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Hearing aid with distributed processing in ear piece

  • US 10,492,009 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2013
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hearing assistance device, comprising:

  • hearing assistance electronics and a power supply in a housing configured to be worn above or behind an ear of a wearer;

    an ear piece configured to be worn in an ear canal of the wearer; and

    a digitally programmable processing component in the ear piece configured to perform functions in the ear piece including modulating an incoming data stream for a hearing assistance device speaker, and configured to communicate and coordinate processing of the incoming data stream with the hearing assistance electronics using a wired connection, the processing component including an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter and configured to receive power from the power supply via the wired connection, wherein the processing component is configured to convert microphone and telecoil signals into a digital data stream to be transferred to the hearing assistance electronics using a one wire hardware protocol, wherein the ear piece includes a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor configured to be used with the processing component for switching to provide power conservation.

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