US 12,075,214 B2
Hearing aid and method for use of same
Laslo Olah, Richardson, TX (US)
Assigned to Texas Institute of Science, Inc., Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Texas Institute of Science, Inc., Richardson, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/456,983.
Application 18/456,983 is a continuation of application No. 17/487,377, filed on Sep. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,743,660.
Application 17/487,377 is a continuation of application No. 16/959,972, granted, now 11,134,347, issued on Sep. 28, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2019/012550, filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,804, filed on Jan. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403515 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/40 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 25/353 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for aiding hearing, the system comprising:
a programming interface configured to communicate with a device, the device including a housing securing a microphone, a speaker, a user interface, a processor, non-transitory memory, and storage therein, the device including a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the microphone, the speaker, the user interface, the processor, the non-transitory memory, and the storage;
the non-transitory memory accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including first processor-executable instructions that, when executed, by the processor cause the system to:
program the processor with a plurality of preferred hearing ranges, the plurality of preferred hearing ranges being respective frequency ranges of sound corresponding to a hearing capacity of a patient; and
the non-transitory memory accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including second processor-executable instructions that, when executed, by the processor cause the system to:
receive an isolated input analog signal,
convert the isolated input analog signal to a digital signal,
transform through compression the digital signal into a processed digital signal having the plurality of preferred hearing ranges,
convert the processed digital signal to an output analog signal, and
drive the output analog signal to the speaker.