Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and diagnosing causes of subpar performance of a hearing device are provided for a user. The hearing device may include a housing, a receiver and a sound processor configured to send signals to the receiver. The receiver may be configured to output audio signals from the signals sent by the sound processor. A base unit may include a main body having a cradle formed therein. The cradle may be configured to receive the hearing device therein. A base unit microphone interfaces with the cradle and may be configured to receive output audio signals from the receiver when the hearing device is received in the cradle. The base unit microphone and the receiver remain in open communication with a space exterior of the base unit when the hearing device has been received in the cradle.

Abstract: A system for charging in-ear device battery packages includes a housing with a lid and a body, and a hinge system attaching the lid to the body. A charging unit is shaped to fit in the body, and includes a battery. One or more slots are disposed in the body that are exposed when the lid is open. The one or more slots are shaped to receive one or more of the in-ear device battery packages, and charge the one or more in-ear device battery packages with energy stored in the battery.

Abstract: An in-ear audio device includes a driver module disposed within an in-ear enclosure, and a mounting region of the in-ear enclosure including a device engagement mechanism comprising an engagement feature that is formed on a surface of the in-ear enclosure. The driver module is configured to deliver audible output provided from the driver module to an output end of the in-ear enclosure. At least a portion of the engagement feature is configured to engage with a mating engagement feature of an interchangeable faceplate to cause the interchangeable faceplate to be coupled to the engagement feature.

Abstract: An earpiece includes: a first portion configured for placement in an ear canal, the first portion having an asymmetrical configuration; wherein the first portion is configured to exhibit a first property in a first state in response to a stimulus, and to exhibit a second property in a second state in an absence of the stimulus; and wherein the first portion is elastically compressible when the first portion is in the first state and the second state. A hearing device includes: a component configured to provide an output; and an earpiece having a first portion configured to change shape or a material property in response to the output provided by the component.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosed is to provide a protective cover for a hearing aid device which comprises a cover formed from a substantially flexible material, and where the cover may have a first area with a first hardness and a second area with a second hardness.

Abstract: Presented herein are devices/apparatuses having indicator lights (visual indicators), such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), positioned underneath/below the outer surface of a housing of the device. However, the indicator lights positioned below the outer surface of the housing, sometimes referred to herein as “sub-surface” or “sub-housing” indicator lights, are optically coupled to the outer surface of the housing via one or more optical connectors (e.g., light guides, light pipes, light diffusers, etc.). As such, the light emitted by the sub-surface indicator lights is still visible at the outer surface of the device housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a canal-type earphone having a pressure equilibrium structure. The canal-type earphone includes: a microspeaker including a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil, and a diaphragm; an earphone housing including an accommodation space accommodating the microspeaker and a nozzle extending to one side of the accommodation space; a vent hole formed at the earphone housing, installed in at least one of portions located in front of the microspeaker in the nozzle and the accommodation space, and allowing air to flow outside and inside the earphone housing; and an eartip coupled to outside of the nozzle of the earphone housing.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an ear tip having a proximal end and a distal end, the eartip including: a transmit coil, the transmit coil including a core of a ferromagnetic material, the ferromagnetic core having a central channel there through, a distal end of the ferromagnetic core positioned at a first opening in a distal end of the ear tip; a passage extending from an opening at a proximal end of the ear tip to the distal end of the ear tip, the passage ending at a second opening in the distal end of the ear tip, wherein a proximal end of the central channel is connected to the passage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a receiver unit having a pressure equilibrium structure and a compensation structure for a low frequency, including a receiver including a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil, and a diaphragm, an upper casing covering an upper portion and a side surface of the receiver and having a sound insulation hole, and a lower casing attached to a lower surface of the receiver and coupled to the upper casing, wherein a ventilation recess is provided on an outer surface of the upper casing to allow air to flow between an upper space of the upper casing and a lower space of the lower casing, the receiver includes a back hole, and the lower casing includes a duct connecting the back hole and the lower space of the lower casing.

Abstract: Techniques used to selectively amplify audio signals are described in connection with audio amplification devices, such as hearing aids. A device and its operation are described to facilitate setting low and high tone/volume controls separately, using at least two selection mechanisms. In one aspect, a first selection mechanism includes a pitch frequency control rocker switch and the second selection mechanism includes a bass frequency control rocker switch disposed separately. In one aspect, the bass frequency control rocker switch causes a processor to bias the frequency response of the sound amplifier for frequencies below 1 kHz. In another aspect, the pitch frequency control rocker switch causes a processor to bias the frequency response of the hearing for frequencies above 1 kHz. In another aspect, the selection mechanism involves the separate attenuation of treble and bass adjustments in response to a user selection of a rocker switch setting for each adjustment.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a hearing assistance device and a method of forming such device are disclosed. The device includes a housing having a shell and a frame disposed at least partially within the shell. An inner surface of the shell and at least a portion of the frame define a void. Further, an indentation hardness value of the frame is greater than an indentation hardness value of the shell. The hearing assistance device also includes hearing assistance components that are disposed at least partially within the void.

Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for wireless power transfer utilizing a midfield source and implant. In one variation, a midfield source may be realized by a patterned metal plate composed of one of more subwavelength structures. These midfield sources may manipulate evanescent fields outside a material (e.g., tissue) to excite and control propagating fields inside the material (e.g., tissue) and thereby generate spatially confined and adaptive energy transport in the material (e.g., tissue). The energy may be received by an implanted device, which may be configured for one or more functions such as stimulation, sensing, or drug delivery.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for avoidance of user discomfort due to pressure differences by vent valve. In one embodiment, a method for equalizing air pressure in ear canal includes sensing a pressure difference between a pressure in ear canal (PEC) and an ambient pressure (PAMB) by a sensor of a hearing device. Based on sensing the pressure difference, an active valve is set to a first position to open a vent through the hearing device or to a second position to close the vent through the hearing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an in-the-ear part having a closing assembly. The in-the-ear part configured to be attached to a hearing device. The in-the-ear part having a cavity for holding an output transducer and the in-the-ear part having an opening and the closing assembly being configured to fit into the opening. An insert part having an inset part opening for receiving and mounting a connecting member is also mounted to the in-the-ear part, the connecting member configured for mechanically coupling the in the ear part to a behind the ear part of the hearing device. A cover part is further provided, which comprises a recess for receiving and mounting the insert part to the in-the-ear part.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a support configured to be worn on a head of a recipient and to hold at least one bone conduction device next to the recipient's skull. The at least one bone conduction device provides auditory stimulation 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: Personal electronic devices are provided in the form of personal audio equipment. Devices of the present disclosure include readily-moldable ear inserts that are selectively formed to fit the shape of a user's ear and do not require heating, curing, setting, or other temperature manipulation. In some embodiments, the devices comprise wireless audio technology and wireless conductive charging.

Abstract: An in-ear earphone includes a face shell for mounting an earphone cable and a bottom shell provided with an ear cap, and the face shell and the bottom shell are detachably fixed to each other. A loudspeaker and an air valve are arranged at the bottom shell, and the bottom shell is further provided with a sound transmission channel. One end of the sound transmission channel is in communication with an inner ear canal located at a side where the ear cap is located, and another end of the sound transmission channel is connected to a sealing plug formed by the air valve and the loudspeaker. One end of the air valve is connected to the sound transmission channel, and another end of the air valve is connected to an outer ear canal, to control the communication between the sound transmission channel and the outer ear canal.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an earphone with a better fit and with an improved sound quality. An earphone 20 is provided with: an elastic housing 21; a speaker 24 contained within the housing 21; and a nozzle 26 fixed on the housing 21. The nozzle 26 includes a sound guiding part 33 through which sounds from the speaker 24 pass and is configured such that the orientation of the sound guiding part 33 relative to the housing 21 can be adjusted by elastic deformation of the housing 21.

Abstract: An illustrative hearing device includes a battery having a battery voltage, a microphone for transducing sound into an input signal, a processor configured to be operated with an operating voltage and to generate an output signal from the input signal, a speaker for transducing the output signal to an acoustic signal, and a valve. An acoustic effect of the valve is adjustable by applying a valve voltage, wherein the adjustment is controllable by the processor. The hearing device comprises a voltage regulator configured to generate the operating voltage from the battery voltage, wherein the operating voltage is less than the battery voltage and wherein the valve voltage is greater than the operating voltage.

Abstract: A loudspeaker apparatus includes a circuit housing configured to accommodate a circuit component or a battery; an ear hook; a housing of an earphone core configured to accommodate the earphone core; and a housing protector at least partially covering a periphery of the circuit housing and the ear hook. A first end of the ear hook is connected to the circuit housing. The earphone core is driven by the circuit component or the battery to vibrate to generate sound. The housing of the earphone core is connected to a second end of the ear hook away from the circuit housing through a hinge component. The hinge component is capable of rotating to change a position of the housing of the earphone core relative to the ear hook.

Abstract: A signal transmission apparatus comprises a base and a shell, wherein a top portion of the base has a signal transmission device. The shell is covered above the base. A cavity is formed inside the shell. The cavity is in communication with an opening of a bottom portion of the shell. And the shell comprises a ceramic shell body and an inner covering layer. The inner covering layer is fully attached to an inner surface of the ceramic shell body. Therefore, the signals of the signal transmission device can pass through the shell so that the signal transmission device can receive or transmit signals. And through the strong adhesion of the inner covering layer, the ceramic shell body can be kept intact without being broken into a lot of debris when the ceramic shell body is impacted by external force or suddenly dropped.

Abstract: A device comprises a tank circuit including a parallel tank circuit and a series tank circuit. In this example, the parallel tank circuit and the series tank circuit share a capacitive component and an inductive component. The device also includes electronics, and circuitry configured to selectively couple the electronics to the parallel tank circuit for a first application and to couple the electronics to the series tank circuit for a second application.

Abstract: An in-ear earphone includes an earphone housing, a speaker assembly fixed onto the earphone housing, and an electric energy portion electrically connected to the speaker assembly, a sound emitting tube and an ear tip, where one end of the sound emitting tube is fixed onto the earphone housing, where the sound emitting tube has a first through hole; and the ear tip is fixedly connected to the other end of the sound emitting tube, a cross-section of the ear tip is oval-shaped, the ear tip has a first end and a second end that face to each other, the ear tip has a stepped hole penetrating through the first end and the second end, a part of the sound emitting tube is located in a large-diameter section of the stepped hole, and a small-diameter section of the stepped hole is in communication with the first through hole.

Abstract: A headphone structure includes a front housing, a rear housing combined to the front housing, a mesh cover, a sound-producing unit disposed within the front housing, and an elastic earbud. The front housing includes a protruding post portion, a sound channel formed on a front end surface of the protruding post portion, a slit formed on the protruding post portion, and a bearing flange formed on an inner surface of the sound channel to load the mesh cover. One distal end of the slit is connected to the inner surface of the sound channel, and one part of the protruding post portion is arranged between the front end surface of the protruding post portion and the distal end of the slit. The elastic earbud is elastically sleeved on the protruding post portion, so an elongated air vent is formed by the elastic earbud and the slit.

Abstract: An earpiece includes an acoustic mass element, and an acoustic resistance element that is arranged acoustically in parallel with the acoustic mass element. The acoustic mass element and the acoustic resistance element are arranged to couple a user's ear canal to an external environment when worn.

Abstract: The disclosed technology comprises a non-metallic rechargeable battery casing for a hearing device. For example, the battery casing comprises a polymer or plastic that encapsulates the battery chemistry (e.g., Li-Ion). The battery design has no additional metallic layers or metallic casing; rather, the battery is comprised of non-metallic lid, non-metallic can, and the battery chemistry is inside the non-metallic lid and can.

Abstract: A modular hearing aid with an amplifier module that can be worn behind the ear, an ear module for arrangement in the ear, and a cable sleeve module for connecting the amplifier module to the ear module. A microphone for picking up sounds and a speaker are arranged relative to the ear module. The hearing aid is suitable for near-deaf people, has a low feedback tendency and no resonance effects of the amplified signal, and provides a particularly distortion-free, unadulterated, undelayed and high-quality acoustic signal. The cable sleeve module is designed to forward electrical signals picked up the microphone to the amplifier module and to forward amplified electrical signals from the amplifier module to the ear module. The ear module, cable sleeve module and amplifier module are detachably connected to one another and form a modular system in which each of the parts can be exchanged.

Abstract: A hearing device comprises a device body carrying a hearing device processor for processing microphone signals to produce an output acoustic signal for delivery to a respective ear of a user. A battery compartment is provided for containing a battery to power the processor, the battery compartment bearing at least two magnets, or magnetic restraint elements. A battery cover bearing at least two magnets respectively configured to magnetically cooperate with the at least two battery compartment magnets in order to magnetically hold the battery cover against the battery compartment so as to define a battery cavity between the battery cover and the battery compartment. The magnets are positioned about the battery cavity so as to magnetically urge the battery cover to a preferred position relative to the battery compartment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods and apparatus suitable for use with hearing devices. A vapor deposition process can be used to make a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to a tissue surface, such as a retention structure having a shape profile corresponding to one or more of an eardrum, the eardrum annulus, or a skin of the ear canal. The retention structure can be resilient and may comprise an anatomically accurate shape profile corresponding to a portion of the ear, such that the resilient retention structure provides mechanical stability for an output transducer assembly placed in the ear for an extended time. The output transducer may couple to the eardrum with direct mechanical coupling or acoustic coupling when retained in the ear canal with the retention structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ear cap and an earphone including a housing and the ear cap. The housing includes a body and a connecting rod protruding from the body. The ear cap includes a cap body and a connecting member arranged in the cap body. The cap body includes a first end surface and a second end surface arranged opposite to each other. The first end surface includes a first outer edge, and the second end surface includes a second outer edge, where the distance between each point of a projection of the first outer edge on a reference plane and the second outer edge is different, where the reference plane includes a plane on which the second outer edge is located. The hardness of the connecting member is greater than that of the cap body. The connecting member is capable of being detachably connected to the connecting rod.

Abstract: A guard for a space access device is configured to output air flow through a distal end portion thereof. The guard includes q housing having a proximal end opening, a distal end opening, and a filter portion positioned between the proximal and distal end openings. The filter includes a first plate having a first opening therethrough and a second plate having a second opening therethrough. When the first plate is overlaid in contact with the second plate, this forms an aperture that extends through both the first and second plates.

Abstract: Electronic devices are designed having a housing and are configured to provide an improved degree of protection to electrical and/or mechanical components disposed therein that may be susceptible to damage from environmental elements external from the housing. The electrical device can be one carried or worn by a user, e.g., on the user's head, which can include an external component of a hearing prosthesis. The electrical device can be configured to provide an output signal in the event that a predetermined condition within the housing is detected to alert the user and/or place the electrical device in an alternative state of operation.

Abstract: A receiver assembly including a first receiver having a distinct longitudinal direction and a first longitudinal centre line, and a second receiver having a distinct longitudinal direction and a second longitudinal centre line. The distinct longitudinal directions of the first and second receivers are arranged essentially along a distinct longitudinal direction of the receiver assembly. The receiver assembly further includes one or more microphone units.

Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone including an internal duct. The earphone includes a housing, a cover coupled to the housing and including a nozzle, and a speaker unit disposed in the cover. Here, the housing and the cover include, in common, a first space portion disposed in front of the speaker unit and a second space portion disposed in the rear of the speaker unit and partitioned from the first space portion. The speaker unit includes a yoke, a magnet fixed to the yoke, a plate disposed on a top surface of the magnet, a voice coil, a diaphragm disposed above the plate and to which the voice coil is fixed, a frame disposed outside the magnet, a first grill coupled to the frame and disposed above the diaphragm, and a second grill coupled to the frame and disposed on a front surface of the diaphragm and outside the frame.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invent include a method of controlling unwanted vibration in a tympanic lens, wherein the tympanic lens comprises a perimeter platform connected to a microactuator through at least one biasing element, the method comprising the step of: damping the motion of the at least one biasing element. In embodiments of the invention, the at least one biasing element is a spring. In embodiments of the invention, the at least one bias spring is coated in a damping material.

Abstract: The present utility model provides an earphone, comprising: a casing, a mounting plate and a sound guiding tube; wherein a receiving cavity is formed inside the casing, and the casing is provided with a first mounting hole connecting with the receiving cavity; the mounting plate is fixedly mounted in the receiving cavity and the mounting plate completely blocks the first mounting hole from connecting with the receiving cavity; one end of the mounting plate adjacent to the first mounting hole is provided with a sound-transmitting groove; one end of the sound guiding tube is a movable end, and the other end is a mounting end, and a sound guiding channel passing through the movable end and the mounting end is provided inside the sound guiding tube so that when the movable end portion is installed in the first mounting hole the sound guiding channel connects with the sound-transmitting groove and the movable end can rotate in the first mounting hole so as to enable the sound guiding tube to rotate relatively to t

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device is configured to be worn by a wearer and comprises a housing configured to be supported by, at, in or on an ear of the wearer. Electronic circuitry is disposed in the housing and comprises a radio frequency transceiver and a power source. An antenna is disposed in, on, or extending from the housing and operably coupled to the transceiver. A non-Foster circuit is operably connected to the antenna and coupled to the power source. The non-Foster circuit is configured to actively load the antenna and provide a negative reactance that offsets a reactance of the antenna.

Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a hearing aid comprises a housing and an audio processing system disposed in the housing, the audio processing system comprising at least one amplifier, an earbud formed as part of the housing or coupled to the housing to fit into an external acoustic meatus or ear canal of a user, one or more microphones coupled to an input of the amplifier, and one or more drivers coupled to an output of the amplifier to reproduce an amplified version of an input acoustic wave impinging on the one or more microphones. The audio processing system including a processor coupled between the microphone and the driver, wherein the processor is to provide one or more hearing correction functions. At least one of the one or more drivers or the one or more microphones, or a combination thereof, comprises an electrostatic acoustic transducer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a headphone or an earpiece that includes a cushion that advantageously allows for improved comfort, sound quality, and stability in the ear. The cushion includes an inner cavity, an ear-canal aperture and a tip portion, wherein the inner cavity of the cushion accommodates a nozzle portion of a housing within the cavity, and the axis of the inner cavity is substantially parallel to the first axis, and wherein the ear-canal aperture opens toward the ear canal of the user's ear when the headphone or the earpiece is worn by the user. A speaker element is positioned inside the nozzle portion of the housing, and the center of mass of the headphone is shifted close to a center plane of the cushion.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for avoidance of user discomfort due to pressure differences by vent valve. In one embodiment, a method for equalizing air pressure in ear canal includes sensing a pressure difference between a pressure in ear canal (PEC) and an ambient pressure (PAMB) by a sensor of a hearing device. Based on sensing the pressure difference, an active valve is set to a first position to open a vent through the hearing device or to a second position to close the vent through the hearing device.

Abstract: A method for controlling a controllable acoustic valve of a hearing device. The valve includes a moveable valve element adapted to be positioned in one of at least two essentially stable states. The moveable valve element is configured to be maintained in each of the essentially stable states by a retention force. A neutral point with essentially cancelling retention forces exists between the least two essentially stable states. The method includes providing a first drive signal to the controllable acoustic valve to overcome a retention force of a first essentially stable state in order to initiate movement of the moveable valve element from the first essentially stable state to a second essentially stable state. The provided first drive signal is capable of bringing the moveable valve element from the first essentially stable state and beyond a neutral point between the first and second essentially stable states.

Abstract: An on-ear speaker component for a hearing aid device. The on-ear speaker component includes an on-ear speaker housing, a speaker disposed in the on-ear speaker housing, and an electrical connection adapted to attach the speaker to a microphone in a housing different from the on-ear speaker housing.

Abstract: A method adapts a hearing device. The hearing apparatus has a signal processing unit for processing an electrical input signal into an electrical output signal and a receiver for outputting an acoustic output signal based on the electrical output signal. Furthermore, the hearing apparatus has an individual sound transmission element with a frequency-dependent individual amplification profile for transmitting the acoustic output signal. The individual amplification profile is determined on the basis of a reference transfer function. The measured individual amplification profile is subsequently compared with a reference amplification profile of a reference sound transmission element, and the reference transfer function is adapted based on a difference between the individual amplification profile and the reference amplification profile.

Abstract: A suspension assembly for a hearing aid receiver is described in which the receiver is contained within a receiver can. A cover assembly may be provided for covering the open top end of the receiver can and for containing the receiver's spout when the receiver is mounted within the receiver can. To dampen or reduce the transmission of receiver vibrations within the receiver can, a spout seal and corner bumpers may also be provided.

Abstract: An active noise reduction (ANR) earphone with a housing comprising a front cavity and an exit that is fluidly coupled to the front cavity. An acoustic driver is configured to deliver acoustic energy into the front cavity of the housing. A nozzle is coupled to the housing and is configured to direct acoustic energy from the housing exit to a nozzle exit opening. A microphone is located in the nozzle. A compliant sealing structure is coupled to the nozzle and is configured to couple the earphone to an ear of a user.

Abstract: Aspects describe an earpiece with structure for positioning and retaining the earpiece and with structure for sealing against the entrance to the ear canal. According to aspects, the retaining structure has at least one substantially elliptical leg configured to follow the curve of the anti-helix and/or the cymba concha at the rear of the concha. The leg increases in thickness from a tip of the earpiece towards the body of the earpiece. The sealing structure is substantially frusto-conical and extends from a nozzle. The nozzle is angled to align with ear geometry. In an example, he sealing structure has a slight radius on an outer surface of the sealing structure. In another example, the sealing structure has a substantially constant thickness from the nozzle to the wide end of the sealing structure.

Abstract: The disclosed high-efficiency motor may include the following: at least two magnets, a rigid structure arranged between the at least two magnets, where the rigid structure has traces configured to act as a moveable coil, and at least two couplings that respectively link the magnets to the rigid structure in a flexible manner. An electrical input signal applied to the moveable coil may cause motive force to be applied the rigid structure according to the input signal, so that the rigid structure moves orthogonally relative to the magnets as driven by the input signal. In this manner, the high-efficiency motor may be incorporated into a system that may reproduce a full-range audio signal. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system comprising an earpiece, the earpiece having a first end facing a tympanic membrane, and a second end facing toward a surrounding of a user when the earpiece is worn by the user, includes: a vent channel coupled to a first vent opening at the first end, and to a second vent opening at the second end, wherein the vent channel comprises a vent port; a closing element comprising a first magnetic member, the closing element configured to cause the vent port to be open, and to cause the vent port to be closed; an inductive member comprising a conductive material, the inductive member configured for inductive coupling with a second magnetic member, wherein the second magnetic member is configured for displacing the closing element by magnetic interaction with the first magnetic member; and a processor configured to obtain an electrical measurement value of the second magnetic member.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invent include a method of controlling unwanted vibration in a tympanic lens, wherein the tympanic lens comprises a perimeter platform connected to a microactuator through at least one biasing element, the method comprising the step of: damping the motion of the at least one biasing element. In embodiments of the invention, the at least one biasing element is a spring. In embodiments of the invention, the at least one bias spring is coated in a damping material.

Abstract: A hearing device, e.g.