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US 2026/0281628 A1Published application
Hearing aid and method for use of same
OwnerLaslo Olahinventor
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Abstract
A hearing aid and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing includes a body that at least partially conforms to the contours of the external ear and is sized to engage therewith. Various electronic components are contained within the body, including an electronic signal processor that is programmed with a preferred hearing range, which may be an about 10 Hz frequency to an about 30 Hz frequency range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of a patient. Sound received at the hearing aid is converted to the preferred hearing range prior to output.
Claims20
A hearing aid for a patient, the hearing aid comprising:
- a left and a right body;
- each of the left and the right bodies at least partially conforming to an ear of the patient and sized to engage therewith;
- each of the left and right bodies including an electronic signal processor, a microphone, and a speaker housed therein, a signaling architecture communicatively interconnecting the microphone to the electronic signal processor and the electronic signal processor to the speaker;
- a transceiver communicatively interconnected to the signaling architecture communicatively, the transceiver being configured to provide communication between the left and the right bodies;
- each of the electronic signal processors being programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range, each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range being a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient modified with a subjective assessment of sound quality according to the patient;
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- each of the electronic signal processors including a memory accessible to a processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- receive an input analog signal from the microphone,
- convert the input analog signal to a digital signal,
- transform the digital signal into a processed digital signal having the qualified sound range,
- convert the processed digital signal to an output analog signal, and
- drive the output analog signal to the speaker.
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A hearing aid for a patient, the hearing aid comprising:
- a left and a right body;
- each of the left and the right bodies at least partially conforming to an ear and sized to engage therewith;
- each of the left and right bodies including an electronic signal processor, a microphone, and a speaker housed therein, a signaling architecture communicatively interconnecting the microphone to the electronic signal processor and the electronic signal processor to the speaker;
- a transceiver communicatively interconnected to the signaling architecture communicatively, the transceiver being configured to provide a pairing with a proximate smart device;
- each of the electronic signal processors being programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range, each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range being a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient modified with a subjective assessment of sound quality according to the patient;
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- each of the electronic signal processors including memory accessible to a processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- receive an input analog signal from the microphone,
- convert the input analog signal to a digital signal,
- transform the digital signal into a processed digital signal having the qualified hearing range,
- convert the processed digital signal to an output analog signal,
- drive the output analog signal to the speaker,
- create a pairing via the transceiver with the proximate smart device, and
- receive a control signal from the proximate smart device.
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A hearing aid for a patient, the hearing aid comprising:
- a left and a right body;
- each of the left and the right bodies at least partially conforming to an ear of the patient and sized to engage therewith;
- each of the left and right bodies including an electronic signal processor, a microphone, and a speaker housed therein, a signaling architecture communicatively interconnecting the microphone to the electronic signal processor and the electronic signal processor to the speaker;
- each of the electronic signal processors being programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range, each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range being a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient modified with a subjective assessment of sound quality according to the patient;
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- each of the electronic signal processors including a memory accessible to a processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- receive an input analog signal from the microphone,
- convert the input analog signal to a digital signal,
- transform the digital signal into a processed digital signal having the qualified sound range,
- convert the processed digital signal to an output analog signal, and
- drive the output analog signal to the speaker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.