Supersonic bone conduction hearing aid and method
AssigneeCenter for Innovative Technology
InventorsMartin L. Lenhardt, Alex M. Clarke, William Regelson
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Abstract
A supersonic bone conduction hearing aid that receives conventional audiometric frequencies and converts them to supersonic frequencies for connection to the human sensory system by vibration bone ocnduction. The hearing is believed to use channels of communications to the brain that are not normally used for hearing. These alternative channels do not deteriorate significantly with age as does the normal hearing channels. The supersonic bone conduction frequencies are discerned as frequencies in the audiometric range of frequencies.
Claims15
A supersonic hearing aid comprising:
- a transducer for receiving sounds in the audiometric range of frequencies and converting said sounds to an electrical signal;
- a frequency converter for converting said electrical signal to supersonic frequencies;
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- a connector means for connecting said supersonic frequencies to a human sensory system;
- said connector means including an electric to vibration transducer for converting said supersonic frequencies from an electrical signal to supersonic vibration signals and application means for applying said vibration signals to said human sensory system through physical contact with the human body.
A method for supersonic hearing comprising:
- receiving sounds in the audiometric range of frequencies;
- converting said sounds to an electrical signal;
- amplifying said electrical signal;
- shifting the audiometric frequency range of said electrical signal to the supersonic frequency range;
- transducing said supersonic frequencies from an electrical signal to supersonic vibration signals;
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- connecting said supersonic vibration signals to the human sensory system by applying said vibration signals through physical contact with the human body.
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