Sonova Ag

Petra Gunde

Erdal Karamuk

Paul Anthony Wagner

Michael Y Au

Simone Keller

Richard Niccolai

Natasha Thumm

Chuangang Lin

Markus Muller

Barjinder Chana

Marius Rüfenacht

Christoph Weder

Anuja Gopal Shirole

Torben Gillich

Paul Wagner

Chuanggang Lin

Markus MÜLLER

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

An exemplary behind-the-ear ('BTE') hearing device has a side specific structure and includes a housing comprising: a proximal portion configured to be positioned towards an upper part of an ear of a recipient, the proximal portion having a curved shape configured to curve within a first reference plane such that the proximal portion is configured to follow a median shape of the ear when the BTE hearing device is worn by the recipient; and a distal portion configured to extend behind the ear when the BTE hearing device is worn by the recipient, the distal portion configured to extend within a second reference plane that intersects the first reference plane at an angle such that the distal portion is bent with respect to the proximal portion and is configured to extend toward a skull of the recipient when the BTE hearing device is worn by the recipient.

Side specific behind-the-ear hearing device and binaural hearing system including the same

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

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.

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Zurich, Switzerland

Petra Gunde