Patent ID: 9002046
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A system for proximity wireless control of a canal hearing device comprising: a hand-held wireless controller configured to generate a magnetic field for transmittance transcutaneously through a cartilaginous tissue of an ear; and a canal hearing device configured for positioning laterally in an ear canal of the ear, the canal hearing device having one or more reed switches incorporated within the canal hearing device, wherein one or more of the reed switches are positioned within a cartilaginous region of the ear and are oriented to respond to the magnetic field when the magnetic field is applied non-invasively exterior to the ear and anterior to a tragus at a temporomandibular joint region, said magnetic field being transmitted transcutaneously through the cartilaginous tissue to the canal hearing device for control of the canal hearing device while the hand-held wireless controller remains outside of the ear canal.