公开(公告)号：US20240041401A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18268836

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Paul N. Reinhart ,  Andy S. Lin

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/11

CPC classification number: A61B5/4875 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/4023 ,  A61B5/1101 ,  A61B5/4058 ,  A61B5/4205 ,  A61B5/746 ,  A61B5/7282 ,  A61B5/7267 ,  A61B5/6815 ,  A61B5/021

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to ear-wearable systems and devices for detecting dehydration and related methods. In an embodiment, an ear-wearable dehydration monitoring system is included having a control circuit, a microphone, a power supply, and a sensor package, wherein the sensor package is in electrical communication with the control circuit. The ear-wearable dehydration monitoring system is configured to process signals of one or more sensors of the sensor package to detect clinical symptoms of dehydration. Other embodiments are also included herein.

公开(公告)号：US11895467B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US18096961

申请日：2023-01-13

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Wenyu Jin ,  Henning Schepker

IPC: H04R29/00 ,  H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R29/00 ,  H04R25/305

Abstract: Secondary path measurements and associated acoustic transducer-to-eardrum responses are obtained from test subjects. Both a least squares estimate and a reduced dimensionality estimate are determined that both estimate a relative transfer function between the secondary path measurements and the associated acoustic transducer-to-eardrum responses. An individual secondary path measurement for a user is performed based on a test signal transmitted via a hearing device into an ear canal of the user. An individual cutoff frequency for the individual secondary path measurement is determined. First and second acoustic transducer-to-eardrum responses below and above the cutoff frequency are determined using the individual secondary path measurement and the least squares estimate. A sound pressure level at an eardrum of the user can be predicted using the first and second receiver-to-eardrum responses.

公开(公告)号：US20240040324A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18226598

申请日：2023-07-26

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： Josh Braband ,  Daniel Smieja ,  Tom Monsen

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/654 ,  H04R2225/57 ,  H04R2225/0216

Abstract: Various embodiments of a connector and a hearing device cable that includes such connector are disclosed. The connector includes a body having a first end and a second end, where the first end is configured to be connected to a socket of a hearing module and the second end is configured to be connected to a cable; an acoustic path disposed through the body, where the acoustic path includes an outlet disposed in the first end of the body and an inlet disposed in the second end of the body; and an ingress filter disposed over the inlet of the acoustic path or at least partially within the acoustic path.

公开(公告)号：US20240031748A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18366967

申请日：2023-08-08

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Douglas F. Link ,  David Prchal ,  Sidney A. Higgins

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/609 ,  H04R25/65 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/603

Abstract: A hearing aid comprising a microphone, a receiver, hearing aid electronics coupled to the microphone and the receiver, and conductive traces overlaying an insulator, the conductive traces configured to interconnect the hearing aid electronics and to follow non-planar contours of the insulator. Examples are provided wherein the insulator includes a hearing aid housing.

公开(公告)号：US20240031747A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18481057

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Joseph Johnson

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R31/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/609 ,  H04R31/00 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/31

Abstract: As described in some examples of this disclosure, a Behind-The-Ear (BTE) hearing instrument comprises processing circuity, a battery that stores energy for use by the processing circuitry, and a housing that contains a receiver configured to output sound. The receiver is positioned within the hearing instrument posterior to the processing circuitry and the power source.

公开(公告)号：US20240000339A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18369986

申请日：2023-09-19

Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

Inventor： Christine Marie Tan ,  Christophe Daniel Micheyl

IPC: A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/113 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/0816 ,  A61B5/113 ,  A61B5/6815 ,  A61B5/7267 ,  A61B5/0205

Abstract: A method for guiding deep breathing may include receiving a request from a user to initiate a deep breathing exercise on a user-controlled device. The method may include monitoring deep breathing using one or more sensors on an ear-worn device in response to initiating the deep breathing exercise. Examples of sensors include at least one of a motion detector, a microphone, a heart rate sensor, and an electrophysiological sensor. The method may further include initiating an end to the deep breathing exercise. The method may be used with various hearing systems including an ear-worn device and optionally a user-controllable device, such as a smartphone.

公开(公告)号：US20230412992A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18241045

申请日：2023-08-31

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Ezdeen Elghannai ,  Karl Joseph Hilde ,  Zhenchao Yang

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R25/558 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H04R25/554 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/658 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R2225/51

Abstract: Hearing aids having example antennas tuned to transmit and receive signals having a frequency greater than or equal to 2.4 GHz are described. The antenna includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is configured to fit inside a housing of the hearing aid and to be within the ear canal when the hearing aid is inserted into an ear of a wearer. The second segment is configured to be within the housing and disposed near a side of the housing facing toward an outside of the ear canal when the hearing aid is inserted into the ear of the wearer.

公开(公告)号：US20230403516A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18238170

申请日：2023-08-25

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Justin R. Burwinkel ,  Kevin Seitz-Paquette

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/107 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G01B21/22

CPC classification number: H04R25/407 ,  H04R25/603 ,  H04R25/609 ,  A61B5/1071 ,  A61B5/1114 ,  A61B5/6817 ,  A61B5/7405 ,  A61B5/7455 ,  G01B21/22 ,  H04R25/405 ,  H04R25/505 ,  H04R25/604 ,  A61B2560/0257 ,  A61B2562/0219 ,  G08B7/00

Abstract: A hearing device comprises a processor operatively coupled to memory, a speaker or a receiver, and one or both of a microphone arrangement and a telecoil arrangement. A sensor is operatively coupled to the processor and configured to sense an angular position of the device relative to a horizontal plane oriented orthogonal to a direction of gravity. The processor is configured to detect a change in the angular position of the device from a first angular position to a second angular position, the first angular position corresponding to a specified angular position that provides for a target or optimal level of device performance and the second angular position resulting in suboptimal device performance. The processor is also configured to implement a corrective action that improves performance of the device relative to the suboptimal device performance while operating the device at the second angular position.

公开(公告)号：US20230396938A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18327514

申请日：2023-06-01

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Krishna Vastare ,  Martin McKinney ,  Kenneth Jensen ,  Lue Du ,  Jingjing Xu

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/50 ,  H04R2225/41

Abstract: A method comprises determining, based on signals from sensors of hearing instruments, current values of context parameters; determining, based on the current values of the context parameters, that a current context of the hearing instruments has changed or is likely to change from a first to a second context of a plurality of contexts, wherein each of the contexts corresponds to a different unique combination of potential values of the context parameters; updating statistics of the contexts, wherein for each of the contexts, the statistics of the context include statistics with respect to time the hearing instruments spent in the context; and based on the determination that the current context of the hearing instruments has changed or is likely to change from the first context to the second context, initiating, based on the statistics of at least one of the first or second contexts, one or more actions.

公开(公告)号：US20230379641A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18299167

申请日：2023-04-12

Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Paul Solum

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: H04R25/554 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q1/241 ,  H04R2225/51 ,  H04R2225/0216 ,  H04R2225/021 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/023

Abstract: A hearing assistance device to provide sound to the ear of a user, the device comprising a housing, hearing assistance electronics enclosed in the housing, an acoustic transducer adapted to be worn in the ear, a cable assembly adapted to connect the acoustic transducer to the hearing assistance electronics, a wireless communications receiver connected to the hearing assistance electronics, and an antenna comprising one or more conductors forming at least a portion of the cable assembly.