DENTAL BONE CONDUCTION HEARING APPLIANCE
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1. An intra-oral bone conduction apparatus for placement upon a portion of a patient'"'"'s dentition, comprising:
- a first chamber and a second chamber coupled to one another via a bridge, wherein at least one of the chambers is conformable against a first set of one or more teeth; and
an actuator coupled to one of the chambers such that the actuator is biased into vibratory contact against the one or more teeth.
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Abstract
An intra-oral hearing appliance includes an actuator to provide bone conduction sound transmission; a transceiver coupled to the actuator to cause the actuator to generate sound; and a first chamber containing the actuator and the transceiver, said first chamber adapted to be coupled to one or more teeth.
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1. An intra-oral bone conduction apparatus for placement upon a portion of a patient'"'"'s dentition, comprising:
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a first chamber and a second chamber coupled to one another via a bridge, wherein at least one of the chambers is conformable against a first set of one or more teeth; and an actuator coupled to one of the chambers such that the actuator is biased into vibratory contact against the one or more teeth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An intra-oral bone conduction apparatus for placement upon a portion of a patient'"'"'s dentition, comprising:
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a first chamber conformable against a first set of one or more teeth; a second chamber conformable against a second set of one or more teeth, wherein the second chamber is positioned in opposition to the first chamber along the dentition; a bridge coupling the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the bridge is shaped to lie along the patient'"'"'s dentition; and an actuator contained within or along the first chamber such that the actuator is biased into vibratory contact against the first set of one or more teeth. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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