Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oral hearing aid device and method of use thereof
- Patent Title (中): 口腔助听器及其使用方法
-
Application No.: US12082720Application Date: 2008-04-14
-
Publication No.: US08189838B1Publication Date: 2012-05-29
- Inventor: Donna L. Rich
- Applicant: Donna L. Rich
- Agency: Montgomery Patent & Design, LLC
- Agent Robert C. Montgomery; Joseph T. Yaksich
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract:
An electronic hearing device embedded thereinto a molded denture placed therein a user's mouth and fastened thereto the user's teeth allowing said teeth and related facial bone structure to conduct sounds received by said hearing device thereto the bones of the middle ear and subsequently to the brain for conversion into understandable language and sounds is herein disclosed. The hearing device may be used in conjunction with traditional ear-mounted hearing aids. The hearing device comprises expected electronic components such as an inout transducer, output transducers, a battery, a volume control, wires, and the like components fastened thereto or embedded thereinto a custom molded orthodontic appliance or normal denture plate and fastened to rear upper molars. The invention allows the user to turn the hearing device on and off or to adjust volume using their tongue.
Information query