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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Paul Flood, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 9/28 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 2225/023 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hearing aid is described which incorporates an antenna integrated into the housing that is configured to radiate with linear polarization such that the electric field is perpendicular to the head of a wearer. The described technique results in lower propagation losses from ear to ear and an improvement in ear-to-ear communications using a far-field link (e.g., in the 2.4 GHz band).