90 results about "Hearing apparatus" patented technology

An accessory device includes: an antenna; a processing unit; and a memory storing a first accessory device parameter; wherein the processing unit is configured to: obtain the first accessory device parameter, obtain a first hearing device parameter received via the antenna of the accessory device, determine a first criterion value based on the first hearing device parameter and the first accessory device parameter, and perform a comparison between a received signal strength indicator and the first criterion value, the received signal strength indicator indicating or being associated with a radiated power transmitted from a hearing device and received at the accessory device; and wherein the processing unit is configured to perform a pairing action if a result of the comparison satisfies a criterion.

A hearing system comprises a hearing device configured to be worn by a wearer, the hearing device comprising one or more microphones, an acoustic transducer, audio circuitry coupled to the one or more microphones and the acoustic transducer, and a controller coupled to the audio circuitry. The controller is configured to detect a wearer interaction with the hearing device, determine a context of the wearer's use of the hearing device, obtain user data for groups of a population of hearing device users based on user interaction with, and context of use of, the users' hearing devices, determine an operational change to the hearing device based on the wearer interaction, the context, and the user data that corresponds to the wearer's interaction and context, and apply the operational change to the hearing device.

The embodiment of the application discloses a method and system for detecting the state of a bone conduction hearing device, the bone conduction hearing device at least comprising a microphone, a speaker, a feedback analysis unit and a signal processing unit, the method comprising: generating a third sound by the speaker based on a first signal; wherein the first signal is generated by the signal processing unit; receiving the third sound by the microphone and generating a feedback signal; determining, by the feedback analysis unit, the feedback path transfer function from the speaker to the microphone of the bone conduction hearing device based on the feedback signal of the microphone and the first signal; obtaining at least one preset feedback path transfer function; comparing the feedback path transfer function with the at least one preset feedback path transfer function; and determining, by the signal processing unit, the state of the bone conduction hearing device according to the comparison result.

A system comprising a hearing device and a charging device is disclosed. The charging device is configured for accommodating the hearing device and is further configured for inductively charging the hearing device. The hearing device comprises a rechargeable battery arranged in connection with a receiver coil. The receiver coil is arranged in a hearing device housing. The receiver coil comprises a magnetic core and a metal winding wound around the magnetic core. The charging device comprises at least one transmitter coil arranged in a charging device housing. The transmitter coil comprising the metal winding is configured for charging the hearing device. When the hearing device is accommodated in the charging device, the transmitter coil is arranged to at least partially enclose the receiver coil.

A hearing device and related method is provided, the hearing device comprising an interface, a processor, and a memory, wherein the hearing device is configured to enter a pairing mode for pairing to an accessory device; transmit a pairing message to a contralateral hearing device, the pairing message indicative of the hearing device pairing with the accessory device; and pair the hearing device to the accessory device.

Presented herein are techniques for measuring an evoked response to stimulation. One or more electrical stimulation signals are delivered to first ear of a recipient via a first hearing device implanted at the first ear of the recipient. One or more evoked potential evoked by the one or more electrical stimulation signals are measured with a second hearing device implanted at a second ear of the recipient.

A hearing device and related methods are disclosed, the hearing device comprising an interface and one or more processors, the one or more processors comprising a first primary machine learning model and a first secondary machine learning model, the first primary machine learning model for provision of a first primary model output based on a first primary model input, the first secondary machine learning model for provision of a first secondary model output based on a first secondary model input, wherein the first secondary model input is based on the first primary model output.

A hearing device configured to be arranged in an ear of a user comprises a sound path component. The sound path component comprises: a cavity arranged at a first end of the hearing device; a vent channel configured to vent the hearing device, the vent channel extending from the cavity to a second end of the hearing device, the vent channel having a first vent end located at the cavity and a second vent end located at the second end of the hearing device; an output transducer opening configured to be connected to an output transducer, the output transducer opening being arranged at the cavity; a first opening arranged at the cavity and configured to be directed towards an ear canal of the user when the hearing device is worn by the user in an intended position in the ear; a second opening arranged at the second end of the hearing device and configured to be directed towards the surroundings of the user when the hearing device is worn by the user in the intended position in the ear. The second opening is located at the second vent end of the vent channel. The cavity, the vent channel, the output transducer opening, the first opening and the second opening are in fluid communication with each other.

The invention relates to a hearing device (2) having a housing (4) and an antenna (6), wherein the housing (4) has a housing cover (8) for wearing in the ear, wherein the antenna (6) is designed for transmitting signals by a wireless connection, wherein the housing cover (8) has an inner side (18), wherein the antenna (6) is inserted into the housing cover (8) and extends along the inner side (18). Furthermore, a corresponding antenna (6) and a method for manufacturing a corresponding hearing device (2) are provided.

The utility model relates to hearing equipment (2) with a radio communication device (20), the radio communication device is provided with an antenna (24) with two feeding points (26), and the feeding points are connected with a control unit (22). The antenna (24) has a first loop (28) extending between two feed points (26) and a second loop (30) extending between two feed points (26).

A hearing device with an optical sensor includes: a light source (212, 300, 304, 308, 402) configured to emit light; a photodetector (214, 404) configured to detect light emitted by the light source after it has passed through tissue of a subject; an audio receiver (116, 202) configured to transmit sound to the subject; and a dome structure (120, 206) configured to conform to the shape of the ear canal when the hearing device is in the subject's ear canal. The output of the light source (212, 300, 304, 308, 402) and the input of the photodetector (214, 404) are separated by the dome structure (120, 206), and the dome structure (120, 206) absorbs and / or reflects at least a portion of the light emitted by the light source.

An apparatus can include a first ear simulator coupler configured to receive a first hearing device within a first aperture, with an acoustic microphone provided below the first aperture to capture first audio input data associated with the first ear simulator coupler. A second ear simulator coupler can comprise a second aperture configured to receive a contact hearing device ear tip, the second ear simulator coupler including a receive coil configured to obtain a second audio input data corresponding to a transmitted signal from the contact hearing device ear tip when inserted within the second ear simulator coupler. The apparatus can include an audio output port can be connected by a switch to a selected one of a first audio processing path corresponding to a simulated hearing experience of the first hearing device, or a second audio processing path corresponding to a simulated hearing experience of the contact hearing device.

The present invention relates to a hearing device comprising a battery module and a method of manufacturing a battery module for a hearing device. The disclosed hearing device (20) comprises a battery module (10). The battery module (10) comprises a battery (2) for powering the hearing device (20), a conductor unit (4) for providing an electrical connection to the battery (2), a conductive adhesive (6) arranged between the battery (2) and the conductor unit (4) for connecting the conductor unit (4) with the battery (2) to form a battery assembly (12), and a coating (8) at least partially arranged around the battery assembly (12) to form the battery module (10).

A hearing device and related methods are disclosed, the hearing device comprising an interface and one or more processors, the one or more processors comprising a first alpha machine learning model and a first beta machine learning model, the first alpha machine learning model configured to provide a first alpha model output based on a first alpha model input, the first beta machine learning model configured to provide a first beta model output based on a first beta model input, wherein the first beta model input is based on the first alpha model output.

A hearing device includes input transducers providing a transducer input, the input transducers comprising a first input transducer for provision of a first transducer input signal, wherein the transducer input is based on the first transducer input signal; a processor configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the transducer input; and a receiver to provide an audio output signal based on the electrical output signal; wherein the processor is configured to process the transducer input for provision of a first input and a second input; apply a neural network to the second input for provision of a second output that is a prediction of future noise; provide a noise estimate based on the second output; and subtract the noise estimate from a magnitude of the first input for provision of a first output, wherein the electrical output signal is based on the first output.

A hearing device for processing audio signals is described. The hearing device has an input interface for receiving an input signal, a neural network for separating one or more audio signals from the input signal, and an output interface for outputting an output signal, wherein the output signal comprises the one or more audio signals separated from the input signal. The hearing device is configured to determine a priority parameter for each of the one or more audio signals, modulate each audio signal in the one or more audio signals based on the re-spective priority parameter, combine the one or more audio signals to produce an output signal, and output the output signal via the output interface.

Various embodiments of a hearing device and a system including such device are disclosed. The hearing device can include an enclosure having a front housing and a rear housing, and an isolator disposed between the front housing and the rear housing. The isolator includes a body and a sleeve disposed on the body. The front housing and the rear housing are connected to the sleeve of the isolator. The device further includes a microphone disposed in the front housing, a receiver disposed in the rear housing, an acoustic port that extends through the isolator body between the receiver and an opening disposed in a first end of the front housing, and a microphone port that extends between the microphone and the opening disposed in the first end of the front housing.

The invention relates to a hearing device (100) comprising at least one microphone (1) configured to receive ambient audio; an audio signal processing unit (2) configured to receive an input audio signal comprising at least the ambient audio from the microphone and to generate an output audio signal based on the input audio signal; and a receiver (3) configured to be supplied with the output audio signal. The hearing device (100) further comprises at least an infrared, IR, sensor (4) configured to detect human presence (300). A controller (5) of the hearing device (100) is configured to adjust the input audio signal to the audio signal processing unit (2), based on the detected human presence (300). The invention also relates to a method of adjusting an input audio signal implemented in the hearing device (100).

A binaural hearing system includes a first hearing device and a second hearing device, wherein: the first hearing device comprises a first RF transceiver and a first communication controller connected to the first RF transceiver; the first hearing device is configured to communicate with a first auxiliary device via the first RF transceiver; the first hearing device is configured to communicate with the second hearing device; and the first hearing device is configured to facilitate a communication of data between the first auxiliary device and the second hearing device by: performing a first communication with the first auxiliary device utilizing the first RF transceiver of the first hearing device; and performing a second communication with the second hearing device; wherein the first hearing device is configured to perform the first communication before the second communication.

Presented herein are techniques for determining a linguistic context from speech (e.g., a conversation) captured by a system and using the "linguistic context" or "second-order meaning" to initiate / generate an action at / by the system. More specifically, a hearing device (e.g., cochlear implant) or medical device is configured to capture / detect speech which has a primary / explicit, or first-order, meaning. An intelligence module that includes an artificial intelligence (AI) model, e.g., a large language model (LLM) or a large action model (LAM), is configured to obtain the speech and determine a linguistic context (second-order meaning) of the speech and determine the relevancy of the second order-meaning to the system and / or to the recipient (recipient-specific second-order meaning of the speech). Using the recipient- specific second-order meaning of the speech, one or more instructions can be generated and / or produced for implementation at the system.

The invention relates to a method (24) for operating a hearing device (2), in which an input signal (16) is generated by means of a microphone (6) as a function of ambient sounds (7). An output signal (18) is provided as a function of the input signal (16), and an output sound (22) is output as a function of the output signal (18) by means of the earpiece (10). An unprocessed ambient sound (22) present within the range of the earpiece (10) is determined, and a ratio (36) between the unprocessed ambient sound (22) and the output sound (12) is determined for different frequency bands. The amplitude of the output signal (18) of the associated frequency band is varied, wherein the ratio (36) is set between an upper limit value (38) and a lower limit value (40). The invention also relates to a hearing device (2).

A hearing system comprises: a first hearing device; and a second hearing device; wherein the first hearing device comprises a first microphone system configured to provide a first microphone signal, a first processing unit, a first communication unit, and a first antenna; wherein the second hearing device comprises a second processing unit, a second communication unit, a second antenna, and a receiver configured to provide an audio output; wherein the first hearing device has a first and a second mode of operation; wherein, when the first hearing device is in the first mode of operation, the first hearing device is configured to transmit a first microphone signal or an audio signal based on the first microphone signal to the second hearing device over the wireless communication link; and wherein the wireless communication link is disabled when the first hearing device is in the second mode of operation.

This specification discloses a vibration transfer function determination system, comprising: a hearing device and at least two microphones; the hearing device includes a bone conduction loudspeaker and a housing, the bone conduction loudspeaker being fixed to the housing and driving the housing to vibrate; two of the at least two microphones are respectively disposed at a first position and a second position; wherein, the two microphones are rigidly or elastically connected to the housing at the first position and the second position respectively, and the diaphragm vibration direction of the microphone disposed at the first position is parallel to the vibration direction of the housing, and the diaphragm vibration direction of the microphone disposed at the second position is perpendicular to the vibration direction of the housing; or, one of the two microphones is rigidly or elastically connected to the housing at the first position, and the other is not in contact with the housing at the second position.

A hearing device configured to be worn by a user comprises one or more microphones, a processing unit, a speaker, a wireless communication unit, and stress evaluator. The user wearing the hearing device is in an environment defined by an acoustic scene. The microphones receive audio signals from audio sources in the environment and provide them to the processing unit which applies processing parameters to thereby process the audio signals. The speaker provides the processed audio signals to the user. The stress evaluator generates an indication of stress of the user, stress of the user being related to the acoustic scene. The processing unit then decides whether to perform an action on the basis of the received audio signals and the indication of stress of the user.

The present disclosure relates to a wirelessly rechargeable in-ear hearing device, a charger for a wirelessly rechargeable in-ear hearing device, and a system comprising a wirelessly rechargeable in-ear hearing device and a charger for the wirelessly rechargeable in-ear hearing device.

Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for person-to-person voice communication between ear-wearable devices. A method includes receiving, using a microphone of a first hearing device configured to be worn on or in an ear of the first user, a first acoustic own voice signal from the first user. The method further includes transmitting, from the first hearing device via a wireless connection to a second hearing device configured to be worn on or in an ear of a second user, a first audio packet based on the received first acoustic own voice signal. The method also includes receiving, at the second hearing device via the wireless connection, the first audio packet from the first hearing device, and playing, at the second hearing device using a second receiver, an output signal for the second user based on the first audio packet.

Presented herein are techniques to deliver both electrical stimulation and vibrational stimulation to a recipient of a medical device such as a hearing device. A method can include delivering electrical stimulation to a recipient via a plurality of electrical stimulation contacts disposed on a carrier of a stimulating assembly and causing a pressure wave to be generated by the carrier within the recipient without introducing consequential movement of the plurality of electrical stimulation contacts relative to tissue of the recipient.

A system and method for improving hearing enhancement solutions across a wide range of hearing devices, particularly for a wide-range of disparate user-provided hearing devices, including a dock having a transmissions conversion module for translating / converting Bluetooth communications from a transmitter / transceiver coupled to a configuration system to a non-Bluetooth personal audio device (e.g., a hearing aid) enabling a user to program the personal audio device with a user-developed personal customized hearing aid profile.