Oticon A/s

Thor Højlund Olsen

Svend Oscar Petersen

Kåre Tais Christensen

Karsten Bo Rasmussen

Thomas Lunner

Troels Holm Pedersen

Kenneth Rueskov Møller

Povl Koch

Lars Lund Jørgensen

Jan Frantzen

Steen Michael Munk

Anders Højsgaard Thomsen

Peter Sommer

Lars Steen Christensen

Bent Severin

Vijay Kumar Bhat

Claus Dyre Nielsen

Søren Laugesen

Bjarke Mejnertsen

Søren Stranne

Glenn Jensen

Henrik Lodberg Olsen

Jørn Johansen

Anders Hebsgaard

Maria Thorborg Hansen

Camilla Christensen

Emanuela Voorwinden

Jesper Vermehren Jensen

Astrid Birch

Steen Madsen

A hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid comprises a carrier unit and a vibrator unit provided on said carrier unit. The vibrator unit is configured to apply vibrations to a pinna of an outer ear of a user by touching said pinna.

Hearing aid including a vibrator touching a pinna

The disclosure present a method for determining a status of one or more features of a hearing aid device and a hearing system, wherein the hearing system includes the hearing aid device, and the hearing aid device comprises a housing part, a connection part and an ear piece connected via the connection part to the housing part, and wherein the hearing aid device comprising; a first microphone configured to receive a first acoustic signal and provide a first audio signal based on the first acoustic signal, a signal processor connected to the first microphone and configured to receive the first audio signal and provide an output audio signal based on the first audio signal, a speaker configured to receive the output audio signal and output an acoustic output signal via the ear piece, an anti-feedback unit configured to receive the output audio signal from the signal processor and a secondary first audio signal from the first microphone, and the anti-feedback unit is further configured to estimate a first feedback response of a feedback path from the speaker to the first microphone based on a feedback estimate and the received secondary first audio signal and the output audio signal, and wherein the hearing system includes a self-checking unit configured to communicate with the anti-feedback unit, and the self-checking unit is configured to compare the first feedback response with a first feedback input signal, and the hearing system is configured to determine a status of one or more features in the hearing aid device based on the comparison between the first feedback response and the first feedback input signal.

Hearing aid device including a self-checking unit for determine status of one or more features of the hearing aid device based on feedback response

The application relates to a hearing device configured to be placed in the ear canal of a user, the hearing device comprising a forward path adapted for processing an input sound and providing an output sound representative of the input sound, the hearing device comprising an assembly comprising first and second modules adapted for being in mechanical contact with each other when the hearing device is operationally assembled to form a functional unit. The object of the present application is to provide a user friendly hearing device adapted for being located in an ear canal of the user. The problem is solved in that the first module comprises a power supply unit, and the second module comprises an input unit, a signal processing unit and an output unit in operational connection, wherein the first and second modules are configured to provide that the first and second modules are reversibly attachable to and detachable from each other; and the first and second modules are electrically connected to provide that units of the second module are energized by the battery of the first module, when the first and second modules are operationally assembled. This has the advantage of providing relatively simple and easy to use hearing device. The invention may e.g. be used for hearing aids, in particular extended wear hearing aids adapted for being located deep in the ear canal of a user.

Hearing device configured to be placed in the ear canal of a user

A hearing aid device configured to be partly or fully inserted into the ear canal of a user is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a receiver (loudspeaker) adapted to generate and send an air-borne acoustic signal towards the eardrum when the hearing aid device is partly or fully inserted into the ear canal. The hearing aid device further comprises a microphone configured to receive acoustic signals. The hearing aid device comprises a processing unit configured to determine if the hearing aid device is positioned in a correct position in the ear canal on the basis of the acoustic signals received by the microphone.

Hearing aid device with positioning guide and hearing aid device system

The present invention regards a communication system () comprising at least one communication device () configured to connect to other communication devices () via an audio and data link (). The communication device () comprises at least a receiver unit (), an output transducer (), a microphone ('), a transmitter unit (), and a control unit (). The receiver unit () is adapted to receive audio signals and data signals via the audio and data link (). The output transducer () is adapted to stimulate the hearing of the user () according to the audio signals received via the audio and data link (). The microphone (&#x2032;) is adapted to receive input sound () and generate an audio signal from the received input sound (). The transmitter unit () is adapted to transmit audio signals and data signals via the audio and data link (). The control unit () is connected to the receiver unit (), to the output transducer (), to the microphone (&#x2032;), and to the transmitter unit (). The control unit () is adapted to control the signal transmission between the receiver unit (), the output transducer (), the microphone (&#x2032;), and the transmitter unit (). The control unit () is further adapted to generate a data signal corresponding to the communication device () for identifying the communication device (). And the control unit () comprises a processor () which is adapted to process audio signals and data signals. The communication device () is connectable to an attachable digital receiver () via the audio and data link (). The attachable digital receiver () has a shape that matches a shape of a hearing aid () in order to be attached to the hearing aid (). The communication devices () of the communication system () can be Smartphones.

Communication system

A hearing aid is provided having a behind the ear component comprising a casing adapted to cover, accommodate or protect electronics components of the hearing aid. Further the hearing aid has at least one through going opening in the casing element and electronic switching elements placed at the through going opening. According to the invention a plate element is provided, which is mountable in the through going opening and adapted to form, when mounted herein, a surface flush with the casing. This plate element which covers the switches is used when the switches has been disabled such as is often the case with hearing aids for small children.

Hearing aid having a behind the ear component

Assistive listening device

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