公开(公告)号：US10448177B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15200468

申请日：2016-07-01

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Claus Nielsen ,  Søren Laugesen

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A method for correct placement of an in-ear communication device, e.g. a hearing aid, in an ear canal of a user, the in-ear communication device comprising an acoustic seal towards inner surfaces of the ear canal and being configured to be located in a bony part of the ear canal during normal operation, comprises: placing the in-ear communication device in the ear canal thereby forming a substantial acoustic seal in the soft part of the ear canal; generating body-conducted sound to inner surface portions of the user's ear canal; gradually inserting the device deeper into the ear canal in the direction towards the ear drum, until a position where the sound level perceived by the user decreases; maintaining the device in this position in the ear canal, this position being the correct position of the device in the bony part of the ear canal. An in-ear device is furthermore provided.

公开(公告)号：US10561335B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US15497775

申请日：2017-04-26

Applicant: Oticon A/S ,  Oticon Medical A/S

Inventor： Claus Nielsen ,  Thomas Lunner ,  Regin Kopp Pedersen ,  Carina Graversen ,  Dorothea Wendt ,  Karsten Bo Rasmussen ,  Eline Borch Petersen ,  Troels Holm Pedersen ,  Martin Lindebjerg

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0484 ,  A61B5/0496

Abstract: The application relates to a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprising a first part for being inserted in an ear canal or fully or partially implanted in the head of a user, the first part comprising at least one electrode unit, termed a PR-electrode unit, for making contact to skin or tissue of a user when mounted or implanted in an operational condition, the at least one PR-electrode unit being configured to pick up a physiological response from the user, and wherein the at least one PR-electrode unit comprises an electrically conductive material, e.g. a shape memory alloy. The first part may comprise an implanted part, e.g. in combination with an external part adapted for being located in an ear canal, wherein both parts comprise one or more PR-electrode units. The invention may e.g. be used hearing aids, headsets, ear phones, active ear protection systems, or combinations thereof, e.g. to control processing of the hearing device or to monitor a condition of the user wearing the hearing device.

公开(公告)号：US09980060B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US15667207

申请日：2017-08-02

Applicant: OTICON A/S

Inventor： Claus Nielsen ,  Lars Bramsløw ,  Bo Westergård ,  Niels Søgaard Jensen ,  Filip Marchman Rønne ,  Carsten Borg

IPC: H04R5/00 ,  H04R25/00 ,  H04S7/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R2460/11 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S7/30 ,  H04S7/304 ,  H04S2420/01

Abstract: The invention relates to a binaural hearing aid device, comprising a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid, respectively. Each hearing aid comprises a microphone unit, a receiver unit, an audio processor and a speaker unit. The microphone unit is configured to receive an acoustic front tone, indicative of a front part of a surround sound, and to convert the acoustic front tone into an electric front signal. The receiver unit is configured to receive a wireless rear communication signal, indicative of a rear part of the surround sound, and to convert the rear communication signal into an electric rear signal. The audio processor is configured to receive the electric front signal and the electric rear signal and to determine a processed electric rear signal with respect to the electric front signal, by adjusting a time delay between the electric rear signal and the electric front signal and by adjusting a sound level of the electric rear signal according to a sound level of the electric front signal, wherein the audio processor of the first hearing aid is configured to adjust the time delay and the sound level of the electric rear signal differently than the audio processor of the second hearing aid, such that the combined acoustic output of the first hearing aid and of the second hearing aid form the rear part of the surround sound.

公开(公告)号：US09860653B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-02

申请号：US15132684

申请日：2016-04-19

Applicant: Oticon A/S

Inventor： Thor Højlund Olsen ,  Povl Koch ,  Troels Holm Pedersen ,  Claus Nielsen ,  Søren Laugesen ,  Karsten Bo Rasmussen ,  Peter Sommer ,  Kåre Tais Christensen ,  Svend Oscar Petersen ,  Jørn Johansen ,  Bent Severin ,  Jan Frantzen ,  Lars Lund Jørgensen ,  Glenn Jensen ,  Anders Højsgaard Thomsen ,  Steen Michael Munk ,  Henrik Lodberg Olsen ,  Anders Hebsgaard ,  Vijay Kumar Bhat

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G01S15/08 ,  G01S15/88

CPC classification number: H04R25/305 ,  G01S15/08 ,  G01S15/88 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/652 ,  H04R2225/023 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2460/17

Abstract: A hearing aid device configured to be partly or fully inserted into the ear canal of a user is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a receiver (loudspeaker) adapted to generate and send an air-borne acoustic signal towards the eardrum when the hearing aid device is partly or fully inserted into the ear canal. The hearing aid device further comprises a microphone configured to receive acoustic signals. The hearing aid device comprises a processing unit configured to determine if the hearing aid device is positioned in a correct position in the ear canal on the basis of the acoustic signals received by the microphone.