Patent ID: 7916884
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: A61F,G10K,H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing enhancement device, comprising a shaped earpiece insertable in a user's outer ear, the earpiece being so shaped that it interacts with the user's auditory canal to provide enhanced sound amplitude response as a function of frequency to improve the user's speech comprehension, wherein the earpiece further includes: a forwardly facing concave first surface; a rearwardly facing convex second surface, the first and second surfaces converging and joining at upper and lower ends thereof, with terminal elements at the upper and lower ends of the first and second surfaces, the earpiece being configured to be held in place in the ear by its inherent resiliency, and by engagement of the terminal elements with cartilaginous portions of the outer ear, and so shaped that it provides selective amplitude enhancement of incoming sound to improve a user's speech comprehension.