Abstract: The invention provides a speaker module for a mobile terminal with a sound output port. The speaker module includes a speaker box. The speaker box includes a sound output opening for side surface sound. The speaker module also includes a horn barre. The horn barrel has openings arranged at both ends. A sectional area along the sound output direction of the horn barrel changes gradually. By designing a variable sectional surface with different areas or lengths and widths on the horn barrel for stakeout, the size of the variable sectional surface is directly related to the sound quality of each part of the horn barrel. The horn barrel widens the frequency band range. Compared with the related art, the present invention can realize multi-level resonance, has a small volume, is convenient to widen the frequency band range and has flexible avoidance space.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a portable electric device. The portable electronic device can include a substrate configured to retain one or more electrical components. The substrate can be configured include one or more arms and/or surfaces in particular configurations. The portable electronic device can be used to deliver audio to a user.

Abstract: A method for directional signal processing for a binaural hearing system. In input transducers of first and second hearing instruments generate input signals from an ambient sound signal. A direction relative to a preferred direction and a distance from a reference point of the binaural hearing system are predetermined, to predetermine a focal point. First and second directional signals are generated from input signals by directional signal processing so that a direction of maximum sensitivity, starting from the first and second hearing instruments form respective a first and second yaw angles with the preferred direction. The yaw angles are adjusted via the directional signal processing of the input signals so that a superposition of the first and second directional signals has a maximum sensitivity in an overlap region that includes the predetermined focal point. An output signal of the binaural hearing system is generated based on the superposition.

Abstract: A hearing device comprising a leading sealing element and a trailing receiver and valve, wherein in a longitudinal direction of the hearing device the valve is more distant from the sealing element than the receiver, and wherein the receiver and the valve each are unitary items that are separate from each other, and that the receiver and the valve are connected to each other by a flexible interlink.

Abstract: A multiple-driver adapter having a plane wave equalizer according to the present invention may include: a cube body; a high-pitched driver provided on one surface of the cube body and a medium-pitched driver provided on the other surface; a horn unit vertically disposed in the high-pitched driver and the medium-pitched driver, and partially disposed at output units of the high-pitched and medium-pitched drivers, and having a fore end exposed to one surface of the cube body; and at least one equalizer provided in the cube body and reducing sound interference.

Abstract: A processing system determines, based on a set of input datapoints, a current state of charge (SOC) of a battery of a hearing instrument. Additionally, the processing system determines a predicted agenda of the hearing instrument, the predicted agenda comprising one or more future time segments. The processing system estimates, based on the current state of charge and the predicted agenda of the hearing instrument, an amount of time remaining until the future SOC of the battery of the hearing instrument reaches a threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hearing device configured to be arranged at a user's ear, the hearing device comprising: an input transducer for generating one or more input signals based on a received audio signal; a signal processor configured for processing the one or more input signals; an output transducer for providing an audio output signal based on an output signal from the signal processor; wherein the hearing device comprises a time monitor for monitoring an expiry time of a subscription for the hearing device provided by a subscription server, wherein the hearing device is configured to perform an action when the time monitor detects that the expiry time of the subscription is reached.

Abstract: A hearing device includes at least one microphone configured to capture sound signals within an overall frequency range and to convert them into an input signal. A signal processor is provided for processing the input signal within a lower frequency range that is part of an overall frequency range. A detector is provided for detecting a noise that has frequency components both inside and outside the lower frequency range, namely in an upper frequency range above the lower frequency range. The hearing device is configured in such a way that the detector detects the noise based on its frequency component in the upper frequency range. A method for operating a hearing device is also provided.

Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user.

Abstract: A speaker unit detachably mountable to a hearing aid device body configured to be positioned behind an ear of a wearer is disclosed. Further, hearing aid device system comprising the speaker unit is disclosed. The speaker unit comprises a contacting unit comprising at least one contact element and configured to be detachably mountable to a hearing aid device connector of said hearing aid device. The speaker unit further comprises a speaker unit body configured to be positioned at least partly in an ear canal of the wearer and comprising an output transducer unit configured to provide an acoustic signal based on an electrical signal input to said output transducer unit via said at least one contact element. The speaker unit further comprises a connecting unit provided between said speaker unit body and said contacting unit and including at least one wire configured to electrically connect said speaker unit body and said contacting unit.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first printed circuit board, a speaker unit including a speaker housing and a diaphragm, and a support member including a first portion surrounding a portion of the speaker unit and spaced apart from a surface of the speaker unit by a predetermined gap and a second portion extending from the first portion to cover a surface of a portion of the first printed circuit board. A first space located on one side of the diaphragm is formed in the speaker housing, and a second space in fluid communication with the first space is formed between the first portion and the surface of the speaker unit. The second portion and the first printed circuit board form at least a portion of a substantially sealed third space in fluid communication with the second space.

Abstract: A hearing assistance system is disclosed that comprises a hearing assistance device configured to reproduce sounds and to assist a person to hear the sounds, the hearing assistance device including a left hearing assistance device and a right hearing assistance device, and a computing device in communication with the hearing assistance device. The computing device interacts with the hearing assistance device to implement a fitting mode wherein the hearing assistance device is caused to generate fitting sounds usable to evaluate whether the left and right hearing devices are properly fitted into respective left and right ears of the person. The computing device produces a communication indicative of whether the left and right hearing assistance devices are properly fitted into respective left and right ears of the person.

Abstract: A hearing aid includes a non-programmable user input device that is not programmable by a user nor by an audiologist, control circuitry configured to receive an activation signal from the non-programmable user input device, one or more microphones, neural network circuitry configured to denoise audio signals received by the one or more microphones, and communication circuitry. The hearing aid is configured to detect, using the control circuitry, user activation of the non-programmable user input device on the hearing aid; control, using the control circuitry and based on detecting the activation of the non-programmable user input device on the hearing aid, switching between enabling and disabling the neural network circuitry; and transmit, using the communication circuitry, an indication of the enabling or disabling of the neural network circuitry to a processing device in operative communication with the hearing aid.

Abstract: A device and method that supplements sensory input, thereby providing a supplemented sensory environment, to induce plasticity within the central nervous system that effectively overcomes sensory-neural processing deficits or strengthens specific sensory-neural abilities. In one implementation, ear-level hearing devices are used to deliver therapeutic sound with specific acoustic features that serve as archetypes of stimulus features for which sensory-neural processing is compromised by a sensory-neural deficit.

Abstract: A speaker-element for a speaker includes two substantially mutually opposing spaced apart membrane planes, where each membrane plane comprises at least one electromagnetic wire arranged for creating a magnetic field upon an electric current passing through the electromagnetic wire. A permanent magnet is arranged between the two membrane planes, the electromagnet wires of the two membrane planes are connectable to an electric power source so that the electric current passes therethrough in substantially mutually opposing directions to create substantially mutually opposing magnetic fields, such that upon passing an electric current through the electromagnetic wire of each membrane plane said membrane planes are both either attracted towards or repulsed from the permanent magnet and thereby moved towards or away from each other, respectively, thereby producing a sound wave.

Abstract: A hearing device comprises a processor operatively coupled to memory, a speaker or a receiver, and one or both of a microphone arrangement and a telecoil arrangement. A sensor is operatively coupled to the processor and configured to sense an angular position of the device relative to a horizontal plane oriented orthogonal to a direction of gravity. The processor is configured to detect a change in the angular position of the device from a first angular position to a second angular position, the first angular position corresponding to a specified angular position that provides for a target or optimal level of device performance and the second angular position resulting in suboptimal device performance. The processor is also configured to implement a corrective action that improves performance of the device relative to the suboptimal device performance while operating the device at the second angular position.

Abstract: An exemplary hearing system includes a hearing device, a memory storing instructions and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process comprising: accessing operating service tier data that associates a first operating service tier with a first set of hearing device functions and a second operating service tier with a second set of hearing device functions; detecting, while the hearing device operates in accordance with the first set of hearing device functions associated with the first operating service tier, a satisfaction of a condition associated with the second operating service tier; and directing, based on the detecting the satisfaction of the condition, the hearing device to switch from operating in accordance with the first set of hearing device functions to operating in accordance with the second set of hearing device functions.

Abstract: An earpiece for a hearing device for insertion into an ear canal of a user and having a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The earpiece comprises an earpiece housing having a distal end, a proximal end, and an outer surface connecting the distal end to the proximal end. The earpiece housing having a sound outlet at the proximal end and a microphone inlet. The earpiece comprises a receiver for providing an audio output signal to an ear canal when the earpiece is inserted into the ear canal. The receiver has a receiver axis being a longitudinal center axis. The earpiece comprises a microphone for provision of a first microphone input signal. The microphone comprises a microphone membrane, wherein the microphone has a microphone axis forming a normal to the microphone membrane. The receiver axis and the microphone axis form a first angle, wherein the first angle is larger than 5 degrees.

Abstract: A hearing device directly or indirectly connected to a server through a network, the hearing device being provided with: an input unit that acquires sound data from the outside; a communication unit that transmits the sound data to the server, and receives a parameter set generated on the basis of the analysis result obtained by analyzing the sound data in the server; a storage unit that stores the parameter set; and an adjustment unit that, on the basis of the parameter set, adjusts gains of a plurality of prescribed frequencies.

Abstract: A hearing device such as a receiver-in-ear assembly. The assembly includes a housing having a cavity extending through the housing; an optical transducer mounted in the cavity within a thickness of the housing, the optical transducer being mounted on a circuit board layer such that a spacing exists between a side of the optical transducer and a sidewall of the cavity. The circuit board layer extends underneath the housing and touching the housing such that the optical transducer is held within the cavity without touching the housing. The assembly further includes a protective substance forming a shield over the optical transducer and the cavity, the protective substance configured to affect a field of view of the optical transducer.