449results about "Earplugs" patented technology

Disclosed are a filter and a noise-reducing earplug, the noise-reducing earplug includes a filter, and the filter includes a shell, a flexible sound filtering block, and an adjustment pressing plate, wherein the shell is provided with a mounting recess and a sound outlet hole communicating with the mounting recess, the adjustment pressing plate is mounted in the mounting recess and forms a compression cavity with the mounting recess, the adjustment pressing plate is provided with sound inlet holes, the flexible sound filtering block is mounted in the compression cavity, the adjustment pressing plate contacts an end of the flexible sound filtering block away from the sound outlet hole, and the adjustment pressing plate is configured to adjust a volume of the compression cavity. The noise-reducing earplug provided in the present disclosure may adjust the noise-reducing effect; and a user may selectively filter external noise to different degrees as needed.

A foam earplug for reception at least partially within the ear canal and including a body portion formed of resilient foam plastic material having a multiple open cell structure and having a size and shape for at least partial reception within the ear canal. A transdermal material having a particular beneficial action, and with an outer layer of the foam earplug infused with the transdermal material so that the benefits of the transdermal material is in transdermal contact with the ear canal. One example is a humectant material and, specifically, a moisturizer / lubricating material, for providing an increase to the lubrication and moisturizing in the ear canal. A second example is where the beneficial action is provided by systemic distribution such as a sleep aid, i.e., Melatonin, so that when the earplugs are worn during sleep, the earplugs will provide a sleep aid to the wearer.

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 earplug having a bamboo attenuator and a tapered body portion that includes a central shaft with bamboo attenuator disposed within and extending throughout an entirety of a hollow sheath, and contact structures which are flexible and have a successively smaller size moving from a lateral end of the tapered body portion to a medial end of the tapered body portion, and a stopper portion attached to the lateral end of the tapered body portion. The earplug provides passive, nonlinear attenuation of incoming sound to provide hearing protection to a user while allowing for comfortable use.

The subject technology disclosed herein may allow a device to provide guidance based on sound measurements, which may include crowd-sourced measurements of the sound level at various locations other than a current location of the user. The crowd-sourced measurements may be real time measurements and / or may be stored and / or indexed by time (day, time of day, week, month, etc.), type of activity at specific locations (happy hour, open-mic night, sports play-offs, etc.), or environmental context similar to other locations (touring band, protest, sporting event, etc.). The guidance based on the sound measurements may include a reminder notification to bring hearing protection to a location for which crowd-sourced sound level measurements have been obtained, before the user arrives at the location. The guidance may also, or alternatively, include a recommended location and / or a recommended route with a desired sound level, such as a quiet restaurant, or a quiet walking route.

An audio enhanced hearing protection system to be worn by a user includes an ambient noise reduction assembly having a primary noise reduction unit and a secondary noise reduction unit. The audio enhanced hearing protection system also includes an audio input assembly having one or more environmental microphones to receive raw environmental audio signals. The raw audio signals are transformed into processed audio signals via a digital signal processing assembly prior to transmission to a user. The audio enhanced hearing protection system also includes an audio output assembly having at least one speaker to transmit processed audio signals to a user.

An earplug for blocking sound and method of making the same, which includes a planar insert within an earplug of compressible slow recovery foam. A method of attenuating sound by inserting the earplug at an ear canal entry so that the planar insert is tactilely vertical, and pushing the earplug into the ear canal allowing the earplug to flex perpendicular to plana surfaces of the planar insert.

An ear insert 10 comprises a generally tubular core 12 with an inner wall defining a longitudinal channel 40 for guiding sound waves, from a first end 14 to a second, open, end 44. The inner wall defi

An external ear canal pressure regulation device including a fluid flow generator, an earpiece having an axial earpiece bore, and a valved conduit fluidicly coupled to the fluid flow generator and the axial earpiece bore, whereby the earpiece has a compliant earpiece external surface configured to sealably engage an external ear canal as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure and an ambient pressure.

The application discloses an eartip, an earphone device, an earphone housing and a hearbud housing device. The eartip can include an outer portion, an inner portion, and an encapsulated volume formed by the inner and outer portion, wherein the outer portion is designed to contact the ear canal, and wherein the inner portion is designed to fit upon a stent. In an alternative embodiment, the airtip can include an inverted body, wherein when the inverted body is at least partially folded on itself the inverted body is arranged to include a bulbous region sized for insertion in an ear canal, a cavity internal to the bulbous region that holds a gas, where increasing pressure on the bulbous region releases a portion of the gas.

Earplug insertion device comprising a magazine suitable for receiving compressible and expandable foam earplugs, a compression device in which a compressible and expandable earplug can be compressed lengthwise, and an earplug delivery device to insert the earplug from the magazine into the compression device and then into the ear canal.

The present disclosure relates to an external auditory canal pressure regulating device. A fluid transfer device for treating headache symptoms, the fluid transfer device comprising: a fluid flow generator, the fluid flow generator being configured to generate a fluid flow through an earpiece to achieve an external auditory canal pressure difference between the external auditory canal pressure and the ambient pressure; and a valved conduit, the valved conduit being in fluid communication with the fluid flow generator, the valved conduit having a first configuration and a second configuration; wherein the fluid flow generator is configured to achieve a positive pressure difference when the valved conduit is in the first configuration; wherein the fluid flow generator is configured to achieve a negative pressure difference when the valved conduit is in the second configuration; and wherein the external auditory canal pressure difference can effectively treat the headache symptoms.

The utility model provides an ear barotrauma prevention device for hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which relates to the technical field of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and comprises a pressure-proof earmuff, and one side of the pressure-proof earmuff is fixedly connected with a pressure sensor. According to the utility model, the pressure sensor is arranged to monitor the air pressure change of the ear canal, the motor works to drive the turntable to rotate, so that the third pressure relief hole moves to expose the second pressure relief hole gradually for pressure relief, and the third pressure relief hole moves to cover the second pressure relief hole after detecting that the air pressure returns to normal, thereby achieving the effect of balancing the internal and external pressure; real-time monitoring and pressure relief of the interior of the ear canal can be achieved, and protection of the ear canal is improved; after the end of the second pressure relief hole is communicated with the third pressure relief hole, the purpose of pressure relief can be achieved, meanwhile, the second pressure relief hole is designed to be Z-shaped, the purpose of buffering pressure relief can be achieved, the ear canal can be protected conveniently, the pressure change of the ear chamber is uniform and slow, and complications such as middle ear barotrauma are prevented.

Customizable hearing protection devices include a body portion. A channel is defined through the body portion. A sound modifying insert is removably inserted into an outer portion of the channel. An adapter insert is removably inserted into an inner portion of the channel. The devices further include an eartip mounted to a mounting portion of the adapter insert that protrudes from the proximal side of the body portion. The channel includes a middle portion connecting the outer portion and the inner portion. The body portion may further include a loop portion, into which an interchangeable chip may be removably inserted. The interchangeable chip may have an outward facing surface with customized indicia thereon.

The utility model relates to the technical field of earplugs, and provides a noise-reduction sound-insulation earplug, which is used for being placed in an ear canal to isolate external sound, and comprises a shell which is internally provided with a ventilation chamber and is provided with an interface communicated with the ventilation chamber; the ear cap is arranged at the position of the connector, a channel is formed in the ear cap, and when the noise reduction and sound insulation earplug is worn, the ventilation cavity is communicated with the ear canal through the connector and the channel in sequence; and the noise reduction reinforcing part is arranged in the ventilation cavity and / or the connector, and a zeolite material is contained in the noise reduction reinforcing part. The sound insulation earplug can solve the problem that the existing sound insulation earplug is difficult to give consideration to both the noise reduction effect and the wearing comfort.

An ear insert 10 comprises a generally tubular core 12 with an inner wall defining a longitudinal channel 40 for guiding sound waves, from a first end 14 to a second, open, end 44. The inner wall defi

The present invention falls within the field of articles for daily use, and particularly relates to a sleep noise-proof structure provided on an eye-shrouding member being an eye patch or a sleeping cap and having an eye shield for shrouding the eyes, wherein the sleep noise-proof structure comprises two wires and two earplugs, the wires have a first end and a second end, and the first end is fixedly connected to the front side of the eye shield, and the second end is connected to an earplug. Since the earplug is connected to the front side of the eye shield with a wire, not only the problem of loss of the earplug can be prevented, but also the ear cannot be tightened and the overall comfort can be increased for a better experience.

The invention relates to a device (1) for the selective attenuation of noise emitted by dental equipment with a so-called active part (3) whose shapes and dimensions correspond to the shapes and dimensions of an human external auditory canal (4) being and adapted to be removably inserted into the canal (4), a gripping part (5) of the device (1), the active part (3) with at least one communication orifice (71, 81, 91) with the external auditory canal (4) and at least one tubular resonance chamber (7, 8, 9) having an open end (71, 81, 91) and a closed end. The active part (3) is configured as a cylinder with at least two straight, circular-based cylindrical resonance chambers (7, 8, 9) whose longitudinal axes (A7, A8, A9) are parallel to each other and to a longitudinal axis (A3) of the active part (3). At least two resonance chambers have different lengths.

The utility model discloses a comfortable sound insulation type silica gel earplug, which relates to the technical field of silica gel earplugs, and comprises a first silica gel earplug and a second silica gel earplug, the first silica gel earplug and the second silica gel earplug are both fixedly provided with a fixed ear frame, and one end of the first silica gel earplug and one end of the second silica gel earplug are both provided with air holes. And a sealing plug is tightly attached to the interior of each air hole, a connecting frame is fixedly arranged at one end of each sealing plug, a connecting belt is tightly attached to each connecting frame, a connecting rope is fixedly arranged at the other end of each connecting belt, and a connecting mechanism is arranged at one end of each connecting rope. According to the utility model, through the arrangement of the fixed ear frames and the air holes, and the sealing plugs tightly attached to the interiors of the air holes, various choices can be provided for a user when the earplug is worn, and the first silica gel earplug and the second silica gel earplug can be conveniently connected through the connecting rope, so that the first silica gel earplug and the second silica gel earplug are convenient to store.

A computer system for intra-ear sensing and stimulating receives, health data, from an earbud sensor. The system repeatedly calculates an exponential moving average (EMA) of a moving window for the received health data. The system compares each calculated exponential moving average with a lower threshold value and an upper threshold value. The upper threshold value and the lower threshold value are determined based, at least in part, upon a saturation level associated within an amplifier performing the adaptive gain control. When the calculated exponential moving average is larger than the upper threshold, the system decreases a gain associated with the amplifier. When the calculated exponential moving average is smaller than the lower threshold, the system increases a gain associated with the amplifier.

A pair of noise reduction components are configured to fit over and / or at least partially inside respective ears of a user of the headgear. The pair of noise reduction components may be coupled to a first strap. The first strap is configured to retain the pair of noise-reduction components in contact with the ears of the user. Each noise reduction component of the pair of noise reduction components includes a laminated structure that includes at least one sound-reflecting layer, and at least one sound-absorbing layer that is arranged to be closer to the ear of the user than the at least one sound-reflecting layer.

A faceplate (1) configured to be removably affixed to an outer face (20) of a retaining body (17) of an earpiece (2) configured to be disposed within the concha of an ear of a wearer. An earpiece (2) comprising a retaining body (17) configured to be disposed within the concha of an ear of a wearer, the retaining body having an outer face (20) opposite to an inner face (21) extending to a retaining body periphery (22), the retaining body including a projection element (18) configured to project into an ear canal opening of the wearer, the projection element (18) adapted to retain an earpiece tip (19) configured to engage an ear canal wall of the wearer, and a faceplate (1) configured to cover the outer face (20) of the retaining body (17), the retaining body and the faceplate including releasably engageable mateable parts to removably affix the faceplate to the retaining body.

The invention relates to an invisible pickup noise reduction earplug and method, and relates to the technical field of noise reduction, the invisible pickup noise reduction earplug comprises a shell, a noise reduction structure, a power supply structure and an invisible pull-out structure; the shell is matched with an ear canal in appearance and is provided with a mounting hole; the noise reduction structure is arranged in the shell and comprises a sound receiving unit, an ARM processing unit and a sound production unit which are electrically connected in sequence; the power supply structure is electrically connected with the ARM processing unit and is used for supplying power to the noise reduction structure; the invisible pull-out structure is mounted at the mounting hole, the invisible pull-out structure comprises a protruding part, and at least part of the protruding part is arranged outside the shell. The device has the effect of being convenient to take out.

A hearing protection device to be worn in ear provides communications of ambient sound to an in-ear speaker. Blast noise is detected and measured using either the in-ear speaker as a microphone or using a separate in-ear microphone.

The utility model provides a shading eyeshade which comprises an eyeshade body, an adjusting groove is formed in the outer surface of the eyeshade body, a light hole penetrating through the eyeshade body in the thickness direction is formed in the adjusting groove, and a shading piece used for shading the light hole is arranged in the adjusting groove. The anti-dazzling screen slides in the adjusting groove so that the light inlet amount of the eyeshade body can be adjusted by adjusting the covering rate of the anti-dazzling screen on the light transmitting hole. The adjusting groove is formed in the outer side of the eyeshade connecting band, the light hole penetrating through the wearing part and the shading part is formed in the groove, the shading piece in the adjusting groove slides to cover the area of the light hole so as to achieve stepless adjustment of the light inlet amount, and operation is easy.

A method for external ear canal pressure regulation to alleviate one or more symptoms associated with a disorder or treat one or more disorders, the method including providing a fluid transfer device which generates a fluid flow of a fluid through an earplug, the earplug having an earplug external surface configured to sealably engage an external ear canal wall as a barrier between an external ear canal pressure and an ambient pressure; sealably engaging the earplug of the fluid transfer device with the external ear canal wall as the barrier between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure; and operating the fluid transfer device to generate the fluid flow of the fluid through the earplug to achieve an external ear canal pressure differential between the external ear canal pressure and the ambient pressure effective to alleviate a disorder symptom or treat a disorder.

Hearing protection device (10, 10′, 10″) with an indication unit (40a, 40b) and a detection unit (30, 30′, 30″) to send a first detection signal, to assign a distance value based on a second detection signal of an external device (50, 50) representing the physical distance to the external device (50, 50) and to control the indication unit (40a, 40b) to provide an indication to the user (100) if the assigned distance value is at or below a predetermined threshold distance value. Thus, a collision may easily and reliably be prevented by providing an indication to the user (100), so that the risk of missing relevant sound of a moving person or object is overcome. A collision warning system comprising such a hearing protection device (10, 10′, 10″) and an external device is also provided. Furthermore, a method of retrofitting a hearing protection device (10′″) with such a detection unit (30, 30′, 30″) is provided.

The utility model discloses an adjustable noise reduction earplug, which comprises an earplug main body and a toggle switch, a sound receiving channel is arranged in the earplug main body, a sound receiving hole is arranged on the upper end face of the earplug main body, the sound receiving hole is communicated with the sound receiving channel, a limit chute is arranged on the upper end face of the earplug main body, and the limit chute is communicated with the sound receiving channel. The toggle switch is connected with the limiting sliding groove in a sliding and limiting mode, and the toggle switch can open or block the sound receiving hole. According to the utility model, the sound receiving hole can be opened or sealed by arranging the toggle switch, so that the adjustment of the noise reduction performance is realized, the use requirements of users in different scenes can be met, the practicability is improved, and the use favor of the users can be improved.