13results about "Implantable hearing aids" patented technology

The disclosure relates to a bone anchored hearing aid device unit including a housing and an actuator having a first plate piezo element, and a clamp system configured for attaching the first plate piezo element to the housing, characterized in that the actuator has a second plate piezo element, in that the clamp system connects the first plate piezo element and the second plate piezo element, via the housing, and in that the clamp system is adapted for transferring, via the housing, a dynamic force between the first plate piezo element and the second plate piezo element. A method of operating a bone anchored hearing device unit is also disclosed.

Presented herein are techniques related to setting a filter for an implanted medical device and using the filter to improve operation of the implanted medical device to evoke a hearing percept. A first output signal is generated and delivered to the recipient. A feedback resulting from delivery of the first output signal to the recipient is captured. A resonance associated with the feedback is identified, and a filter is set to attenuate the resonance. A second output signal is then generated based on an input signal, which is filtered via the filter to attenuate portions of potential feedback in the input signal. Thus, limited amounts of feedback are processed to generate the second output signal, and delivering the second output signal to the recipient evokes a hearing percept more desirably.

An exemplary spatial enhancement system performs frequency-specific localization and speech comprehension enhancement. Specifically, the system receives an audio signal presented to a recipient of a hearing device, and generates, based on the audio signal, a first frequency signal and a second frequency signal. The first frequency signal includes a portion of the audio signal associated with a first frequency range, and the second frequency signal includes a portion of the audio signal associated with a second frequency range. Based on the first and second frequency signals, the system generates an output frequency signal that is associated with the first and second frequency ranges and that is configured for use by the hearing device in stimulating aural perception by the recipient. This generating of the output frequency signal includes processing the first frequency signal to apply a localization enhancement and processing the second frequency signal to apply a speech comprehension enhancement.

Presented herein are techniques for automatically adjusting the strength of a noise reduction process / system, e.g., a deep neural network (DNN)-based denoising (DNR) process, based on a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimate of an input signal, the estimate determined based on the DNN output (denoised signal). More specifically, according to embodiments presented herein, the DNR strength is set based on the SNR, which is determined / estimated (e.g., from the DNN output) from the ratio of the input signal to the denoised signal.

Presented herein are methods and systems for performing parallel processing of signals at a second medical device when a first medical device is unavailable. The first medical device is configured to deliver treatment to a first portion of a recipient and the first medical device comprises an external component and an implantable component. The second medical device is configured to deliver treatment to a second portion of a recipient. The second medical device is configured to determine that the external component of the first medical device is unavailable and, in response to determining that the external component the first medical device is unavailable, send operating data to the implantable component.

A hearing aid and a corresponding supplementary device, a storage medium and a method of operation are disclosed, wherein the hearing aid comprises an antenna and a transceiver circuit for establishing a communication link with a supplementary device configured as a user control interface, an input device for picking up sound from the hearing aid environment to provide at least one electrical input signal, a signal processor configured to process the at least one electrical input signal and to provide a processed signal, an output unit for presenting a stimulus representing the processed signal perceptible as sound to the user, wherein the signal processor is configured to start measuring a corresponding head-related transfer function in a far-field calibration mode based on a test sound signal picked up by the at least one microphone from a loudspeaker of the supplementary device and an electrical version of the test sound signal received by the antenna and transceiver circuit from a transmission of the supplementary device at a point in time when the supplementary device informs the hearing aid.

Presented herein are in-situ techniques for monitoring a recipient's cochlea health to proactively identify (i.e., predict) changes to the recipient's cochlea health outside of a clinical setting. The cochlea health monitoring techniques presented herein obtain one or more cochlea health biomarkers associated with a recipient's cochlea health, such the recipient's residual hearing, and analyze these biomarkers to predict that a cochlea health change is likely to occur.

A bone conduction hearing aid system for generating bone conduction vibrations is disclosed. The bone conduction hearing aid system has a hearing aid with a vibrator. The hearing aid system includes an interconnection unit to connect the hearing aid to the user. The hearing aid has a first connection portion? and the interconnection unit has a second connection portion so that there is a coupling between the interconnection unit and the hearing aid to connect and disconnect the hearing aid to and from the interconnection unit. The interconnection unit has an adhesive surface facing the skin so that it can be adhered to the skin on the head of the user. The sound vibrations are transmitted from the vibrator to the hearing organ as bone conduction sound vibrations.

An inductance communication coil, including a conductor having at least one conductive turn, wherein a width of the conductor is wider at a first location relative to that at a second location. The conductor can be made out of metal. In some embodiments, the first location and the second location are on the same turn. In some embodiments, the conductor includes a plurality of turns, wherein the first location is at a first turn and the second location is at a second turn.

Presented herein are techniques for monitoring the bonding of an implantable transducer, such as an implantable sound sensor or implantable actuator, to tissue of a recipient. More specifically, the sensitivity of the implantable transducer is monitored during the bonding process using signals captured / received by the implantable transducer. The signals captured by the implantable transducer are analyzed to determine whether and / or when the implantable sound sensor is bonded to the tissue.WO

This application discloses a hearing aid system and corresponding applications, storage media, and operating methods. The hearing aid system includes a hearing aid and an assistive device, and is adapted to establish a communication link between the hearing aid and the assistive device. The hearing aid includes: an input unit comprising at least one microphone for picking up sound from the hearing aid environment and providing at least one corresponding electrical input signal representing the sound; a signal processor configured to process the at least one electrical input signal and provide a processed signal; and an output unit for presenting a stimulus, perceptible as sound, representing the processed signal to a user. The assistive device includes: a user control interface configured to enable measurement of a corresponding head-related transfer function in a far-field calibration operation mode; and a speaker. The assistive device is configured to play a test sound signal and transmit an electrical version of the test sound signal to the hearing aid based on input from the user control interface.