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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2004
Cheng-shing Lai, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yin-shan Ji, Nanking, CN;
Cheng-Shing Lai, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yin-Shan Ji, Nanking, CN;
Inventec Appliances Corporation, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a portable phone using a sound receiving unit installed in the portable phone to receive a sound in the surrounding within an appropriate range, and then using a sound source playback device to play a sound after being amplified, so that a person having a hearing problem can just carry a mobile phone to concurrently have the basic functions of the mobile phone and use the sound amplification function of the mobile phone to supplement the deficiency of the hearing ability when talking to or communicating with others. The portable phone can be toggled between the regular telephone function and the hearing aid function, and thus concurrently serving as a hearing aid to the people who have a hearing problem.