Hearing aid system
First Claim
1. A receiver for use in a system for improving a user'"'"'s hearing comprising a housing to be positioned within an ear canal, said housing having a plurality of arms extending from said housing, and a tip portion of each of said arms contacting said ear canal to suspend the receiver in the ear canal.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for improving a user'"'"'s hearing and more particularly to a receiver system used in the system. In one embodiment, the receiver system has a housing and a plurality of arms extending from the housing for positioning and suspending the receiver within the ear canal of a user. Each of the arms may be formed from a flexible, plastic material or a bendable wire. In a second embodiment, the receiver system is surrounded by a disc formed from a sound filtering material. When installed in a hearing aid system, the receiver is separated from the microphone. When installed in a tinnitus/hyperacusis device, the receiver is separated from the body of the instrument.
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35 Claims
- 1. A receiver for use in a system for improving a user'"'"'s hearing comprising a housing to be positioned within an ear canal, said housing having a plurality of arms extending from said housing, and a tip portion of each of said arms contacting said ear canal to suspend the receiver in the ear canal.
- 9. A hearing aid system comprising a microphone located externally of an ear canal of a user, an amplifier connected to said microphone for amplifying sounds received from said microphone, a receiver positioned within said user ear canal, and a means for transmitting amplified sound from said amplifier to said receiver.
- 25. A receiver system for use in a system for improving a user'"'"'s hearing comprising a receiver and disc surrounding said receiver for positioning the receiver within a user'"'"'s ear canal.
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29. A system for treating tinnitus comprising:
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a receiver positioned within a user'"'"'s ear canal;
means for generating sounds to be transmitted to the tympanic membrane for treating tinnitus and hyperacusis; and
means for connecting said receiver to said sound generating means. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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