Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Hearing aids – electrical
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-17
2007-04-17
Ni, Suhan (Department: 2615)
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Hearing aids, electrical
C381S315000, C455S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09568435
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a hearing aid that includes a first component operable to receive an input and a second component operable to provide an output to at least one ear of a user of the hearing aid. The first component and the second component are electrically coupled together by a closed electrical circuit including at least one electrical conduction pathway formed by skin of the user between the first component and the second component. An electrical signal is transmitted from the first component to the second component with the closed electrical circuit. Communication between the first and second components can be one-way or two-way.
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Bilger Robert C.
Feng Albert S.
Jones Douglas
Lansing Charissa R.
O'Brien William D.
Board of Trustees of University of Illinois
Krieg DeVault LLP
Ni Suhan
Paynter L. Scott
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