Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090010467 | Method and arrangement for exchanging data with a hearing device - Data is exchanged between a hearing device and a connectable unit. The data, such as an identification code, may be read from the unit. Data may also be output to the connectable unit. The connectable unit may include a random access memory. Furthermore, the connectable unit may include a sequence control element. | 01-08-2009 |
20090034749 | Hearing Apparatus with a Moveable Charging Contact - A hearing apparatus includes a charging contact being movable relative to an accumulator and being electrically conductively connected to the accumulator in a first position and less effectively conductively connected thereto in a second position. A spring-elastic element engages with the charging contact in order to push the charging contact into the second position with a predetermined force, so that the charging contact can only be pushed into the first position by overcoming the predetermined force. As a result, the charging contact configuration obtains a switching function, so that electro-corrosion on the charging contacts can be prevented. Therefore, charging an accumulator of a hearing apparatus and in particular of a hearing device using a direct conductive contact is possible, with zero potential of the charging contacts which are accessible from the outside being ensured during normal operation of the hearing apparatus. | 02-05-2009 |
20090161897 | Electroacoustic miniature converter with retaining means for installation in a hearing device - An electroacoustic miniature converter for hearing devices is described. This includes a polyhedral housing module and an elastic retaining device, with the housing module and the retaining device being embodied such that the retaining device is connected to exclusively one single surface of the housing module. | 06-25-2009 |
20090196446 | Hearing aid with acoustic damper - A hearing aid is provided. The hearing aid has a one- or multi-part carrying hook. The one- or multi-part carrying hook has a tip for connection to a sound tube, the tip being connected integrally to a damper extending across the internal cross-section of the tip, the damper preferably being designed as a membrane. | 08-06-2009 |
20090310806 | Hearing Device with a Battery Compartment to Accommodate a Battery Secured by a Spring Element - A battery compartment has a spring element for securing a battery in the battery compartment where the spring element is secured in the battery compartment in such a way that it can be replaced, for example upon slackening of the spring tension. According to one embodiment of the invention, the nature of the spring element additionally identifies the setting or the function of the hearing device | 12-17-2009 |
20100296681 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A SOUND TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOUND TRANSDUCER - In hearing devices, more particularly in hearing aids, it is desirable to be able to design an earpiece for generating sound in the audible range which is as small as possible. Such an earpiece can then be worn comfortably on an ear or in an auditory canal. A sound transducer for the hearing device disclosed here may be formed as a micro-electromechanical system and the transducer enables generation of an acoustic signal with little distortion. Provision is made for a hearing device with a sound transducer, which has a field generation apparatus for generating an electric or magnetic field and an emission apparatus for generating sound. Here, the emission apparatus has a multiplicity of fingers that are penetrated by the field of the field generation apparatus, wherein the shape of the fingers can be changed by means of the field of the field generation apparatus in order to generate the sound. | 11-25-2010 |
20110194718 | RECEIVER TUBE WITH STRAIN RELIEF AND HEARING AID - A receiver tube for a hearing aid has an integrated strain relief. A receiver mounted at the end of the receiver tube is normally worn in the auditory canal of a hearing aid wearer. It is pulled out of the auditory canal by pulling at the receiver tube or also separated from the receiver tube for the purpose of cleaning or exchange. Due to the tensile forces, the flexible receiver tube is stretched and elongated. This longitudinal extension may under certain circumstances amount to up to several millimeters and load or even damage the connection of the less extensible conductor to the receiver or to the hearing aid extending through the receiver tube due to tension. The novel receiver tube has a strain relief with a strain aid that is inexpensive to produce and benefitting a small diameter, has a high visual transparency and a high flexibility of the receiver tube. The receiver tube has a flexible sheathing and an electrical conductor extending through the sheathing and longitudinally displaceable therein relative to the sheathing. Without any tensile loading in the longitudinal direction, a longitudinal section of the conductor lying within the sheathing has a greater length than the longitudinal section of the sheathing surrounding it, and this longitudinal section of the conductor is freely movable transversely to the longitudinal direction within the longitudinal section of the sheathing. | 08-11-2011 |
20120114157 | METHOD AND HEARING AID FOR DETERMINING MOISTURE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for determining moisture on a covering of a microphone opening of a hearing aid housing without additional components includes determination of an acoustic parameter originating from an earpiece in a microphone signal of a microphone disposed below the covering, comparison of the determined acoustic parameter with a reference parameter characteristic of moisture on the covering, and emission of a moisture signal if the determined acoustic parameter lies within a predefinable tolerance range of the reference parameter. An associated hearing aid and a computer program product for implementing the method, are also provided. | 05-10-2012 |
20130223621 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A TELEPHONE AND A LISTENING DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A communications system is configured to reduce the risk of feedback artifacts and contains a telephone device and a listening device. Accordingly, the communication system is thus provided, in which the signal processing in the telephone device is tuned to the listening device and the listening device is configured to process the voice and data signal inversely to the signal processing. Before the acoustic signal is transmitted from the telephone to the listening device, a frequency compression can thus be carried out, and in the listening device an inverse frequency compression can be carried out. This reduces feedback artifacts. | 08-29-2013 |
20130329925 | HEARING INSTRUMENT SYSTEM WITH A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A hearing instrument system with a rechargeable battery or accumulator is optimized for everyday use, in particular for EOL detection, and the performance and service life of the accumulator. A hearing instrument, an accumulator system, and a charging system each have an energy transfer interface and a communication interface. The energy transfer interface and communication interface on the accumulator side can establish an energy transfer link and/or communication link on the charge and hearing instrument side. The accumulator system provides energy to the hearing instrument and transmits state of charge information generated by an accumulator control facility to the hearing instrument by way of the respective communication link. The transmission of the state of charge information enables a reliable state of charge detection in the case of batteries, whose state of charge cannot be identified on their voltage, for instance Li-ion systems with closed-loop controlled voltage. | 12-12-2013 |