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Hearing aid for increasing voice recognition through voice frequency downshift and/or voice substitution

  • US 20050091060A1
  • Filed: 10/23/2003
  • Published: 04/28/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A digital hearing aid for increasing recognition of a sound in an ear, the hearing aid comprising:

  • a body member sized and configured to be engaged to the ear;

    a microphone engaged to the body member for receiving an analog signal defining the sound;

    a microchip implanted within the body member for converting the analog signal from the microphone into a digital signal, the microchip being operative to reduce a frequency of the digital signal below a prescribed frequency level, the microchip further being operative to reconvert the digital signal back into the analog signal; and

    a receiver engaged to the body member for delivering the analog signal below the prescribed frequency level into the ear so as to increase the recognition of the sound in the ear.

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