Patent ID: 8340335
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A modular hearing device for inconspicuous wear in the ear canal, comprising: a speaker module for placement medially in the ear canal in the bony region and in proximity to the eardrum, said speaker module comprises a speaker assembly for delivering amplified sound to the tympanic membrane, a skin contacting retainer for retaining said receiver assembly entirely in said ear canal, and a receive coil for wireless reception of electromagnetic signal representing audio signals; and a main module laterally positioned primarily in the cartilaginous region of the ear canal, comprising a microphone, a power source and a transmit coil for wireless transmission of said electromagnetic signal representing audio signal to said receive coil within said speaker module, said main module is separately removable from the ear canal while said speaker module remains therein when said main module is removed; and wherein said speaker module is activatable by the presence of said main module when placed inside the ear canal in proximity thereto.