Patent · US Expired

Hearing aid

US4068090A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
3References
22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 1, 1976
Grant dateJan 10, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 1, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R25/502
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved hearing aid utilizing integrated field-effect transistors to reduce the size and power consumption thereof is provided. The hearing aid includes a microphone input device for producing signals representative of sound, an amplifier circuit for amplifying the signals produced by microphone input device, and a loudspeaker output device for producing sound representative of the sound sensed by the microphone input device at an amplified level. The invention is particularly characterized by a portion of at least the microphone input device, amplifier circuit and/or microphone output device being formed of MOS field-effect transistors.

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