Patent ID: 6389142
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
An in-the-ear hearing aid system, comprising:a first instrument and a second instrument, each of said instruments having a shell molded to custom fit a different one of a hearing aid wearer's ear, wherein said first instrument is placed in said wearer's worse hearing ear and said second instrument is placed in said wearer's better hearing ear, said first instrument further comprising: a first non-directional microphone system having a first inlet opening in a face plate for receiving sound and having a first output signal representative of the sound received; a second non-directional microphone system having a second inlet opening in said face plate for receiving sound and having a second output signal representative of the sound received; switch means having an operator extending through the first instrument for switching said first instrument between a non-directional mode and a directional mode; and connecting means for transmitting a signal from said first instrument to said second instrument.