ITE hearing aid for binaural hearing assistance
AssigneeSiemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
InventorsTorsten Niederdränk, Joseph Sauer, Christian Schmitt
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Abstract
Between ITE hearing aids for binaural hearing assistance, energy-saving communication is made possible by disposing an antenna device with a preferred direction of transmission in the hearing aid housing such that, in a state in which the hearing aid is attached to or inserted one ear of the patient, the preferred direction of transmission is substantially toward the other ear of the patient. In this way it is ensured that the directions of transmission of the two hearing aids in the fitted state lie substantially on a straight line, so that optimum transmission can be achieved.
Claims8
An ITE hearing aid for binaural hearing assistance of a patient, comprising:
- a housing configured to be received and held in one ear of a subject;
- an antenna device having a single preferred transmission direction;
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- a mounting for said antenna device in said housing that orients said antenna device in said housing to cause said single preferred transmission direction, when said housing is received and held in said one ear of the subject, to be oriented substantially toward the other ear of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.