34results about "Ear supported sets" patented technology

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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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)..

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.

Smart glasses for hearing assistance, a hearing assistance method, and an auxiliary system are provided. The smart glasses include two temples, a sound pickup device, a plurality of speakers and a wireless communication module. The sound pickup device includes at least one microphone, which is configured to obtain first voice data from a first preset direction. The wireless communication module is configured to amplify the first voice data to obtain amplified voice data, and send the amplified voice data to a target speaker for playing. The target speaker and the at least one microphone are respectively disposed on different temples. The present disclosure realizes a real-time hearing assistance function based on the smart glasses, thereby enhancing user engagement.

The invention relates to a method for noise suppression for an occupant of a motor vehicle, wherein an in-ear earphone (1) is used (S1), wherein ambient noise is detected by at least one microphone (2) and noise compensation (S2) is performed by means of a computing unit (3) to partially eliminate the ambient noise by generating anti-noise, wherein the computing unit (3) executes a pre-trained machine learning model and thereby makes a selection (S3) as to which ambient noises are allowed to pass through to the occupant and which are eliminated, wherein the computing unit (3) is connected to a control unit (4) of the vehicle and the machine learning model makes the selection based on current information from the control unit (4) of the vehicle, wherein the computing unit (3) decides to allow the speech of a passenger to pass through.where an acoustic signature of the passenger is known to the machine learning model, and wherein the passenger is prompted to provide a speech sample by the control unit (4) of the vehicle or by the computing unit (3) when the passenger is unknown to the machine learning model in order to derive an acoustic signature of the passenger and to store him as known by assigning his acoustic signature.

Various embodiments of an ear-wearable electronic device (10) that includes an acoustic boot (18) are disclosed. The device includes an enclosure (12) including a first housing (14), a second housing (16), and the acoustic boot (18) disposed between the first housing (14) and the second housing (16). The acoustic boot (18) includes a body having a first major surface, a second major surface, and an outer body surface (26) that extends between the first and second major surfaces and connects the first and second major surfaces. The acoustic boot (18) further includes a microphone coupler connected to the body and disposed within the enclosure (12), and an acoustic path (30) defined by the body, where the acoustic path extends between a first opening (32) defined by the outer body surface (26) and a second opening disposed within the microphone coupler and defined by a cavity of the microphone coupler.

Disclosed is a bone conduction assistive hearing aid, including a main body, which includes a hearing aid mechanism and an adhesive layer. One side of the adhesive layer is provided with ventilation holes that penetrate through the adhesive layer. The bottom end of the adhesive layer is provided with a rubber bent rod, in which a flexible metal wire is arranged. One end of the rubber bent rod is provided with a docking hole, and a spherical hole at one end of the docking hole. An elastic column is insertable into the docking hole and has one end formed with an elastic ball receivable in the spherical hole. An opposite end of the elastic column includes a rubber plug, which is covered with a breathable mesh layer.

A behind-the-ear type hearing aid (10) is provided. The hearing aid (10) comprises: a housing (12) adapted to be worn behind an ear of a user; a microphone (14) arranged in the housing (12) and configured to receive sound; a processing circuit (16) arranged in the housing (12) and configured to convert the received sound into a hearing loss compensated signal; a receiver (18) arranged outside of the housing (12), in or near an ear canal of the user, the receiver (18) being configured to receive the hearing loss compensated signal and output said signal as audio; and a slot antenna (20) arranged in the housing (12), the slot antenna (20) comprising: an antenna plane (22) extending in a plane with a normal direction being between 45°-135° to an ear-to-ear axis of the user when the hearing aid (10) is worn; and a slot (24) in the antenna plane (22) shaped as a loop. A method (100) for manufacturing such a hearing aid is further provided.

An carpiece with structure for positioning and retaining the carpiece and with structure for sealing against the entrance to the car canal to provide passive noise attenuation. The positioning and retaining structure engages features of the lateral surface of the ear. The structure for sealing against the entrance to the car canal includes a conical structure.

An ear-worn electronic device comprises a housing, electronic circuitry, a power source, a microphone, and a receiver or speaker. The housing comprises a nozzle dimensioned for deployment within at least a portion of an ear canal. The nozzle comprises a distal portion, a proximal portion, a cavity within the nozzle, and a terminus surface at the distal portion comprising a sound port through which sound can pass out of the nozzle. The nozzle comprises an acoustical vent arrangement comprising a proximal port provided at the proximal portion, a plurality of distal ports provided at the terminus surface, and at least a portion of the nozzle cavity in fluid communication with the proximal port and the distal ports. Each of the distal ports has a volume smaller than that of the proximal port, and a volume of the proximal port is substantially equal to that of the distal ports cumulatively.

The invention discloses a bone conduction hearing aid capable of supporting adjustment of wearing circumference, which comprises a rear hanging assembly, and two ends of the rear hanging assembly are sequentially connected with a bin body piece, an ear hanging piece and a bone conduction assembly to form a left sound transmission module and a right sound transmission module respectively; a circuit board as well as a battery and a sound pick-up which are electrically connected with the circuit board are arranged in any cabin body piece; the rear hanging assembly is composed of a sleeve piece and a main bone piece, and the opposite ends of the main bone piece and the sleeve piece are movably sleeved so as to correspondingly adjust the distance between the two bone conduction assemblies. Through mutual cooperation of the main bone part and the sleeve part, retraction and expansion are realized, so that the wearing circumference can be adjusted, and users with different head circumferences can be adapted to obtain better wearing experience.

The invention provides hearing aid equipment based on bone conduction, and belongs to the technical field of bone conduction equipment. Comprising a head band and bone conduction sound transmission devices installed at the two ends of the head band, and further comprises a noise reduction mechanism, and the noise reduction mechanism comprises connecting strips fixed to the tops of the bone conduction sound transmission devices. According to the bone conduction hearing aid, the earplug and the main elastic piece are arranged, the earplug is positioned on the side face of the main elastic piece, after the bone conduction hearing aid is worn, the earplug is plugged into the external auditory canal of a user, external noise is blocked through the earplug, and the external noise is effectively prevented from being transmitted to the auditory nerve of the inner ear of the user; according to the bone conduction hearing aid, sound of normal dialogue is stably transmitted to auditory nerves of inner ears of a user through the bone conduction hearing aid, so that the user can hear the dialogue clearly in a noisy environment, meanwhile, the earplugs are positioned under the elastic action of the main elastic pieces, the earplugs can be prevented from falling from external auditory canals of the user through the main elastic pieces, and the safety of the user is improved. And the wearing stability of the earplug is ensured.

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.

Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for obtaining electrocardiograms (ECGs) using hearing devices. Various aspects include a system for obtaining ECGs using hearing devices. The system includes a plurality of electrodes on or in a housing of a hearing device, and at least one processor configured to: provide instructions to a user to touch at least two of the plurality of electrodes, receive a potential measured by the plurality of electrodes, process the received potential to obtain an electrocardiogram (ECG) of the user, and output the ECG for the user on a display of a user device.

An earplug assembly includes a first earplug, a second earplug, and a cord including a first end, a second end, each earplug including a stem and a sound attenuating body. A method for preparing the earplug assembly includes attaching the first and second ends of the cord to the first and second earplugs, respectively, by contacting a hot tip to the proximal end of the stem of the earplug to form an attachment point, removing the hot tip, and contacting or inserting the end of the cord to the attachment point to thermally bond the end of the cord to the stem of the earplug.

The invention describes a method for measuring a person's pulse using a hearing system, which comprises at least one first hearing instrument (1) with an electroacoustic first input transducer (22), wherein a first bone-sound signal (24) is received at one ear of the person by the first input transducer (22), thereby generating a first input signal (26), and a pulse frequency (fp) is determined based on the amplitude profile of the first input signal (26). The invention further describes a corresponding hearing system configured for pulse measurement according to the method.

Aspects include headphones. In certain cases, a headphone includes: an ear cuff body having: a first portion configured to pass over an outer side of at least one of an antihelix, a helix, or a lobule of a user's outer ear; and a second portion configured to sit behind the outer ear; an acoustic package configured to deliver sound to the ear canal region; and wiring extending between the ear cuff body to the acoustic package.

Methods and devices for processing and voice operated control are provided and mixing ambient and internal signals. The method can include performing a non-difference comparison between a first received sound and a second received sound, determining if speech exists based on the comparison, and transmitting or providing a decision that the speech is present to at least one among the device, a cell phone, a media player, or a portable computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Various embodiments of an ear-wearable electronic device are disclosed. The device includes a shell, a faceplate connected to a second end of the shell to form an enclosure, and an electromechanical package disposed at least partially within the enclosure. The package includes a flexible printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) disposed within the enclosure proximate to a first end of the shell and extending along an assembly axis, where the PCBA includes a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface; and a micro-mechanical systems (MEMS) receiver disposed on or at least partially in the concave inner surface of the PCBA. The device further includes an acoustic path disposed at least partially within the enclosure and extending between an inlet that is acoustically coupled to a receiver port of the MEMS receiver and an outlet that is disposed at the first end of the shell.