Patent ID: 6755778
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: A61F,H04R

Abstract:
A method for assisting hearing for a sensorineurally hearing impaired person comprising:receiving sound vibrations impinging on the person's body habitus with an electromechanical device disposed at a body habitus sound reception site and converting the sound vibration with the electromechanical device to an amplified electrical signal, wherein the electromechanical device is a microphone located subdermally along and in contact with the external auditory canal; delivering the amplified electrical signal to the inner ear with a transducer means operatively coupled between the electromechanical device and the inner ear; prior to the receiving and delivering steps, inserting at least one of the electromechanical device and the transducer through the tympanic membrane for implantation in the middle ear.