Patent ID: 7867160
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing aid system for inducing neural impulses that are interpreted as amplified sound by a human subject, said human subject having an ear, a pinna of the ear, an external auditory canal, and a hearing transduction pathway comprising a tympanic membrane, a middle ear and a cochlea, said system comprising: an input transducer assembly which converts an electronic sound signal into a light signal, the input transducer assembly comprising, an output transducer assembly which receives the light signal and converts the light signal to mechanical vibration; wherein the output transducer assembly is sized for placement on the tympanic membrane or within the middle ear to couple to the hearing transduction pathway when positioned on the subject's tympanic membrane or within the middle ear to induce said neural impulses interpreted as amplified sound.