Patent ID: 9154891
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing system comprising: an input transducer configured to capture ambient sound, including high frequency localization cues, and convert the captured sound into electrical signals; and a transmitter assembly configured to receive the electrical signals from the input transducer, the transmitter assembly comprising a signal processor configured to generate filtered signals from the received electrical signals, the transmitter assembly comprising a transmitter and a transmission element, the transmitter assembly configured to deliver both power and filtered signals from the transmitter through a tip of the transmission element to produce mechanical vibrations with an output transducer configured to be positioned in or on a middle ear of the user, the filtered signals being representative of the ambient sound received by the input transducer; wherein the transmitter assembly is positionable at least partially within the ear canal to provide an open canal to allow the ambient sound to pass through the open canal and bypass the transmitter assembly to directly reach the middle ear of the user, wherein the signal processor is configured to amplify the filtered signals that comprise the high frequency localization cues below a saturation level and to decrease current consumption and provide greater equivalent sound pressure to the eardrum with the ambient sound than equivalent sound pressure of the output transducer above the saturation level.