Cochlear Limited

P & B Research Ab

Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions Ab

Entific Medical Systems Ab

Kristian Åsnes

Marcus Andersson

Johan Gustafsson

Martin Hillbratt

Christian Peclat

Patrick Wilhelm Strömsten

Patrik Wilhelm Strömsten

Martin Evert Gustaf Hillbrat

A system, including a first prosthetic device configured to evoke a hearing percept based on a first ambient sound and a second non-invasive device configured to stimulate skin based on a second ambient sound generated by a voice.

Alternate stimulation strategies for perception of speech

A bone conduction hearing aid device comprising a vibrator configured to vibrate in response to sound signals received by the device. The device further comprises a housing mass forming a housing for one or more operational components of the device, wherein the housing mass is attached to the vibrator so as to move in response to the vibration. The device also comprises a coupling configured to attach the device to a recipient so as to deliver the generated mechanical to the recipient's skull.

Bone conduction device having an integrated housing and vibrator mass

A bone conduction device including a coupling configurable to form a coupling with a bone, a transducer module configurable to vibrate in accordance with one or more operational characteristics of the device; and a sensor module configurable to adjust the one or more operational characteristics in response to one or more of a reorientation of a portion of the device and a movement of the portion relative to the coupling.

Bone conduction device with a movement sensor

An electromagnetic vibrator for generating vibrations in bone conducting hearing aid devices. The vibrator includes a magnetic device, a vibrator plate and an inner spring member providing an air-gap between the magnetic device and the vibrator plate. The vibrator is housed in a casing and an outer spring is arranged between the vibrator and the casing to isolate movements of the magnetic device relative to the casing. The outer spring is part of the surrounding casing and is mechanically attached to the vibratory transmitting element via an elastic sealing element. The sealing function of the hearing aid housing is provided by the outer spring attachment.

Vibrator

A method and an arrangement for damping the resonance frequency in a vibrator for bone anchored hearing aids in which sound information is mechanically transmitted via the skull bone directly to the inner ear of a person with impaired hearing. A microphone picks up the sound, a signal processor amplifies and filters the signal from the microphone and a vibrator converts the electrical signal into vibrations. The signal processor of the hearing aid is used for damping the resonance frequency peak of the vibrator. For this purpose the signal processor includes electronic filters that are arranged to reduce the amplification in the signal processing chain of the hearing aid as much as the desired dampening of the resonance frequency peak of the vibrator.

Method and an arrangement for damping a resonance frequency

A vibrator for a bone conduction type hearing aid device. The vibrator includes a coil for generating a dynamic magnetic field and two permanent magnets for generating a static magnetic field. The two permanent magnets are working independently from each other in the magnetic circuit and an arranged in such a way that the static and dynamic magnetic fields are substantially separated from each other, but coinciding in the air gaps formed between the coil and magnet arrangement and the casing, whereby the vibrator provides an axial force.

Vibrator for bone conducted hearing aids

A variable-reluctance type vibrator for generating vibrations in a bone anchored hearing aid. The vibrator includes a vibrator plate and a bobbin base with a vibrator gap therebetween. The vibrator gap between the vibrator plate and the bobbin base, or some other spacing in the vibrator where a relative movement between two surfaces is generated during the vibratory function, is at least partially filled with a fluid or gel for providing the main part of the damping of the resonance frequency of the vibrator.

Vibrator damping

A vibrator for a bone conduction-type hearing aid device by which sound information is mechanically transmitted via the skull bone directly to the inner ear of a person with impaired hearing. The vibrator includes a coil that is directly into two coil halves for generating a dynamic magnetic field and a permanent magnet for generating a static magnetic field. The permanent magnet is radially magnetized and arranged in such a way that the static and dynamic magnetic fields coincide in air gaps formed between the coil and magnet arrangement and the casing, whereby the vibrator provides an axial force.

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Mölndal, Sweden

Kristian Åsnes