Abstract: Hearing aid devices, methods of manufacture, methods of use, and kits are provided. In certain aspects, the hearing aid devices comprise an apparatus having a transducer and a retention structure comprising a shape profile corresponding to a tissue of the user, and a layer of elastomer.

Abstract: An earphone box includes a box body and a box magnet. The box body defines an accommodating groove configured to accommodate the earphone, and the accommodating groove is provided with an interface configured to be electrically coupled to the earphone. The box magnet is mounted on the box body and configured as a multipole magnet, the earphone is provided with an earphone magnet with the same number of poles as the box magnet, and the earphone magnet attracts and couples with the box magnet.

Abstract: The earphone includes a sound generation component including a transducer; at least a portion of the sound generation component extending into a concha cavity of a user; and an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being connected to the first portion, and being connected to the sound generation component to place the sound generation component at a position near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal. The sound generation component has a first projection on a sagittal plane, and the auricle has a second projection on the sagittal plane. A centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction. A ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be in a range of 0.35-0.6.

Abstract: An earphone which includes a sound production component and an ear hook may be provided. The sound production component includes a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer. A first portion of the ear hook is hung between an auricle and the head of a user, and a second portion extends toward a side of the auricle away from the head and is connected to the sound production component. In a non-wearing state, the ear hook and the sound production component form a first projection on a first plane; in a wearing state, the ear hook and the sound production component form a second projection on a sagittal plane of a human body. Each of the first projection and the second projection includes an outer contour, a first end contour, an inner contour, and a second end contour.

Abstract: A system includes electronic circuitry that receives a self-clocking differential signal comprising a data signal encoded with a clock signal at a dock frequency. The electronic circuitry is configured to recover, from the self-docking differential signal, the data signal and the dock signal. Then, based on the recovered dock signal, the electronic circuitry is configured to wirelessly transmit, to an implantable stimulator implanted within a recipient, a forward telemetry signal representing data recovered from the data signal. Corresponding systems, methods, devices, and application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are also disclosed.

Abstract: A bone conduction speaker is provided herein. The bone conduction speaker may include a magnetic circuit component for providing a magnetic field, a vibration component located in the magnetic field, and a case. At least a part of the vibration component may convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration signal. The case may include a case panel facing a human body side and a case back opposite to the case panel, and accommodate the vibration component that causes the case panel and the case back to vibrate. A vibration of the case panel may have a first phase, and a vibration of the case back may have a second phase. When frequencies of the vibration of the case panel and the case back are within 2000 Hz to 3000 Hz, an absolute value of a difference between the first and the second phase(s) may be less than 60 degrees.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an earphone, comprising: a sound production component, at least a portion of the sound production component extending into a concha cavity; ear hook disposed between an auricle and a head of the user, extending toward a side of the auricle away from the head, and connecting the sound production component; in a non-wearing state, the ear hook and the sound production component form a first projection on a first plane comprising an outer contour, a first end contour, an inner contour, and a second end contour, the outer contour, the first end contour, the second end contour, and a tangent segment connecting the first end contour and the second end contour define a first closed curve, a ratio of a projection area of the sound production component on the first plane to a first area of the first closed curve is between 0.25 and 0.4.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, at an audio provision system including at least one audio output device, an initiation of audio being provided via the at least one audio output device to a user; identifying and tracking, using at least one sensor of the audio provision system, a location of the user with respect to the at least one audio output device; and directing, using the audio provision system, audio provided by the at least one audio output device to the user, wherein the directing includes adjusting, based upon the location of the user, at least one attribute of the at least one audio output device, wherein the adjusting includes iteratively adjusting the at least one attribute as the location of the user changes. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a support configured to be worn on a head of a recipient and to hold at least one device next to the recipient's skull. The at least one device provides information to the recipient. The support is configured to generate a force that presses against the head and to actively adjust the force while the support is worn by the recipient.

Abstract: Disclosed is an earbud including a head housing configured for insertion into a user's auricle and having a sound emitting hole, and a stick housing extending downward from the head housing, wherein the stick housing is inclined inward.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a device comprising a moving-coil speaker including a diaphragm to play low-frequency signals from an audio-signal source, and a piezoelectric transducer coupled to the diaphragm to play high-frequency signals from the audio-signal source. A coupler couples the diaphragm to a housing of the device.

Abstract: A hearing device includes an enclosure comprising a shell and a faceplate and is configured for at least partial insertion within an ear of a user. An antenna structure of the hearing device is oriented such that a direction of an electric field (E-field) of a propagating electromagnetic signal generated by the antenna structure is directed non-tangentially with respect to the user at the location of the user's ear. The antenna structure includes an antenna disposed in or on the faceplate and a ground plane at least partially supported by the faceplate. A battery and electronic circuitry are disposed within the shell. The electronic circuitry is powered by the battery and is electrically coupled to send and/or receive signals via the antenna structure.

Abstract: Some headphone systems include two ear cups, a headband assembly, an interface system and a control system. Each ear cup may include an ear cup enclosure, an ear pad assembly, a speaker system and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly may be disposed within the ear cup enclosure such that it is not visible from outside the ear cup. The headband assembly may connect with each of the ear cups via the hinge assembly. The interface system may include at least one interface and a plurality of input source buttons disposed on at least one of the ear cups. Each of the input source buttons may be configured for selecting a source of audio data received via the at least one interface. The control system may be configured for controlling the speaker system to reproduce audio data received via the interface and selected by one of the input source buttons.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an open earphone. The open earphone may include a sound production device and an ear hook including a first part and a second part connected in sequence. The first part may be hooked and arranged between an auricle and a head of a user. The second part may extend to a front lateral surface of the auricle and may be connected to the sound production device. The sound production device may be worn at a position that is near an ear canal without blocking an earhole of the user. The sound production device may be at least partially inserted into an auricular concha cavity of the user. An overlap ratio of a projection area of the sound production device on a sagittal plane to a projection area of the auricular concha cavity on the sagittal plane may be not less than 44.01%.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone including a sound production component, an ear hook, and a microphone assembly. The microphone assembly includes a first microphone and a second microphone. The sound production component or ear hook includes a first sound hole and a second sound hole corresponding to the first microphone and second microphone, respectively. An extension line of a line connecting a projection of the first sound hole on a sagittal plane of the user and a projection of the second sound hole on the sagittal plane has an intersection point with a projection of an antihelix, a ratio of a first distance between the projection of the first sound hole on the sagittal plane and the projection of the second acoustic hole on the sagittal plane to a second distance between the projection of the second acoustic hole on the sagittal plane and the intersection point is 1.8-4.4.

Abstract: A contact hearing device includes a chassis, sulcus platform and umbo platform wherein the chassis is formed as a single continuous material, the sulcus platform is formed as a single continuous material, and the umbo platform is formed as a single continuous material. The chassis may include a receiver mount, a motor mount pocket and a central frame. The sulcus platform includes one or more registration features adapted to mate with at least a portion of the chassis, the umbo platform includes a drive post landing pad, the drive post landing pad including at least one alignment feature.

Abstract: A sound output device includes a device main frame in which at least a speaker is disposed, and an attachment aid member that is joined to the device main frame. In the sound output device, the attachment aid member includes an annular support portion at least a part of which is inserted into a cavum concha, and the annular support portion includes a contact portion that comes into contact with a part of an ear in the cavum concha while being elastically deformed. With this arrangement, the contact portion of the annular support portion inserted into the cavum concha comes into contact with a part of the ear in the cavum concha while being elastically deformed. Accordingly, it is possible to attach the sound output device to the ear, using the attachment aid member, regardless of the size and the shape of the ear.

Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.

Abstract: A signal processing device for processing audio signals is described. The signal processing device has an input interface for receiving an input signal and an output interface for outputting an output signal. Moreover, the signal processing device has at least one first neural network for conditioning the input signal and at least one second neural network for separating one or more audio signals from the input signal. The at least one first neural network and the at least one second neural network are arranged sequentially.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to audio headsets and more particularly to a headset including improved comfort and functionality. The headset may be shaped to provide a comfortable and proper seal to, for example, exclude ambient noise. In addition, the headset may configured to include various interchangeable components and may further include several input ports. Advantageously, the headset may be modular and may facilitate coupling with one or more interfaces, such as an audio source and a microphone.