| INTRICON CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120076336 | Hearing Aid Positioning System And Structure - A hearing aid includes a relatively rigid shell which holds hearing aid electronics and one or more flexible, shape-retaining filaments attached to the hearing aid shell. The filament(s) extend(s) out a proximal side of the hearing aid shell having a shape which interacts with the user's ear anatomy such as the conchae bowl. The shape determines an insertion depth of the hearing aid shell into the user's ear canal, and a spring action biases the hearing aid toward the desired insertion depth. The hearing aid supported by the filament(s) provides an open, unoccluding position in the ear canal. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20110142269 | Ear Contact Pressure Wave Hearing Aid Switch - A hearing aid switch utilizes pressure/sound clues from a filtered input signal to enable actuation initiated by a user by a signature hand movement relative to a wearer's ear. The preferred signature hand movement involves patting on the ear meatus at least one time to generate a compression wave commonly thought of as a soft “clap” or “pop”. A digital signal processor analyzes the signal looking for a negative pulse, a positive pulse, and dissipation of the hand generated signal. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110075871 | Soft Concha Ring In-The-Ear Hearing Aid - A hearing aid has a suspension portion received in the wearer's concha bowl and an electronics portion. The suspension portion is formed of a flexible rubbery material, while the electronics portion includes a shell formed of a rigid plastic material. The suspension portion is provided as a ring having an annulus, and bears off a tragus contact area, an antitragus contact area and an antihelix contact area to support the receiver in a suspended, cantilevered position within the ear canal. The microphone can be within the flexible ring housing portion. The hearing aid makes much more comfortable contact with the concha bowl. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20100040239 | SWITCH FOR A HEARING AID - A method of changing at least two parameter settings of a device includes detecting an abnormal change in an external feedback path and an input signal generated by an abnormal pressure wave, and activating a pressure wave detection switch and an abnormal feedback path detection switch for changing the at least one parameter setting in the device. A device includes a digital signal processor configured to implement a detection algorithm to detect an abnormal change in an external feedback path, an adaptive internal feedback cancellation system for continually monitoring and responsively adapting to changes occurring in an external feedback path, a pattern recognition algorithm for detecting input signals generated when an abnormal pressure wave is generated, at least two parameter settings for adjusting the characteristics of the device, and an abnormal feedback path detection switch for switching the device to a next available parameter setting. | 02-18-2010 |
