Abstract: An inductive coil arrangement is described for an ear canal of a recipient patient. An external transmitter coil is configured for implantation in the pinna cartilage of the outer ear of a recipient patient and has transmission wire loops wound about a first radial center. An implantable receiver coil is configured for implantation behind the pinna of the outer ear under the skin atop and parallel to the underlying skull bone of the recipient patient opposite to the transmitter coil with the pinna cartilage between. The receiver coil has receiver wire loops wound about a second radial center, the loops and the second radial center all lying substantially in a common plane, and the receiver coil is adapted for receiving the communication signal from the transmitter coil.

Abstract: An inductive coil arrangement is described for an ear canal of a recipient patient. An inner transmitter coil inserts into the ear canal for transmitting a communication signal through the skin of the outer wall of the ear canal. The transmitter coil includes transmission wire loops that lie substantially in a common plane which curves around the central axis of the ear canal conformal to the outer wall of the ear canal. An outer receiver coil is implantable under the skin of the outer wall of the ear canal for receiving the communication signal from the transmitter coil. The receiver coil includes receiver wire loops that lie substantially in a common plane which curves around the central axis of the ear canal substantially parallel to the transmitter coil.

Abstract: An inductive coil arrangement is described for an ear canal of a recipient patient. An inner transmitter coil inserts into the ear canal for transmitting a communication signal through the skin of the outer wall of the ear canal. The transmitter coil includes transmission wire loops that lie substantially in a common plane which curves around the central axis of the ear canal conformal to the outer wall of the ear canal. An outer receiver coil is implantable under the skin of the outer wall of the ear canal for receiving the communication signal from the transmitter coil. The receiver coil includes receiver wire loops that lie substantially in a common plane which curves around the central axis of the ear canal substantially parallel to the transmitter coil.

Abstract: A hearing aid comprises at least one ear-piece unit to be placed in or at an user's ear, said ear-piece unit having at one side thereof a loudspeaker unit and at another side thereof a microphone unit, said hearing aid further comprising at least one amplifying device adapted to amplify electrical signals received from the microphone unit to deliver the amplified electrical signals to the loudspeaker unit, wherein said amplifying device communicates with the microphone unit and the loudspeaker unit and can be worn or supported at the upper part of the user's body.

Abstract: A hearing prosthesis is described for a user in an acoustic environment having a range of audio frequencies. The prosthesis includes an electrical stimulation module, and acoustic mechanical stimulation module, and a stimulation amplifier. The electrical stimulation module delivers to the auditory nerve of the user an electrical stimulation signal representative of a first subrange of frequencies in the range of audio frequencies in the acoustic environment. The acoustic mechanical stimulation module delivers to the inner ear structure of the user a mechanical stimulation signal representative of a second subrange of frequencies in the range of audio frequencies in the acoustic environment. The stimulation amplifier in communication with the electrical stimulation module and the acoustic mechanical stimulation module that determines, for each stimulation module, an amplification magnitude envelope for the subrange of frequencies for that stimulation module.