EP 4055837 A4 20240110 - HEARING AID FOR PEOPLE HAVING ASYMMETRIC HEARING LOSS
Title (en)
HEARING AID FOR PEOPLE HAVING ASYMMETRIC HEARING LOSS
Title (de)
HÖRGERÄT FÜR PERSONEN MIT ASYMMETRISCHEM HÖRVERLUST
Title (fr)
AIDE AUDITIVE POUR PERSONNES AYANT UNE PERTE AUDITIVE ASYMÉTRIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201916673788 A 20191104
- US 202016740414 A 20200111
- US 2020067609 W 20201231
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2021092602A1] A hearing aid is provided for use with a user having a first and second ears disposed on first and second body sides. The hearing aid apparatus is configured for enabling the user to hear sounds that originate from a plurality of directions and includes a first hearing aid member placeable on a user's first body side. The first hearing aid member includes a first transducer for receiving sounds that would be received by the user's first ear and converting those received sounds into first transmittable electrical signals. A second hearing aid member is placeable on the user's second body side and is preferably a cochlear implant device including an electrode array positionable within a cochlea of a user. The cochlear implant device includes a second transducer for receiving sounds that would he received by the user's second ear, and converting the sounds into second electrical signals; and also includes a receiver for receiving the first transmittable electrical signals, and a first signal processor for processing the second electrical signals and first transmittable electrical signals into signals configured for being received by the cochlea of user's second ear for facilitating the hearing of sounds that would be received by both of the user's first and second ears.
IPC 8 full level
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.07); H04R 29/008 (2013.01); H04R 2225/53 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01); H04R 2225/67 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] US 2017085998 A1 20170323 - FRITSCH MICHAEL H [US]
- [XP] US 2020236475 A1 20200723 - FRITSCH MICHAEL H [US]
- [Y] US 2015124975 A1 20150507 - PONTOPPIDAN NIELS HENRIK [DK]
- See references of WO 2021092602A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2021092602 A1 20210514; AU 2020378215 A1 20220526; EP 4055837 A1 20220914; EP 4055837 A4 20240110
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2020067609 W 20201231; AU 2020378215 A 20201231; EP 20884191 A 20201231