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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Brian Fideler, Jordan, MN (US);
Sidney A. Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael Karl Sacha, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Thomas Howard Burns, Chaska, MN (US);
Brian Fideler, Jordan, MN (US);
Sidney A. Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael Karl Sacha, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Thomas Howard Burns, Chaska, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present subject matter provides an apparatus for disposition between a pinna and a head of a user, the apparatus including a behind-the-ear housing, the housing having a first lateral side located adjacent the user's ear and a second lateral side located adjacent the side of the user's head when the apparatus is worn as directed, hearing assistance electronics disposed in the behind-the-ear housing, and a control disposed on at least one lateral side of the behind-the-ear housing, the control coupled to the hearing assistance electronics.