Electromagnetic induction hearing aid device

A method of improving the hearing of a heating impaired user which comprises the steps of:

• surgically implanting of magnetostrictive vibrator of bimorph design and of biocompatible material on and in a driving relationship to one of the bones of the ossicular chain of the hearing impaired user, said vibrator being adapted to mechanically vibrate said bone at a frequency determined by alternating electromagnetic signals impinging thereon;
• and,
• positioning an electromagnetic transmitter in a spatial operative relationship to said vibrator without any components passing through the boundary of the middle ear of the user, said transmitter being adapted to receive a radiated acoustical signal and radiating an alternating electromagnetic signal whose frequency components are determined by said received signal and which causes said vibrator to vibrate said ossicular chain in response thereto to stimulate the inner ear to create the perception of sound to said user.