151 results about "Hearing Impaired Persons" patented technology

1. The name of the design product: hearing aid (H6). 2. The use of the design product: for helping people with impaired hearing or hearing impairment to improve their hearing ability. 3. The design points of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best shows the design points: assembly state diagram. 5. Other circumstances that need to be explained: component 1 is for right ear wearing, component 3 is for left ear hearing aid, component 3 and component 1 are mirror image symmetric design, so the six view and perspective of component 3 are omitted.

Methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate creating the sensation of vibrotactile movement on the body of a user. Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other stimuli that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system in certain embodiments enables the creation of a family of devices that allow people such as those with hearing impairments to experience sounds such as music or other input to the system. For example, a “sound vest” or other wearable array transforms musical input to haptic signals so that users can experience their favorite music in a unique way, and can also recognize auditory or other cues in the user's real or virtual reality environment and convey this information to the user using haptic signals.

The invention discloses an intelligent exoskeleton bone auxiliary conduction hearing aid system capable of being remotely controlled and having an electroencephalogram control function, and relates to the technical field of intelligent rehabilitation robots and hearing aid devices. The wearable mechanical part comprises a flexible actuator, an elastic fabric base material, an inertial measurement unit IMU, a plantar pressure sensor array, a surface myoelectricity EMG sensor and an electroencephalogram EEG sensor. And the information processing communication part comprises a central controller, a bone conduction hearing aid module, a multi-mode sensor, an embedded SoC, a DSP / AI accelerator, a 4G / 5G / Wi-Fi module and a power management unit. The flexible exoskeleton walking aid system and the bone conduction hearing aid module are integrated, the electroencephalogram EEG sensor is additionally arranged to achieve the electroencephalogram control function, and cooperation of the three functions of movement assistance, auditory perception and neural intention recognition is achieved. A user can directly control the exoskeleton action mode through electroencephalogram signals, meanwhile, intelligent assistance of lower limb joints is obtained in the walking process, and environment sounds and voice prompts are clearly received in a bone conduction mode. According to the system, the perception ability, the control flexibility and the social participation degree of old people or rehabilitation patients who are inconvenient to move and accompanied with hearing impairment in a complex environment are remarkably improved, and more natural and convenient man-machine interaction experience is provided for users.

Some individuals may have hearing impairments and / or may be in situations that include impediments to hearing. The present disclosure relates to a method (800) comprising: generating (810) an audio signal based on sound received by one or more microphones of an open-ear device; and performing (820) a hearing enhancement process in response to user input, the hearing enhancement process comprising: detecting (830) a speech component of the audio signal; applying (840) a gain function to the speech component of the audio signal based on a plurality of gain parameters to generate a modified output signal; and operating (850) one or more loudspeakers of the open-ear device to produce sound according to the modified output signal.

The invention relates to the technical field of biostatistics, and discloses a noise language frequency hearing impairment prediction system based on a GEE model and genetic characteristics, and the system comprises a data collection module which collects follow-up visit data of a worker; the data processing module is used for generating a standardized modeling data set; the feature screening module is used for screening features through a statistical learning method to obtain a key feature subset; the time-varying interaction module is used for constructing a generalized estimation equation model and outputting regression coefficient estimation; the risk prediction module outputs the risk probability and the risk layering result of the individual; the decision support module is used for generating hearing protection suggestions of the individuals; according to the method, the generalized estimation equation model is constructed to process follow-up data of occupational noise exposure workers, so that the accuracy and the stability of language frequency hearing loss risk prediction are improved, a basis is provided for formulating a personalized hearing protection scheme and recommending a proper hearing protection device, and the method is suitable for popularization and application. And the transformation of occupational hearing loss from passive treatment to active prevention is facilitated.

A method for providing selectivity to a speech-to-text system operates a voice transcription assistant coupled to the speech-to-text system such that speech detected by the speech-to-text system is not transcribed into text for display to a user unless the voice transcription assistant determines that the detected speech is relevant to the user.Smart glasses, including at least one microphone, a speech-to-text processing unit, a display, and a voice transcription assistant, provide selective speech-to-text functionality. The voice transcription assistant has one or more processors; and logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to prevent the speech-to-text processing unit providing text to the display in response to the reception of speech by the microphone unless the logic determines that the received speech is relevant to the user.

The invention discloses a barrier-free interaction method and equipment for government affair services, and relates to the technical field of barrier-free government affair services. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring identification data for reflecting hearing impairment features; when it is judged that the user is the hearing-impaired user according to the identification data, converting the operation interface into a barrier-free interaction interface matched with user interaction parameters of the hearing-impaired user; pushing a plurality of businesses in the barrier-free interaction interface; performing semantic analysis according to the sign language action of the user in the barrier-free interaction interface to obtain a semantic analysis result; after a target service needing to be handled by the current user is determined according to the semantic analysis result, a service rule of the target service is obtained; and generating and displaying business operation information according to the semantic analysis result and the business rule. According to the method, the hearing-impaired user is actively judged, the user does not need to manually start a sign language mode or switch a function entry, the use threshold of the hearing-impaired user is effectively reduced, and convenience is provided for service handling of the user in a service pushing mode.

The utility model relates to the field of glasses, in particular to intelligent travel glasses for old people, and adopts the technical scheme that the intelligent travel glasses for old people comprise a glasses frame main body, glasses leg main bodies, glasses leg connecting pieces, a first bone conduction radio module, a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioner, a second bone conduction radio module and an eyebrow tail shifting piece, according to the utility model, the first bone conduction sound receiving module and the second bone conduction sound receiving module which are distributed in front of the glasses frame main body and on the left side and the right side of the glasses frame main body can receive external sound in multiple directions and feed back sound signals to the bone conduction transmitter, so that better sound transmission is provided for old people with poor hearing; the eyebrow tail shifting piece made of soft rubber can support the upper eyelids of the old people when the old people wear the glasses so as to lift the drooping eyebrow tails of the old people to expand the visual field, and the GPS positioner can feed back the real-time position of the old people to a mobile phone, so that children of the old people can know the position of the old people conveniently.

In one aspect, the use of compounds as active agents for the treatment and prevention of hearing impairment, and methods of using the compositions for the treatment and / or prevention of hearing impairment or disorder, are disclosed. In zebrafish and mice, the (E)-1-(3-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl) acryloyl)-S, 6-dihydropyridine-2 (1H)-ketone and the derivative have an excellent protective effect on hearing loss induced by antibiotics, and the application of the (E)-1-(3-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl) acryloyl)-S, 6-dihydropyridine-2 (1H)-ketone and the derivative has a good application prospect. In one aspect, (E)-1-(3-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl) acryloyl)-S, 6-dihydropyridine-2 (1H)-one and derivatives are useful as therapies for the treatment and / or prevention of hearing loss. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of retrieval in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

A method and device for treating tinnitus and / or hearing impairment of a user at bedtime includes providing an audio stimulus to the user using a parametric array speaker. Some embodiments treat tinnitus by removing a frequency notch corresponding to the user's tinnitus frequencies from the audio signal. The audio signal may be ambient sound detected by a microphone, or may be a prerecorded file which may comprise noise or other audio such as audiobooks or music. Some embodiments combine treatment of tinnitus or hearing impairment with treatment for apnea, hypopnea or snoring.

1. The name of the designed product: hearing aid (LS528). 2. The use of the designed product: for amplifying environmental sound, helping the hearing impaired to hear normal conversation and other important sound. 3. The design points of the designed product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: perspective view 1.

The system according to the embodiment aims to eliminate inconveniences in daily life caused by hearing impairments or hearing loss. According to an embodiment, the system includes a collection unit, an analysis unit, and a transmission unit. The collection unit collects ambient sound. The analysis unit analyzes the sound collected by the collection unit. The transmission unit transmits the sound analyzed by the analysis unit to the inner ear using bone conduction technology.

Disclosed is an assistive listening system, which is designed to provide a prescription-adjusted signal to an audio output device to compensate for hearing impairment. The system includes a sound sensor, a digital signal processor, and a wireless transceiver. The sound sensor used to detect ambient background noise to generate a sensing signal. The digital signal processor receives the sensing signal to generate a prescription-adjusted signal. The wireless transceiver transmits the prescription-adjusted signal to the audio output device. When the ambient background noise changes, the sound sensor can generate the sensing signal in real-time, and the digital signal processor can generate and transmit the prescription-adjusted signal to the audio output device. Therefore, the user can enjoy optimized sound quality conveniently without manually adjusting the audio output device.

Provided herein are compositions that include at least two different nucleic acid vectors, where each of the at least two different vectors includes a coding sequence that encodes a different portion of an otoferlin protein, and the use of these compositions to treat hearing loss in a subject.

A hearing aid comprises an input transducer configured to convert sound around a user to at least one electrical input signal representing the sound; an output transducer for providing an audible signal based on the at least one electrical input signal; transceiver circuitry configured to establish a wireless audio communication link with a secondary device; and a processor configured to operate the hearing aid in a system mode or a device mode. The hearing aid is configured to initiate establishment of the wireless audio communication link in dependence of a mode control signal. A non-wearable device comprising transceiver circuitry configured for establishing a wireless audio communication link with a hearing aid comprises a processor configured to receive and process at least one electrical input signal from a hearing aid to at least partially compensate for hearing impairment of a user; a power supply interface. The non-wearable device is integrated with another device having a specific other function.

An object of a system according to an embodiment is to enable a visually / hearing-impaired person to safely reach a destination using public transportation.SOLUTION: A system includes a availability status acquiring part, a braille block information acquiring part, a map generating part, and a voice guiding part. The availability status acquiring unit acquires availability status of each public transportation facility. The braille block information acquisition unit acquires braille block information of each local government body. The map generating unit generates a map based on the information acquired by the availability status acquiring unit and the braille block information acquiring unit. The voice guidance unit performs voice guidance based on the map generated by the map generation unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention relates to a system and method for providing personalized audio streaming and rendering. Systems and methods for providing personalized audio streaming and rendering include receiving a movie audio track of selected content and a maximum accessible audio track of the content, and adjustably combining the movie audio track and the accessible audio track to provide an improved dialog audio track, the dialog audio track allows a user / listener to hear a dialog on ambient background noise, the combination being provided by a cross-tapered renderer that is manually adjusted by the user / listener or automatically adjusted based on measured background noise, and optionally providing a personalized equalizer for hearing impairment. It also allows the content provider to create a maximum accessible audio track for a given content independently of the user / listener, which may also use an X-Fade renderer to verify the quality of the accessible audio track.

The invention relates to a life assistance system for deaf and hearing loss patients, which comprises a data acquisition module, a preprocessing module, a feature extraction module, a model training module, a classification rating module, a prediction module, a user interaction module, a feedback optimization module, a report generation module, a remote cooperation module and a life assistance execution module, by integrating the advantages of the prior art and combining the innovative application of the artificial cochlea, more comprehensive, efficient and personalized life auxiliary service is provided for hearing disorder patients such as auditory sclerosis, and the diagnosis accuracy, the treatment effect and the life quality of the patients are improved.

The invention relates to the field of chip clamps, in particular to a hearing aid use tone quality and sound effect improving method which comprises a digital signal processing technology, a frequency distribution optimization technology, a noise suppression technology, a frequency response optimization processing technology, a tone reduction processing technology and an auxiliary optimization module. The auxiliary optimization module specifically comprises an adjustable sound focusing module, a self-adaptive acoustic feedback suppression module and a modular sound processing module, the digital signal processing technology, the frequency distribution optimization technology and the noise suppression technology are comprehensively utilized, the tone quality and the sound effect of the hearing aid can be remarkably improved, higher-quality hearing experience is brought to people with hearing impairment, and the hearing impairment effect of the hearing aid is improved. The frequency response optimization processing technology, the tone reduction processing technology and the auxiliary optimization module improve the tone quality and sound effect of the hearing aid and provide more natural and clearer hearing experience for hearing impaired people, meanwhile, the artificial intelligence algorithm autonomously learns use habits, and the working mode and parameters of the hearing aid are correspondingly adjusted under appropriate conditions.

A hearing aid in wireless communication with an audio processing device has its audio processing for a target sound to be rendered adjusted on the basis of stored settings which compensate for a hearing impairment by boosting certain frequencies or applying different kinds of amplification. The settings may allow elimination of audio processing at the hearing aid itself.

Ensure that the specified sound is being produced. [Solution] The flying robot 700 comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) 101 that flies by autopilot, a microphone 203 mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle 101, a camera 103 mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle 101, and a projection device (projector) 701 mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle 101. When a predetermined sound is picked up by the microphone 203, the robot recognizes a specific user based on the image captured by the camera 103, flies around the specific user, and projects an image corresponding to the predetermined sound in front of the specific user 600 using the projection device 701. Thus, the flying robot 700's actions and the projected image visually guide the user that a predetermined sound is being played. This ensures that even if a specific user has a hearing impairment, for example, the user can be reliably and clearly informed that a predetermined sound is being played.

The utility model provides a composite fiber isolation bag inflation device for a container, and relates to the technical field of container isolation bag inflation devices. Comprising an equipment main body and an inflation nozzle, covering shells are rotationally arranged at the two ends of a positioning ring, the covering shells are located at the top end of the equipment main body, sound absorption plates are arranged on the inner walls of the covering shells, and sound absorption cotton is arranged on the inner walls of the sound absorption plates. According to the utility model, the sound-absorbing cotton, the sound-absorbing plate and other parts are arranged, and the two groups of covering shells are combined into the shell shape and are arranged outside the equipment main body, so that the equipment main body can be protected, the sound-absorbing cotton and the sound-absorbing plate can effectively absorb sound and reduce reflection and propagation, the sound definition can be improved, and the noise level can be reduced; and noise generated when the equipment main body is inflated and runs can be effectively absorbed by utilizing sound-absorbing cotton and a sound-absorbing plate, so that hearing impairment caused by long-term exposure of a worker in a high-decibel noise environment is avoided.

Methods and systems are described herein for improving audio for hearing impaired content consumers. An example method may comprise determining a content asset. Closed caption data associated with the content asset may be determined. At least a portion of the closed caption data may be determined based on a user setting associated with a hearing impairment. Compensating audio comprising a frequency translation associated with at least the portion of the closed caption data may be generated. The content asset may be caused to be output with audio content comprising the compensating audio and the original audio.

This invention provides drugs and methods for preventing or reversing hearing loss. [Solution] A composition comprising at least two different nucleic acid vectors, each of which comprises a coding sequence encoding a different portion of the otoferrin protein, and the use of these compositions for treating hearing loss in a subject are provided herein. This disclosure is based on the discovery that a composition comprising at least two different nucleic acid vectors, each of which comprises a coding sequence encoding a different portion of the otoferrin protein, can be used to generate a sequence encoding an active otoferrin protein (e.g., full-length otoferrin protein) in mammalian cells, thereby enabling the treatment of asymptomatic sensorineural hearing loss in a subject in need.

Provided herein are compositions that include at least two different nucleic acid vectors, where each of the at least two different vectors includes a coding sequence that encodes a different portion of an otoferlin protein, and the use of these compositions to treat hearing loss in a subject.

This invention discloses a hearing compensation method and device based on model learning, the steps of which include: 1) using a neural network to perform nonlinear transformation on the sound signal S to obtain a compensation sound signal S for the target population with hearing impairment. NC ;2) Using a hearing impairment simulator to process the compensated sound signal S NC Nonlinear processing is performed to generate a nonlinear distortion signal S′; then S′ is used as the input to the neural network, S... NC Given the label data corresponding to S′, we obtain the training data (S′, S′). NC 1) Train the neural network; 2) Update the neural network in step 1) using the neural network trained in step 2); 3) Repeat steps 1) to 3) until the set termination condition is reached; 4) For a given sound signal, use the trained neural network to perform nonlinear transformation to generate compensating sound for playback to people with the target degree of hearing loss. This invention can more effectively compensate for hearing loss.

The invention relates to an application of glycyrrhizic acid-curcumin micelles in preparation of a medicine for treating deafness caused by gentamicin, and in the application, the glycyrrhizic acid-curcumin micelles are prepared from the following raw material medicines in percentage by weight: 66-89% of ammonium glycyrrhizinate and 11-34% of curcumin. According to the application, the glycyrrhizic acid-curcumin micelle can obviously improve hearing function impairment caused by drugs and obviously increase the fluorescent staining area of hair cells, and the effect of treating deafness caused by gentamicin is obvious.

An alert system for railed vehicles than can operate continuously or nearly continuously to warn pedestrians, vehicles and animals. In one embodiment, the system has a transmitter in close proximity with one or more rails for applying energy to become a medium for the energy that is felt or heard at a warning distance. In another embodiment, a transmitter is mounted on a train to broadcast a highly focused airborne warning that can be heard or felt even by the hearing impaired. Optionally, but desirably, the system has a forward-looking sensing device for identifying an obstruction in a prescribed warning area that triggers an auxiliary warning system with a customized (or tailored) warning based on that identification that also may be heard or felt.

A hearing aid comprises an input transducer configured to convert sound around a user to at least one electrical input signal representing the sound; an output transducer for providing an audible signal based on the at least one electrical input signal; transceiver circuitry configured to establish a wireless audio communication link with a secondary device; and a processor configured to operate the hearing aid in a system mode or a device mode. The hearing aid is configured to initiate establishment of the wireless audio communication link in dependence of a mode control signal. A non-wearable device comprising transceiver circuitry configured for establishing a wireless audio communication link with a hearing aid comprises a processor configured to receive and process at least one electrical input signal from a hearing aid to at least partially compensate for hearing impairment of a user; a power supply interface. The non-wearable device is integrated with another device having a specific other function.

Provided herein are compositions comprising at least two different nucleic acid vectors and the use of these compositions to treat hearing loss in a subject, wherein each of the at least two different vectors comprises a coding sequence encoding a different portion of a protein orthodontic protein.