Sonova Ag

Patrizia Richner

Matthias Riepenhoff

Konstantin Silberzahn

Anne Thielen

Natasha Thumm

Markus Leuthold

Katja Dietrich

Thomas Wessel

Evgeny Murtola

Adem Bici

Emily Urry

An exemplary hearing device may comprise an in-the-ear ('ITE') component comprising a shell that is custom formed of a soft material by additive manufacturing to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user. The shell may include a compressible region provided along an outer surface of the shell that is configured to contact a wall of the ear canal. The compressible region may be deformable due to a cavity that is located within the shell in the compressible region and that is configured to deform and/or compress when the ear canal deforms while the ITE component is inserted within the ear canal of the user.

Hearing device having a shell that includes a compressible region and methods of manufacturing the same

The disclosure relates to a hearing system including a first hearing device configured to be worn at a first ear of a user and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a second ear of the user. The first hearing device includes a first physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of a physiological property of the user and the second hearing device includes a second physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of the same physiological property as the sensor data provided by the first physiological sensor. A processing unit may be configured to control the first and second physiological sensor to alternatingly provide the sensor data in subsequent time intervals.

Binaural hearing system for providing sensor data indicative of a physiological property, and method of its operation

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Männedorf, Switzerland

Patrizia Richner