Hearing aid device
First Claim
1. A hearing aid device comprising in combination:
- (a) a transmitter assembly, said transmitter assembly for detecting audible sounds, and(b) a receiver assembly, said receiver assembly in remote communication with said transmitter assembly, said receiver assembly comprising a pliable housing, a transducer, a bendable wire, said bendable wire embedded in said housing and said transducer attached to said pliable housing, said receiver assembly positionable in the outer ear of the wearer with the transducer within the auditory canal whereby said auditory canal is substantially open and unblocked.
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Abstract
A device is designed to provide persons with a mild, moderate, severe or profound hearing loss the ability to hear sound that would be inaudible, as well as the ability to hear ambient environmental noise. The device is fabricated as: (1) a receiver assembly having a pliable flexible strip worn in the outer ear with a small transducer which extends into the auditory canal, and (2) a transmitter assembly having a microphone located remotely on the person whereby information is transmitted to the receiver assembly via modulated carrier waves. The need for a battery in the receiver assembly is eliminated as the power supply is driven by magnetic induction from the transmitter assembly positioned a few inches away, as in a neck pendant.
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13 Claims
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1. A hearing aid device comprising in combination:
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(a) a transmitter assembly, said transmitter assembly for detecting audible sounds, and (b) a receiver assembly, said receiver assembly in remote communication with said transmitter assembly, said receiver assembly comprising a pliable housing, a transducer, a bendable wire, said bendable wire embedded in said housing and said transducer attached to said pliable housing, said receiver assembly positionable in the outer ear of the wearer with the transducer within the auditory canal whereby said auditory canal is substantially open and unblocked. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. The hearing aid comprising:
- a signal receiver assembly, said signal receiver assembly including a flexible housing, a flexible stem, said stem extending from said housing, a transducer, said transducer positioned in said stem, a bendable wire, said bendable wire embedded in said flexible housing, said receiver assembly positionable in the outer ear of the wearer with the transducer within the auditory canal to thereby leave the auditory canal substantially open.
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11. A hearing aid device including a transmitter assembly for detecting audible sounds, and a receiver assembly placed in the outer ear of the wearer with the transducer within the auditory canal for reception of signals from said transmitter assembly, the improvement comprising:
- said receiver assembly having a width along its entire length less than the diameter of the auditory canal whereby said auditory canal is substantially open and unblocked to allow environmental sounds to pass unopposed completely therethrough.
- View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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