Bone Conduction Headset with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Function

Abstract

An electrically-stimulated bone conduction headset comprising: a neck band part, which surrounds, in a band shape, the back of the head of a user; earpiece parts, which are arranged on both ends of the neck band so as to be hung on the ears of the user; bone conduction parts, which are provided to be adjacent to the front ends of the earpiece parts; electrical stimulation parts which are spaced toward the back from the bone conduction parts and which have electrodes provided on the side surface thereof that comes in contact with the skin; and control parts for controlling the operations of the bone conduction parts and the electrical stimulation parts, and thus the present invention includes bone conduction parts and the electrical stimulation parts together such that hearing loss or tinnitus treatment can be effectively performed while speech is received through bone conduction.

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