Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Sound effects – Reverberators
Patent
1994-02-22
1995-07-04
Kuntz, Curtis
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Sound effects
Reverberators
381 68, 607 57, 600 25, H04R 2500
Patent
active
054308011
ABSTRACT:
A hearing aid including a microphone fitted through a small hole in the conchal bowl of the user to receive sound impinging the anterior side of the pinna, an electronics package worn behind the pinna that receives the sound from the microphone, and a sound conductor running from the electronics package behind the ear through the soft tissue of the external auditory canal and into the auditory canal medial to the cerumen-producing portion of the canal. The outer end of the sound conductor is detachably connected to the electronics package; the inner end communicates with the auditory canal for directing amplified sound to the ear drum. Alternatively, the inner end of a fluid-filled sound conductor can be attached to the round window of the cochlea or can communicate electromagnetically with an acoustic lens placed against the ear drum.
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Kuntz Curtis
Le Huyen D.
Mann Michael A.
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