Hearing aid with a radio frequency receiver

• US 6,975,739 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2001
• Issued: 12/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oticon A/S (William Demant Fonden)
• Original Assignee: Oticon A/S (William Demant Fonden)
• Inventors: Bogason, Gudmundur, Klemmensen, Bjarne
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HUYEN D
• Application Number:
  US10/381,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20040096076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,531 Days
• Field of Search: 381/23.1, 381/312, 381314-316, 381320-324, 381/330, 455/150.1, 455/154.1, 455/154.2, 455/161.1, 455/161.3, 455/260, 455/264, 455/265, 455/255, 455/76
• US Class Current: 381/315
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils

Abstract

A hearing aid includes a signal path having an input transducer, a processor and an output transducer, the hearing aid further including a radio frequency receiver, where the receiver includes a single crystal oscillator providing a single oscillator frequency and where means are provided for generating a further number of receiving frequencies by transforming the oscillator frequency to the desired receiving frequencies. The hearing aid and the RF receiver may be separate or integrated. The invention further relates to a separate element comprising a RF receiver, the separate element being adapted for mounting on a hearing aid.

Claims

1. A hearing aid comprising a signal path having an input transducer, a processor, an analog-to-digital converter, and an output transducer, the hearing aid further comprising a radio frequency receiver for generating a digital audio signal that is lead to the signal path downstream of the analog-to-digital converter, wherein the radio frequency receiver comprises a single crystal oscillator providing a single oscillator frequency and wherein means are provided for generating a further number of receiving frequencies by transforming the oscillator frequency to the desired receiving frequencies, and including a selector means for selecting a desired frequency.

2. A hearing aid according to claim 1, wherein the radio frequency receiver is mounted as a separate element on the hearing aid.

3. A hearing aid according to claim 1, wherein the radio frequency receiver is integrated in the hearing aid.

4. A unit for mounting on a hearing aid, the unit comprising a radio frequency receiver for generating a digital signal and to transmitting the digital signal to the hearing aid, wherein the receiver comprises a single crystal oscillator providing a single oscillator frequency and wherein means are provided for generating a further number of receiving frequencies, and wherein the unit comprises contact elements adapted for engagement with corresponding contact elements on the hearing aid for transmission of a signal from the element to the hearing aid.