of the location of the hearing aid or of the activation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Grasbon, Gerhard Sporer
  • Hearing apparatus and a method for own-voice detection
    Patent number: 7853031
    Abstract: A hearing aid wearer's own voice frequently leads to artifacts and response errors in various hearing aid algorithms. It is provided that the user's own voice to be detected by a special analysis device, and the hearing aid algorithms can be controlled as a function of detection. This can be achieved by providing a microphone in the auditory channel whose signal level is compared with that of an external microphone. This allows some form of control, e.g., the automatic gain control of a hearing aid to be “frozen”, in the presence of the hearing aid wearer's own voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Volkmar Hamacher
  • Hearing aid and method for its adjustment
    Patent number: 7853028
    Abstract: A hearing aid and appertaining method of adjustment permit adjusting a hearing aid more conveniently and more specifically. For this purpose, parameters for real hearing situations are stored in a storage device in the hearing aid or in the remote control for an adjustment procedure by the hearing aid wearer him- or herself. These hearing examples are then reproduced to the hearing aid wearer for the adjustment procedure. The hearing aid wearer therefore does not have to wait for a corresponding hearing situation in his surrounding area for the adjustment process and can repeat the adjustment process as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Eghart Fischer
  • Hearing and apparatus with compensation of acoustic and electromagnetic feedback signals
    Patent number: 7844063
    Abstract: Hearing aids with microphone and telephone coil are to be made simpler and more convenient. For this purpose it is provided to use an adaptive filter to compensate acoustic and electromagnetic feedback. In order to allow for the propagation delay differences, a delay element is connected downstream of the telephone coil. The microphone and telephone coil signals can be individually weighted with the factors a and b so that mixed mode is also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Volkmar Hamacher, Henning Puder
  • In-the-ear hearing aid having an electronics module
    Patent number: 7844066
    Abstract: An in-the-ear hearing aid is to have a more compact design. For this purpose there is inserted into a housing shell an electronics module having all the electronic components of the hearing aid, the electronic components being secured to a flexible supporting structure. As a result of the open construction of the electronics module, the individual electronic components can be compactly inserted with short stranded wires, thus also increasing electromagnetic compatibility. The flexibility of the supporting structure enables allowance to be made for individually differing auditory canal shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph Sauer, Christian Schmitt
  • Method for the synchronization of signal tones and corresponding hearing aids
    Patent number: 7844062
    Abstract: The output of signal tones from hearing aids for binaural coverage is to be synchronized. To this end, it is provided that the counters of the two hearing aids are equalized by a synchronization signal. By transmitting a control signal with a count value or before a predetermined count value, the simultaneous emission of a signal tone from the two hearing aids is initiated. Alternatively, for the indirect synchronization of the counters the respective differences of the counter readings may also be stored in the individual hearing aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Bäuml, Wolfgang Sörgel
  • Method and acoustic system for generating stereo signals for each of separate sound sources
    Patent number: 7831052
    Abstract: In a method and an acoustic system that generate a stereo signal for each of multiple. separate sources, a blind source separation of at least two microphone signals is conducted to acquire BSS filters. Each of the microphone signals is filtered with its own filter transfer function that is the quotient of a power density spectral portion of the respective sound source and the overall power density spectrum of the respective microphone signal, such that two stereo signals are obtained for each microphone signal. An approximation of the signals to be separated, for example for each of two hearing devices, is thereby possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Henning Puder
  • Hearing device without reference clock component
    Patent number: 7831056
    Abstract: A hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, occupies a small volume and has high data transmission speeds for wireless transmission. In order to avoid using large volume frequency-stable components, for this purpose, an oscillator unit with a free-running oscillator is used instead. A receiver receives a synchronization signal cyclically. This is correlated to a reference signal in a correlator, such that the arrival time of the synchronization signal can be defined exactly. The free-running oscillator is then retuned correspondingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Nikles, Gottfried Rückerl, Ulrich Schätzle
  • Hearing aid with automatic sound storage and corresponding method
    Patent number: 7826631
    Abstract: The adaptation of a hearing aid to the wearer is made more convenient according to a hearing aid and method of use. A hearing situation is classified according to a hearing situation at any one time, the sound of the hearing aid is stored, and subsequently the sound setting with the assigned classification is stored. In this case, the sound setting is automatically stored with the associated classification after each adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Eghart Fischer, Uwe Rass
  • Hearing aid with reduced wind sensitivity and corresponding method
    Patent number: 7813517
    Abstract: The wind sensitivity of hearing aids is reduced. The noise level of at least two microphones is measured and to compared with one another. The microphones are controlled according to the comparison result. In one embodiment, the microphone having the lowest noise level is used as an omnidirectional microphone in a wind situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Hartmut Ritter, Dominik Strohmeier
  • Hearing apparatus with status signal facility and corresponding method
    Patent number: 7792309
    Abstract: Status changes in a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device should be able to be transmitted to an external data processing facility in a more rapid manner. For this purpose, provision is made for the hearing apparatus to comprise a sensor facility to capture a status of a component of the hearing apparatus. Furthermore, a status signal facility is integrated into the hearing apparatus, said status signal facility being connected to the sensor facility and being able to be used to automatically transmit a signal to the external data processing facility, when a change in the status occurs. The status of the hearing apparatus need thus not be continually queried, but a corresponding signal is actively sent outwards in the event of a status change. The battery service life of a hearing device can hereby be increased for instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Hui Yong Ng
  • HEARING AID COMPRISING PARTS MADE OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SOUND-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100220880
    Abstract: A hearing aid has parts made of electrically conductive and simultaneously sound-absorbent material. These parts are at the same time used as sound-absorbent elements of the design of the hearing aid, the housing thereof or the components thereof and as electrical contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS AUDIOLOGISCHE TECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Weidner
  • Switch
    Patent number: 7781692
    Abstract: A switch for controlling first and second components of an electric circuit is proposed. The switch is operable between first and second positions to control the operation of the first of said components and is operable between third and fourth positions to control operation of the second of said components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Heerlein, Wee Haw Koo
  • Hearing device with a damping element
    Patent number: 7783068
    Abstract: A hearing device has an ear fitting piece, a housing part wearable behind the ear, and an earpiece tube connecting the ear fitting piece and the housing part. The transmission of mechanical vibrations between the ear fitting piece and the housing part via the earpiece tube is prevented by damping elements located in the region of the connection points between the ear fitting piece and the earpiece tube, or between the earpiece tube and the housing part. The damping elements damp mechanical vibrations in the transition region. A damping element that prevents the transmission of mechanical vibrations can also be present on or in the earpiece tube. The feedback tendency in the appertaining hearing device is thereby reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Uwe Rass, Gerhard Röhrlein, Joseph Sauer, Markus Trautner
  • SMD battery contact module
    Patent number: 7782010
    Abstract: The production of hearing apparatuses and in particular of hearing devices is to be simplified. To this end, a battery contact module with an electrical contact facility and a plastic frame is proposed, to/in which the contact facility is fastened. In this way, the battery contact module is designed as a SMD component and the contact facility has corresponding connections for a surface mounting on a printed circuit board. An amplifier printed circuit board can herewith be advantageously automatically equipped with the battery contact module and soldered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Heerlein, Thomas Kasztelan, Vincent Ong
  • Hearing aid system
    Patent number: 7783064
    Abstract: In the case of binaural coverage, the perception with one-sided sound reception should be improved. Provision is made for this purpose to transmit the receive signals of the hearing devices alternately and if necessary to generate a mono signal from the input signals with a specific weighting, said mono signal being presented at both ears. It is likewise conceivable to use only those spectral components of the input signals to generate the mono signal, said spectral portions having the higher level in each instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Laich
  • Hearing device with ear canal microphone
    Patent number: 7773764
    Abstract: A hearing device with a plastic mold arranged in the ear, in other words a hearing device shell or an otoplastic, features a loudspeaker in its interior. A cerumen protection system extends from the loudspeaker to the surface of the plastic mold. In accordance with the invention, a microphone is arranged in the cerumen protection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Niederdränk