143results about "Ear supported sets" patented technology

A wearable device may be worn in an ear of a user. The wearable device may include a biometric sensor that collects biometric information from the ear, and an environmental sensor that collects environmental information from the ear. The wearable device may receive the biometric information from the biometric sensor, and the environmental information from the environmental sensor, and send biofeedback determined from the biometric information, and an environmental condition determined from the environmental information, wirelessly to a communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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 present disclosure relates to a hearing device that comprises a receiver support structure and a loudspeaker, such as a hearing device receiver. The loudspeaker comprises a vibratory motor assembly housed inside a receiver casing. The receiver casing is rigidly fixed to the receiver support structure so as to eliminate the need for a receiver suspension.

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

In some embodiments, an ear-worn device may include adaptive mixing control circuitry configured to control mixing circuitry to mix a speech component of an input audio signal with a noise component of the input audio signal based on a deviation of a short-term level of the noise component of the input audio signal from a long-term level of the noise component of the input audio signal. In some embodiments, an ear-worn device may include beamforming circuitry configured to generate a front audio signal and a back audio signal, and direction-of-arrival circuitry configured to bias an output audio signal based on a difference between the front audio signal and the back audio signal.

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.

A hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a frame and a shell. The hearing device comprises a receiver arranged within the housing. The housing and the receiver form at least a part of a first mass spring system having a first resonance frequency. The housing and the receiver form at least a part of a second mass spring system having a second resonance frequency larger than 10 KHz.

The ear mount assembly for a bone conduction processor 126 of a bone conduction hearing device (BCHD) comprises a magnetic attachment clip 106, 108 configured to demountably affix to a predetermined p

Provided is a ready-made implement to be worn on the outer ear that has excellent fit and high stability.　This implement to be worn on the outer ear has a cylindrical ear canal insertion part and a cavum conchae part that lie on a virtual spherical plane. When the cylindrical ear canal insertion part has been inserted into the ear canal, the ear canal insertion part can rotate around the long axis thereof.　Because the ear canal insertion part and the cavum conchae part lie on the same virtual spherical plane, when the ear canal insertion part has been inserted into the ear canal, the cavum conchae part lies along the inner wall of the cavum conchae. Thus, when the ear canal insertion part as inserted into the ear canal is rotated around the long axis thereof or displaced in the axial direction thereof, the cavum conchae part presents very little resistance, and the implement will be in surface contact with the front upper wall of the ear canal. As a result, the implement will be in surface contact with the upper front wall in ear canals of various shapes and sizes and will be held by the cavum conchae and the antilobium, which makes it possible to achieve high stability. In addition, the convex shape of the cavum conchae part keeps unnecessary adhesion to a minimum, and preventing adhesion on the lower wall side of the ear canal provides a venting effect and makes for excellent fit.

Presented herein are techniques for synchronized spectral analysis in systems comprising first and second devices.

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.

Children with autism hear all the sounds surrounding them with the same sound at once. Autism headset will control the degree of voice entering the ear separately and different degrees and most importantly hear the teacher for example during the explanation without being affected by the backgrounds, which helps to focus and not to distract. The headset to enhance the auditory experience for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) includes sound programming to reduce surrounding noise, programming for identifying human voices and separating them from background noise, programming to focus on targeted sounds, such as a teacher's or parent's voice, Al technology for dynamic sound analysis and processing according to the surrounding environment, use of special materials suitable for sensory sensitivity in autism, like soft and non-irritating materials for the skin, design of the headset to be compact and easily storable, a which is applicable for a medical product.

An earpiece includes: a first end; a second end opposite from the first end; a first channel extending from a first location that is closer to the first end than to the second end, to a second location that is closer to the second end than to the first end; and a first diaphragm, wherein the first diaphragm has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface of the diaphragm configured to be in fluid communication with a lumen in the first channel, wherein the first diaphragm extends in a direction that is parallel to, or that forms an acute angle with, a longitudinal axis of the first channel.

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 conversation detector processes microphone signals of a headphone to declare a conversation if it detects Own Voice Activity (OVAD) and a Target Voice Activity (TVAD, eg. a Machine Learning ML speak

To provide an acoustic device capable of improving user convenience by performing adaptive and efficient power-saving control depending on the user's situation in events such as conferences where utterance and reception scenes are assumed.SOLUTION: The acoustic device includes: a detection unit that detects transition timing to a first power-saving mode and a second power-saving mode respectively; a battery; a monitoring unit for monitoring the remaining capacity of the battery; a signal processor that processes audio signals; a sound emitter unit for acoustically outputting the processed audio signals; a communication unit which is capable of sending and receiving to and from the communication terminal and which transmits the processed audio signals to a communication terminal; and a control unit configured to control the signal processor to stop the operation based on the detection of the transition timing to the first power saving mode.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

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).

A receiver-in-canal hearing device cable (100) includes a body portion (120) extending between a first end region (122) and a second end region (124) along a tube centerline (121). The body portion includes a first radial portion (132) proximate the first end region (122) and second radial portion (134) proximate the second end region (124). The first radial portion (132) defines a radius of curvature (R1) that is greater than or equal to a radius of curvature (R2) defined by the second radial portion (134). The body portion (120) defines an S-shape such that the first radial portion (132) extends along an arc that curves in a direction opposite an arc along which the second radial portion (134) extends. The body portion (120) may define a passageway extending between the first and second end regions. The hearing device cable (100) may include a superelastic wire within the passageway.

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.

Method for operating a hearing system (2) to assist the hearing ability of a user, comprising at least one hearing instrument (4) worn on the head, in particular in or on an ear of the user, - wherein a sound signal from the user's environment is received by means of at least two input transducers (6) of the hearing system (2) and converted into input audio signals (I1, I2), - wherein a first adaptive beamformer (28, 28a) with a variable first notch direction (N) is applied directly or indirectly to the input audio signals (I1, I2) to generate a first directionally attenuated audio signal (R) and wherein the first notch direction (N) is adjusted so that the energy content of the first directionally attenuated audio signal (R) is minimized, - wherein a second adaptive beamformer (28, 28b) with a variable second notch direction (N) is applied directly or indirectly to the input audio signals (I1, I2) to generate a second directionally attenuated audio signal (R) and wherein the second notch direction (N) is set to a value different from the first notch direction (N) so that the energy content of the second directionally attenuated audio signal (R) is minimized, - wherein the first notch direction (N) and the second notch direction (N) are evaluated comparatively, and wherein a head rotation of the user is recorded qualitatively and / or quantitatively if a correlated change in the first notch direction (N) and the second notch direction (N) is detected in the course of the comparative evaluation.

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.

Implementations relate generally to hearing aids. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a sound at a hearing aid. The method further includes detecting a voice from the sound. The method further includes identifying the voice. The method further includes providing identity information associated with the voice.

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.