Surgery – Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
Patent
1996-05-31
1998-08-25
Lacyk, John P.
Surgery
Surgically implanted vibratory hearing aid
181130, H04R 2502
Patent
active
057978344
ABSTRACT:
A thin diaphragm for contacting an individual's tympanic membrane is sufficiently stiff and flexible to vibrate in response to audio frequencies so as to augment or over-ride the displacement of the individual's tympanic membrane in order to increase the acoustic efficiency of the tympanic membrane at all frequencies but particularly above 1000 Hz so as to improve mild hearing loss.
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Gilbert Samuel
Lacyk John P.
ReSound Corporation
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