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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2022
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Timothy Brent Wilburn, Sr., Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Thomas Howard Burns, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Westley G. Gentry, Buffalo, MN (US);
Kent Williamson, Watertown, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Examples of hearing assistance devices are described. The hearing assistance devices include an enclosing structure configured to house a receiver that generates sound waves into an ear canal of a user when the hearing assistance device is worn, and a tube coupled to the receiver to direct the sound waves into the ear canal of the user. The tube may include magnetized particles that form a magnetic field through the tube. The tube may include a portion of hydrophilic coating and a portion of hydrophobic coating. The hearing assistance device may include a coiled wire configured to carry an alternating current to generate an electro-magnetic field through the tube.