Sonova Ag

Phonak Ag

Erdal Karamuk

Andi Vonlanthen

Michael Y Au

Paul Anthony Wagner

Hilmar Meier

Jörg Mayer

Stefan Launer

Markus Muller

Barjinder Chana

Erich Dittli

Roland Hug

Markus Mueller

Jan Angst

Natasha Thumm

Marius Ruefenacht

Bruno Gabathuler

Herbert Bächler

Daniel Probst

Hans Hessel

Andre Lucien Ochsenbein

Daniel Baer

Stuart W Wenzel

Konstantin Silberzahn

Paul Portmann

Hans Georg Meier

Matthias Stadler

Grace Gardner

Frank Wang

Jonas Meyer

Chuangang Lin

Yashvant Venkatakrishnan

Markus Müller

Martyn Beedham

Xiuming Zhu

Gerard Van Oerle

Petra Gunde

Jana-Kosima Schwarzlos-Sooprayen

George Meier

Christoph Bosshard

Simone Keller

Josef Mueller

Thomas Winkler

Sven Von Dombrowski

Julia Lonsky

Mehnaz Khan

Christoph Weder

Anuja Gopal Shirole

Joseph Muller

Shilpi Banerjee

Natasha Oatman

Andreas Muller

Thomas Jenni

Stephanie Thomas

David Waeckerlin

Josef Müller

Pascal Kunzi

Sébastien Aubert

Torben Gillich

Paul Wagner

André Ochsenbein

Chuanggang Lin

Jana-Kosima Schwarzlos

Pascal KÜNZI

Michael Mathey

Markus MÜLLER

Joseph MÜLLER

Andreas MÜLLER

Marius MÜLLER

The disclosure relates to an earpiece configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear and comprising a core comprising a material that during insertion of the earpiece into the ear is deformable above a transition temperature and non-deformable below the transition temperature. The disclosure also relates to a method of manufacturing the earpiece. The disclosure further relates to a method of customizing the earpiece.

Earpiece and manufacturing method and customization method of the earpiece

A hearing device seal module for use with a hearing device core including a tubular seal carrier defining a lumen configured for passage of the hearing device core and including a resilient seal support region formed from resilient material and configured to receive the hearing device core, a seal carrier support configured to hold at least a portion of the resilient seal support region open during an insertion of the hearing device core, and a first seal secured to a first portion of the seal support region and extending outwardly therefrom.

Hearing device seal modules, modular hearing devices including the same and associated methods

A custom fit hearing device that includes an in-ear housing designed to fit at least partially in a hearing device user's ear canal. The in-ear housing includes one or more areas on its outer-surface that are designed to provide retention of the in-ear housing in the ear canal. The one of more area may be rougher than the rest of the outer-surface of the in-ear housing, may have greater a friction coefficient than the rest of the outer-surface of the in-ear housing, may be made of a different material than the rest of the outer-surface of the in-ear housing, may contain granular material and/or may include surface features such as shapes extending outward from the outer-surface or undulations/ripples in the outer-surface. The in-ear housing may be produced using virtual designs and a 3D scan of the ear canal and may be manufactured using additive manufacturing or 3D printing.

In-ear housing with customized retention

Systems and methods for two-way communication with a hearing device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an accessory for communication with a hearing device includes an acoustic filter, and a microphone configured as an acoustic receiver (RX) for acoustic signals from a speaker of the hearing device via the acoustic filter. The acoustic filter is configured to operate at at least one resonance frequency. The accessory is in acoustic and magnetic communication with the hearing device.

Method and apparatus for in-ear acoustic readout of data from a hearing instrument

Hearing devices, configured to fit within the ear canal, having a hearing device core defining an exterior surface with a medial end and a medial corner, and including a battery, a microphone and a receiver, at least one seal, defining a seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core, and a medial bumper, defining a medial bumper compliance that is greater than the seal compliance, carried on the hearing device core.

Canal hearing devices with improved seals

A cerumen protection plug for a hearing device. The cerumen protection plug prevents cerumen from passing along a sound conduit in the hearing device and blocking sound output from a receiver in the hearing device. The cerumen protection plug includes a circular plug containing a cerumen barrier. A positioning handle allows the cerumen barrier to be positioned along the sound conduit, where it prevents cerumen that has entered the sound conduit from traveling along the sound conduit to the receiver or an output port of the receiver.

Cerumen protection plug

A tool for replacing a cerumen filter in a sound conduit of a hearing aid. The tool is designed to position a cerumen filter along the sound conduit and to couple with and remove a cerumen filter that has been positioned along the sound conduit. The tool comprises an insertion tip and an removal tip, both configured to fit inside the sound conduit and to couple or engage with an engagement body extending centrally from the cerumen filter. The tool may be in the form of a stylus with the insertion tip on one and the removing tip on the other end. The tool may also be in the form of a disc dispenser with a plurality of insertion and removal tips attached to the dispenser and accessible for use by rotating plates making up the disc dispenser.

Cerumen filter applicator

A method of customizing a component of a hearing device to the ear of a hearing device user. The method includes the steps of providing the hearing device component as a pre-form including a shape-memory material, heating the hearing device component, and bringing the hearing device component in contact with at least a portion of the ear after reaching a pre-set contact temperature such that the hearing device component conforms to the individual shape of the at least a portion of ear. The shape of the hearing device component is fixed by attending a hardening time of the shape-memory material. Therefore, the hearing device component perfectly fits to the geometry of the user's ear canal.

Method of customizing a hearing device component, a hearing device component and a hearing device

A hearing device seal module having a tubular seal carrier formed from resilient material, defining a medial-lateral axis and a lumen configured for passage of the hearing device core, and including a seal support region with a first portion defining a first portion perimeter in a plane perpendicular to the medial-lateral axis and a second portion, lateral of the first portion, defining a second portion perimeter in a plane perpendicular to the medial-lateral axis that is less than the first portion perimeter when the seal support region is in an unstressed state, and a first seal secured to the first portion of the seal support region and extending outwardly therefrom.

A hearing device sizer apparatus including a medial sizer, with a medial core portion and a medial seal secured to the medial core portion, and a lateral sizer, with a lateral core portion and a lateral seal secured to the lateral core portion, that are configured to be releasably engaged with one another.

Canal hearing device sizer apparatus, systems and methods

An electro-acoustic transducer including a housing having an interior volume with first and second interior volume portions and a sound aperture that extends to the first interior volume, a diaphragm located between the first and second interior volumes, and an environmental sensor associated with the housing and having an inlet in fluid communication with the first interior volume.

Hearing assistance device transducers and hearing assistance devices with same

This invention relates to an earpiece () for coupling a hearing aid () to the ear () of a hearing aid user, comprising a seal () conforming to the shape of the user's ear canal () and therein retained; wherein the seal () comprises a sound output bore () connected to a receiver () of the hearing aid (); and a multiplicity of through openings () spaced around the sound output bore (). The number of the openings () is comprised in a range of 50 to 2000; and the openings () have diameters in the range of 50 to 250 micrometers. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such an earpiece ().

Earpiece for coupling a hearing aid to a users's ear canal and a method for manufacturing such an earpiece

Hearing devices, configured to fit within the ear canal, that include a hearing device core, a seal, including a shell wall and a cavity that has an opening located at the end of the shell wall, and a volume of viscous medium located within the cavity between the hearing device core exterior surface and the shell wall interior surface.

An at least partially acoustically sealing element for retaining an in-the-ear device within an ear canal is characterized in that the element comprises at least one textile layer and that it is manufactured by means of thermoforming.

Thermoformed acoustic seal

A transducer protection system for the protection of at least one transducer opening in a housing of a hearing device, including a support and a plurality of fibers each fixed at one end to the support and free to move on the other end.

Transducer protection system, hearing device and usage of a transducer protection system

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Erdal Karamuk