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US 11,902,746 B2Granted
Ear level auditory system
AssigneeWidex A/S
InventorsJens Bastue, Jakob Nielsen, Eline Borch Petersen
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Abstract
An ear level auditory system comprising at least one ear level audio device (110, 210) adapted to provide a treatment based on inducing neural oscillations in a user.
Claims18
An ear level auditory system comprising:
- a first ear level audio device adapted to be worn in or at a first ear of a user and wherein the first ear level audio device further comprises:
- first wireless link means configured to enable an operational connection to at least one of an external device, a remote computer and a remote server,
- a sound generator configured to provide at least one type of auditory stimulation adapted to induce neural oscillations, in the frequency range between 0.5 and 100 Hz, in a brain region of said user and wherein the type of auditory stimulation is determined by a set of sound generator parameters, and
- a sound generator controller adapted to control the type, initiation and termination of said auditory stimulation without requiring user interaction
- and wherein the sound generator controller is further adapted to at least one of:
- be at least partly controlled remotely, and
- transmit logged data to a remote computer;
- and
- wherein the sound generator controller is further configured to:
- allow at least two auditory stimulations to be provided that differ with respect to at least desired frequency of induced neural oscillations, initiation, and termination,
- ensure that said two auditory stimulations do not overlap in time.
8 more elements
An ear level auditory system comprising:
- a first ear level audio device adapted to be worn in or at a first ear of a user and wherein the first ear level audio device further comprises:
- first wireless link means configured to enable an operational connection to at least one of an external device, a remote computer and a remote server,
- a sound generator configured to provide at least one type of auditory stimulation adapted to induce neural oscillations, in the frequency range between 0.5 and 100 Hz, in a brain region of said user and wherein the type of auditory stimulation is determined by a set of sound generator parameters, and
- a sound generator controller adapted to control the type, initiation and termination of said auditory stimulation without requiring user interaction
- and wherein the sound generator controller is further adapted to at least one of:
- be at least partly controlled remotely, and
- transmit logged data to a remote computer;
- and
- wherein the ear level audio device comprises a vent with a variable diameter that is controllable from the sound generator controller that is adapted to provide that the size of the vent diameter is decreased in response to an initiation of the auditory stimulation and to return to normal size in response to a termination of the auditory stimulation.
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A method of operating an ear level auditory system comprising an ear level audio device adapted to be worn in or at a first ear of a user and comprising the steps of:
- configuring first wireless link means to enable an operational connection to at least one of an external device, a remote computer and a remote server,
- configuring a sound generator to provide at least one type of auditory stimulation adapted to induce neural oscillations, in the frequency range between 0.5 and 100 Hz, in a brain region of said user and wherein the type of auditory stimulation is determined by a set of sound generator parameters,
- adapting a sound generator controller to control the type, initiation and termination of said auditory stimulation without requiring user interaction,
- adapting the sound generator controller to at least one of:
- be at least partly controlled remotely and to transmit logged data to a remote computer, and
- providing an auditory stimulation under the control of the sound generator controller;
- and
- wherein the sound generator controller:
- allows at least two auditory stimulations to be provided that differ with respect to at least desired frequency of induced neural oscillations, initiation, and termination;
- and
- ensures that said two auditory stimulations do not overlap in time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.