Hearing devices based on the plasticity of the brain
First Claim
1. A hearing aid for improved hearing, by replacing each unheard or badly heard audio frequency, by a well heard audio frequency, while the unheard frequencies are multiples or divisions of well-heard frequencies, and,training the brain to learn and implement the replacements, wherein,said brain training of the hearing impaired person comprises, delivering both to his auditory and visual corteces, images and signals incorporating the original unheard audio frequencies, while he simultaneously hears the corrected audio incorporating the replacement frequencies.
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Abstract
The invention describes a hearing improvement device including components for training the brain to connect and stimulate the auditory and visual corteces and strengthen pathways between them, in order to overcome the shortcomings of the damaged auditory channel.
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1. A hearing aid for improved hearing, by replacing each unheard or badly heard audio frequency, by a well heard audio frequency, while the unheard frequencies are multiples or divisions of well-heard frequencies, and,
training the brain to learn and implement the replacements, wherein, said brain training of the hearing impaired person comprises, delivering both to his auditory and visual corteces, images and signals incorporating the original unheard audio frequencies, while he simultaneously hears the corrected audio incorporating the replacement frequencies.
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