86results about "Ear supported sets" patented technology

An in-ear electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that defines an interior chamber surrounding a transducer and an opening from the interior chamber to an ambient environment surrounding the enclosure; and an acoustic valve comprising a driven member coupled to a driving member having a lever and a shape memory alloy operable to cause the driven member to open and close the opening upon application of a current.

The invention relates to the technical field of hearing-aid communication terminals, and discloses a hearing-aid operation method, system and terminal for communication data for old people. The hearing-aid operation method is applied to a terminal host integrated with a hearing-aid unit, an audio unit, a communication unit, a positioning unit, an AI processing unit and a wireless connection unit, and specifically comprises the following steps: S101, obtaining a user start request, synchronously collecting an environment simulation sound signal through a terminal microphone array, and converting the environment simulation sound signal into a high-resolution digital audio stream through an ADC module; according to the invention, a hardware end deeply integrates hearing aid, communication and an AI processing unit to integrate an environment sound enhancement function and a family interaction function into the same data processing stream, and a self-adaptive multi-filtering technology based on scene perception is adopted, so that noise reduction, frequency band enhancement and signal shaping parameters can be dynamically adjusted according to a real-time acoustic environment; and speech definition and auditory safety in a complex environment are obviously improved.

The disclosure relates to a modular hearing device (1), comprising a holding hook module (2) with a hook element (2a) for holding the modular hearing device (1) on the ear of a user; and a sound processing module (3) with a microphone element (3b') for recording ambient noise and with a core unit (3a) comprising a processor element (3a') for processing the recorded noises, and with an ear canal unit (3b) for outputting the noises processed by the processor element (3a') to the user, wherein the microphone element (3b') is part of the core unit (3a) or part of the ear canal unit (3b); wherein the retaining hook module (2) has a receiving part (2b) for the sound processing module (3), in which at least the core unit (3a) of the sound processing module (3) is held without play, wherein the receiving part (2b) is designed for non-destructive insertion and removal of the core unit (3a) of the sound processing module (3);and the holding hook module (2) is configured to hold at least the core unit (3a) of the sound processing module (3) in front of the user's ear;

To change the appearance of a hearing aid depending on the purpose, scene, etc.SOLUTION: A hearing aid 100 includes a main body 1 (hearing aid main body) whose one side surface (inner surface 11) contacts an ear E when worn, and a retaining portion 2 (retaining member) which is detachably attached to the main body 1, the main body 1 includes a step portion 13 provided on the outer peripheral edge of the other side surface (outer surface 12) different from the one side which contacts the ear E, and the retaining portion 2 includes an engagement portion 21 which engages with the step portion 13, and an attachment portion 22 which is attached to the ear E.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an acoustic output device, including: a first piezoelectric element configured to generate vibrations based on an audio signal; a fixing structure configured to place the acoustic output device near a user's ear without blocking the user's ear canal, an end of the fixing structure being connected to one end of the first piezoelectric element; and a vibration transmission component including an ear hook and an output assembly, one end of the ear hook being connected to an end of the first piezoelectric element away from the fixing structure, the other end of the ear hook being connected to the output assembly, the output assembly receiving the vibrations of the first piezoelectric element through the ear hook and outputting sound, and a frequency response curve of the sound having at least two resonant peaks.

The system (20) for hearing assistance includes one or more microphones (23, 24), a speaker (28), and processing circuitry (26). The one or more microphones are mounted near a subject's head and configured to output electrical signals in response to acoustic waves incident on the microphones. The speaker is configured to be mounted near the subject's ears. The processing circuitry amplifies and filters the electrical signals to generate drive signals for input to the speakers using a digital filter (100) having multiple taps, with respective tap coefficients selected to suppress feedback from the speaker to the microphones, and is configured to adaptively calculate tap coefficients, estimating coherence values ​​for each of the tap coefficients over time and weighting updates applied to the tap coefficients in response to the respective coherence values.

The present disclosure relates to an in-ear wearable device and a panel assembly thereof. The panel assembly (100, 200) of the in-ear wearable device comprises panel (110, 210), a mainboard (120, 220), a manipulation device (130, 230), a charging device (140, 240), a battery (150, 250), an antenna device (160, 260), a sound pickup device (180, 280), a speaker assembly (190, 290), and a wireless communication module (195, 295). In a plane perpendicular to the panel (110, 210) or the manipulation device (130, 230), an orthographic projection of the manipulation device (130, 230) partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the charging device (140, 240); in a plane where the panel (110, 210) or the manipulation device (130, 230) is located, minimum circumscribed circles of the orthographic projections of the manipulation device (130, 230) and the charging device (140, 240) at least partially overlap each other.

The present invention provides devices and methods for improving hearing aids, particularly directional hearing. A system (20) for hearing assistance includes an array of microphones (23, 24) mounted near the head of a user of the system and configured to output electrical signals in response to first acoustic waves incident on the microphones. A speaker (28) is configured for mounting near the user's ear and configured to output second acoustic waves in response to a drive signal applied to the speaker. Processing circuitry (26) is configured to generate the drive signal by amplifying and filtering the electrical signals using a beamforming filter that emphasizes first sounds impinging on the microphone array within a selected angular range while suppressing second sounds spoken by the user.

A hearing aid and a method performed by a hearing aid including at least one microphone unit, an accelerometer unit, and a processor. The method performed by the hearing aid includes generating a processed microphone signal including attenuating the microphone signal in accordance with an attenuation value; wherein the attenuation value is based on a measure of correlation between a microphone signal from the microphone unit and an acceleration signal from the accelerometer unit. The hearing aid instantly reduces noise arising from mechanical handling of the hearing aid based on input from the microphone unit and the accelerometer unit.

A cochlear implant and analysis system includes a stimulator, a first input source, a signal processor, a second input source, and an external device. The system can receive an acoustic stimulus, generate a first input signal from the first input source representative of the acoustic stimulus, and apply a transfer function to the input signal to generate and output a stimulation signal to the stimulator. The second input source can receive the acoustic stimulus and generate a second input signal representative thereof. The external device can receive and store the stimulation signal, the second input signal, and optionally the first input signal in a memory. The external device can also synchronize and compare the stimulation signal, the second input signal, and optionally the first input signal.

A hearing aid configured to be positioned in an ear canal of a user. The hearing aid comprising a front section comprising a output transducer configured to delivering a sound signal, the front section being configured to be positioned into the ear canal of the user. The hearing aid comprising a rear section comprising an antenna. The hearing aid comprising a middle section comprising a rechargeable battery and a substrate carrying one or more electronic components, wherein the substrate is constructed as a flexible circuit board arranged at the battery, and wherein the middle section is at least partially encapsulated by a polymer material. In the hearing aid according to the present disclosure, the middle section extends in a lengthwise direction around an axis between the front section and the rear section, and the front section (2) has a first angle (α) in relation to the axis (A).

The disclosure relates to a modular hearing device (1) comprising a holding-hook module (2) with a hook element (2a) for holding the modular hearing device (1) at the ear of a user; and a sound-processing module (3) with a microphone element (3b') for recording environmental sounds, and with a core unit (3a) comprising a processor element (3a') for processing the recorded sounds, and with an ear-canal unit (3b) for outputting the sounds processed by the processor element (3a') to the user, where the microphone element (3b') is part of the core unit (3a) or part of the ear-canal unit (3b); wherein the holding-hook module (2) has a receiving portion (2b) for the sound-processing module (3) in which at least the core unit (3a) of the sound-processing module (3) is held without play, wherein the receiving portion (2b) is configured for non-destructive insertion and removal of the core unit (3a) of the sound-processing module (3); and the holding-hook module (2) is configured to hold at least the core unit (3a) of the sound-processing module (3) in front of the ear of the user.

The present disclosure relates to an in-ear wearable device and a panel assembly thereof. The panel assembly of the in-ear wearable device includes a panel, a mainboard, a manipulation device, a charging device, a battery, an antenna device, a sound pickup device, a speaker assembly, and a wireless communication module. In a plane perpendicular to the panel or the manipulation device, an orthographic projection of the manipulation device partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the charging device; in a plane where the panel or the manipulation device is located, minimum circumscribed circles of the orthographic projections of the manipulation device and the charging device at least partially overlap each other.

A main body of a waterproof hearing aid includes a body portion, a body mounting housing located outside the body portion, and buttons located on the body mounting housing, where the body portion includes a liner, a waterproof pad located above the liner, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board, and a circuit board located inside the liner; the body mounting housing is provided with button openings; a contact end located at an inner end of each button extends into the body mounting housing from the button opening; the waterproof pad is located on the FPC board; the FPC board is connected to the circuit board; and the contact end of each button is configured to press down on a touch switch on the FPC board through the waterproof pad, thereby connecting the circuit board.

The invention discloses a split-type pickup wearable hearing aid. The split-type pickup wearable hearing aid comprises a pickup assembly, a processing and control host and a receiver assembly, the pickup assembly is provided with a plurality of independent sound pickups, and the sound pickups are configured to be detachably arranged at different parts of an article worn by a user; the processing and control host comprises a shell and a circuit board arranged in the shell, and an information processing unit and a power supply unit are integrated on the circuit board; the earpiece assembly has at least one earphone. Wherein the pickup assembly is connected with the input end of the information processing unit through a first communication link, and the output end of the information processing unit is connected with the receiver assembly through a second communication link. Through the distributed pickup design, the degradation of the pickup effect caused by shielding is effectively avoided, the comprehensiveness and reliability of pickup are improved, and meanwhile, the convenience and adaptability of use are enhanced through a flexible wearing mode and an optional transmission link.

In embodiments of the invention, the present invention is directed to a contact hearing system including: a transmit circuit including a transmit coil positioned in an ear tip, THE transmit circuit having a first bandpass characteristic, wherein the transmit circuit is tuned such that a center of the first bandpass characteristic is set at a first frequency; and a receive circuit including a receive coil positioned on a contact hearing device, the receive circuit having a second bandpass characteristic, wherein the receive circuit is tuned such that a center of the second bandpass characteristic differs from the center of the first bandpass characteristic.

Method and devices for saving audio data on an ear-worn device are provided herein. In various embodiments, the method can include connecting an ear-worn device to an external device, receiving a request for audio data to be sent from the external device to the ear-worn device, modifying a first audio data file on the external device in accordance with parameters defined in an audio profile associated with the ear-worn device to create a second audio data file, wherein the second audio data file is smaller than the first audio data file, sending the second audio data file from the external device to the ear-worn device, and saving the second audio data file in a non-volatile memory element of the ear-worn device.

An ear-worn electronic device comprises a microphone configured to sense sound in an acoustic environment, an acoustic transducer, and a non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameter value sets, each of the parameter value sets associated with a different acoustic environment. A control input is configured to receive a control input signal produced by at least one of a user-actuatable control of the ear-worn electronic device and an external electronic device communicatively coupled to the ear-worn electronic device in response to a user action. A processor is configured to classify the acoustic environment using the sensed sound and determine a listening intent preference of the user. The processor is configured to apply, in response to the control input signal, one of the parameter value sets appropriate for the classification and the listening intent preference of the user.

A method is provided that includes obtaining a first in-ear microphone (IEM) voice signal and a reference voice signal; decomposing the voice signal into signal components spanning frequency bands; determining, for each frequency band, a time-varying true value correction gain based on a difference between corresponding first features of the signal components; determining second features of the first IEM voice signal; configuring a model to predict a time-varying correction gain of an estimated true value correction gain from the second features; obtaining a second IEM voice signal; decomposing the second IEM voice signal into signal components spanning the frequency bands; determining third features of the second IEM voice signal that match the second features; executing the model for predicting the correction gain based on the third features; applying the correction gain to the second IEM voice signal to obtain a processed IEM voice signal; and outputting the processed IEM voice signal.

An in-ear hearing aid (2) having a housing (4) with a transmitting and receiving unit (12) arranged therein and an arcuate antenna element (20) that emerges from the housing (4) and is at least part of a grip element (22) with the aid of which the hearing aid (2) can be removed from the ear by the user. The antenna element (20) has at least one helical conductor strand (30A, 30B) that is used to transmit or receive a signal and that is connected to the transmitting and receiving unit (12) arranged in the housing (4). As a result of this configuration, an efficient, discrete antenna element is formed.

The present invention discloses an application and system for assisting in the correct placement of a hearing aid, one of which is configured to be executed by a first electronic device configured to include a camera and a display, the application for assisting in the correct placement of a hearing aid inside and / or outside the ear of a hearing aid wearer, the application is configured to: provide access to a camera application associated with a camera of a first electronic device; enabling a viewfinder of the camera application to display a preview of a field of view of the camera; determining whether the head of the wearer is aligned with the camera; determining whether the head of the wearer has started to rotate relative to the camera; a recording sequence of recording a plurality of images showing at least a portion of the ear of the wearer that arranges hearing aids inside and / or outside the ear as the wearer's head rotates is initiated.

To provide an electronic device, particularly a hearing aid device, worn on a body, and a voltage supply for such a device.SOLUTION: The invention provides a voltage supply 14 for an electronic device, particularly a hearing aid device 2, to be worn on the body of a user. The voltage supply 14 has a charge pump 20 for converting a battery voltage UB by a conversion factor to an intermediate voltage UZ. The charge pump 20 can be changed over between at least two stages of the conversion factor. The voltage supply 14 further has a voltage regulator 26 for reducing the intermediate voltage UZ to an output voltage UA of a predefined setpoint value UR, and a controller 24 for reversibly changing over the charge pump 20 between the stages of the conversion factor. The controller 24 is configured to control the charge pump 20 in accordance with a control quantity E of the voltage regulator 26.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The invention relates to a hearing aid (2), in particular a hearing aid device, comprising a transmitter circuit (24) for wireless signal transmission, wherein the transmitter circuit (24) comprises an electrical resonant circuit (28) with at least one controllable semiconductor switch (34, 34a, 34b) and with at least one capacitor (32, 32a, 32b) as well as with a transmitter coil (30), and wherein the at least one semiconductor switch (34, 34a, 34b) is controlled by a pulse phase modulator (36).

An eartip (60) for an in-ear earpiece, comprising: a body (23) configured to rest in the concha of an ear of a user including an earpiece mating surface; a positioning and retaining structure (20) comprising the body to engage features of the lateral surface of the ear of the user to position the earpiece and to hold the earpiece in place; a conical structure (48) configured to engage the entrance of the ear canal and formed of material that conforms to the entrance to the ear canal to seal the ear canal, wherein the conical structure (48) is configured to contact the entrance to the ear canal but does not contact the inside of the ear canal, wherein the body is joined to the conical structure by a passageway (21)..

The utility model discloses a waterproof hearing aid host, which comprises a host main body, a main body mounting shell arranged outside the host main body and a button arranged on the host mounting shell, and is characterized in that the host main body comprises a lining, a waterproof pad arranged above the lining, an FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) soft board and a circuit board arranged inside the lining; the main body mounting shell is provided with a button opening, and a contact end at the inner side end of the button extends into the host mounting shell from the button opening; the waterproof pad is installed on the FPC soft board, and the FPC soft board is connected with the circuit board. The contact end of the button presses the touch switch on the FPC soft board downwards through the waterproof pad and then is connected with the circuit board. According to the utility model, the button is not directly contacted with the touch switch on the FPC soft board in a through manner, but the contact end of the button presses the touch switch on the FPC soft board downwards through the waterproof pad so as to be connected with the circuit board, so that complete sealing and water prevention are realized to a certain extent, the use efficiency of the hearing aid is improved, and the service life of the hearing aid is prolonged.

A hearing device cable including a body portion is described herein. The body portion may extend between a first end region and a second end region along a tube centerline. The body portion may include a first radial portion proximate the first end region and second radial portion proximate the second end region. The first radial portion may define a radius of curvature that is greater than or equal to a radius of curvature defined by the second radial portion. The tube centerline may lie along an x-y plane between the first and second end regions. In one or more embodiments, the body portion may define a passageway extending between the first and second end regions. Further, the hearing device cable may include a superelastic wire within the passageway extending between the first and second end regions.

Disclosed is a system and an application configured to be executed by a first electronic device, the first electronic device being configured for comprising a camera and a display, the application being for assisting in correctly arranging a hearing aid in and / or at an ear of a wearer of the hearing aid, the application being configured for: providing access to a camera application associated with the camera of the first electronic device; enabling a viewfinder of the camera application to display a preview of the field-of-view of the camera; determining if the wearer's head is aligned with the camera; determining if the wearer's head has begun to rotate relative to the camera; and initiating a capture sequence capturing a plurality of images, the plurality of images showing at least part of the ear of the wearer with the hearing aid arranged in and / or at the ear as the wearer's head rotates.