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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2003
William D. O'brien, Jr., Champaign, IL (US);
Albert S. Feng, Champaign, IL (US);
Bruce C. Wheeler, Champaign, IL (US);
Charissa R. Lansing, Champaign, IL (US);
Herbert Bachler, Meilen, CH;
Robert C. Bilger, Champaign, IL (US);
Carolyn J. Bilger, Legal Representative, Champaign, IL (US);
William D. O'Brien, Jr., Champaign, IL (US);
Albert S. Feng, Champaign, IL (US);
Bruce C. Wheeler, Champaign, IL (US);
Charissa R. Lansing, Champaign, IL (US);
Herbert Bachler, Meilen, CH;
Robert C. Bilger, Champaign, IL (US);
Carolyn J. Bilger, legal representative, Champaign, IL (US);
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
A hearing system has a first device and a second device. The first device acoustically couples to skin of a user of the hearing system and includes a sensor to detect acoustic signals. The second device includes a hearing stimulator arrangement to stimulate hearing of the user in response to the acoustic signals detected with the first device. The first device and second device are each operable to bidirectionally communicate through an ultrasonic communication link comprising at least a portion of the body of the user.