Category: Hearing aids

People know, without conscious thought, that you can’t talk to someone if they’re asleep. Likewise, we naturally go to sleep or at least zone out if we don’t want to hear someone talking. These are examples of physiological “state” variables, in which the response (e.g., hearing/attending or not) is dependent only on our state of…

Talk to the Hand Puppet   Patent #10200773 envisions a simple but clever fix for a vexing noise problem common to all handsfree phone communicators, especially those with hearing loss and hearing aids. When you speak on a call, the phone’s mic picks up your voice along with all other environmental noise competition. The phone…

Hearing Economics is always scouting out new ways for in-ear devices to multitask for the general good of mankind. Emerging technologies in new patents provide fertile ground and occasional low hanging fruit. Here are a few thoughts for future in-ear apps, taken from January patent offerings.   Beauty: In the Ear of the Listener or…

Ear devices, like other wearables, continue to track multifunctionality.  Two cases offer new opportunities for future add-on features and connectivity: Muzik Inc.’s wireless earbuds (Fig 1, USPTO #D835602) are indeed wireless but that’s where their resemblance to earbuds-as-we-know-them ends. Intead, they use the head as shelf space for an onboard power supply and integrated speakers, with plenty of…