WO2000022879A3 - Upper audio range hearing apparatus - Google Patents

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WO2000022879A3
WO2000022879A3 PCT/US1999/021618 US9921618W WO0022879A3 WO 2000022879 A3 WO2000022879 A3 WO 2000022879A3 US 9921618 W US9921618 W US 9921618W WO 0022879 A3 WO0022879 A3 WO 0022879A3
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audio range
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Martin L Lenhardt
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/35—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using translation techniques
    • H04R25/353—Frequency, e.g. frequency shift or compression

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Abstract

A system and method upper auditory frequency range hearing. A speech signal is filtered, and then modulated to an upper auditory frequency range. The modulated signal is then provided to a transducer, which causes a vibration in the ear canal, the head or the neck of a user, which is received in an inner ear of the user. That vibration is translated as a signal to the brain, which interprets that signal as intelligible speech.
PCT/US1999/021618 1998-10-14 1999-10-14 Upper audio range hearing apparatus WO2000022879A2 (en)

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EP99954633A EP1123636A2 (en) 1998-10-14 1999-10-14 Upper audio range hearing apparatus
AU10937/00A AU1093700A (en) 1998-10-14 1999-10-14 Upper audio range hearing apparatus and method

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US10430098P 1998-10-14 1998-10-14
US60/104,300 1998-10-14

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Citations (4)

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US3781491A (en) * 1971-06-23 1973-12-25 E Biondi Method and apparatus for making the human voice audible and comprehensible to severely deaf persons
US4327252A (en) * 1980-02-08 1982-04-27 Tomatis Alfred A A A Apparatus for conditioning hearing
US5285499A (en) * 1993-04-27 1994-02-08 Signal Science, Inc. Ultrasonic frequency expansion processor
DE19525944A1 (en) * 1995-07-18 1997-01-23 Berndsen Klaus Juergen Dr Hearing aid for person with frequency dependent hearing loss

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3781491A (en) * 1971-06-23 1973-12-25 E Biondi Method and apparatus for making the human voice audible and comprehensible to severely deaf persons
US4327252A (en) * 1980-02-08 1982-04-27 Tomatis Alfred A A A Apparatus for conditioning hearing
US5285499A (en) * 1993-04-27 1994-02-08 Signal Science, Inc. Ultrasonic frequency expansion processor
DE19525944A1 (en) * 1995-07-18 1997-01-23 Berndsen Klaus Juergen Dr Hearing aid for person with frequency dependent hearing loss

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AU1093700A (en) 2000-05-01
EP1123636A2 (en) 2001-08-16
WO2000022879A2 (en) 2000-04-20

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