Hearing aid and hearing aid dual use dongle
AssigneeAudiotoniq, Inc.
InventorsFrederick Charles Neumeyer, Russell J Apfel, John Michael Page Knox
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Abstract
A power dongle for a hearing aid includes conductive wires, each wire having a computing device end and a hearing aid end. A first connector is connected to the computing device end of each of the plurality of conductive wires to releasably couple to an input/output port of the computing device and a second connector is connected to the hearing aid end of each of the plurality of conductive wires to releasably couple to an interface of the hearing aid, the second connector configured to deliver at least one of a first power supply and an audio signal from the computing device to the interface of the hearing aid.
Claims13
A dongle for a hearing aid comprising:
- a first connector releasably couple to an input/output port of the computing device for receiving an audio signal and a first power supply signal from the computing device to delivery to the hearing aid;
- an on board power supply for generating a second power signal;
- a power regulator configured to receive the first power supply signal and the second power supply signal and to generate a regulated power supply for recharging the hearing aid;
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- a second connector to releasably couple to an interface of the hearing aid, for providing to the hearing aid the audio signal and at least one of the first power signal or the second power signal.
A dongle assembly for a hearing aid comprising:
- a first connector configured to releasably couple to an input/output port of a computing device for receiving a first power signal and an audio signal from the computing device;
- an on board power supply for generating a second power signal;
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- a second connector configured to releasably couple to an interface of the hearing aid for providing to the hearing aid the audio signal and at least one of the first power signal or the second power signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.