Binaural hearing instrument and earpiece
US9516436B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2225/57
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A binaural hearing instrument and an earpiece for the binaural hearing instrument are enabled for broadband wireless data transmission to a further binaural hearing instrument. Wireless broadband binaural data transmission with high bandwidth and low resource requirement is afforded, while the devices can be manufactured easily and inexpensively. The hearing instrument has a housing, a signal processor, a receiver and an antenna for binaural data transmission. The housing can be worn at least partly in an auditory canal. A distal section houses the signal processor and the receiver. A proximal section adjacent to the eardrum and separated spatially from the proximal section houses the antenna. The antenna is disposed between the receiver and the sound outlet as far in the auditory canal as possible. The distance between the antennas of the two binaural hearing instruments is reduced compared with conventional positioning and the bit error rate is significantly improved.
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