Cochlea hearing aid fixed on eardrum

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016331965-A1
Application number	US-201615154505-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 13, 2016
Priority date	May 14, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cochlea hearing aid device for helping users to hear includes a cochlea electrode and a driver circuit. The driver circuit has a casing for installing at a through hole on an eardrum of the user. The cochlea electrode is installed within the cochlea of a user. The driver circuit is connected to the cochlea electrode in order to signal process a voice data and provides a corresponding driving signal for cochlea electrode. Therefore, the neural cells in the cochlea of the user will be stimulated and helped the user to hear.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A cochlea hearing aid device for helping user to hear, comprising:
a cochlea electrode, disposed at the cochlea of a user; and a driver circuit, comprising a casing that is installed at a through hole on the eardrum of the user, and the driver circuit being electrically connected to cochlea electrode, wherein the driver circuit signal processes a voice data in order to provide a corresponding driving signal for driving the cochlea electrode.

2 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , wherein a contacting portion of the casing is attached to the through hole on the eardrum in order to locate the driver circuit at an appropriate position.

3 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , further comprising a digital processing circuit for generating and adjusting the voice data.

4 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , further comprising a voice amplifier and a voice collector, wherein the voice collector collects an external sound and the external sound is amplified by the voice amplifier then provides the voice data.

5 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 4 , wherein the voice amplifier and the driver circuit are connected via a signal wire.

6 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 4 , wherein the voice amplifier and the driver circuit are configured to communicate via wireless protocol.

7 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless circuit for eardrum, wherein the wireless circuit receives a wireless signal and converts the wireless signal to the voice data.

8 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 7 , wherein the wireless signal is provided by a hand-held electronic apparatus.

9 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 8 , wherein the hand-held electronic apparatus is a mobile phone.

10 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 7 , further comprising a processing circuit being disposed on a pair smart glass, the processing circuit providing the voice data to the driver circuit.

11 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 7 , wherein the wireless signal further comprises a controlling signal for adjusting the output parameter of the cochlea electrode.

12 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , further comprising a power circuit for eardrum that provides the power to the cochlea electrode and the driver circuit.

13 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 12 , wherein the power is transmitted from the power circuit for eardrum to driver circuit via wireless manner.

14 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , wherein the user uses a pair of the cochlea hearing aid devices, and each of the corresponding output parameter of the cochlea electrodes of the cochlea hearing aid devices could be adjusted.

15 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 14 , wherein the cochlea electrodes provide different corresponding voice signals with a direction perception to the eardrum for helping the user to hear.

16 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , wherein through a translating process the origin voice signal from the outside is translated to a corresponding voice signal with a replaced content.

17 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 16 , wherein the voice data extracts portion of the origin voice signal from the outside and repeatedly plays.

18 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 1 , wherein the voice data extracts at least one keyword form the origin voice signal from the outside, and at least one keyword is accentuated.

19 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 16 , wherein the translating process is a foreign language translating process.

20 . The cochlea hearing aid device of claim 16 , wherein the translating process is a dialect translating process.

Assignees

• Chen Kuang-Chao
• Silicon Motion Inc

Inventors

• Chen Kuang-Chao
• Yeh Kuo-Liang

Classifications

• A61N1/36038

  Cochlear stimulation · CPC title

• A61N1/0541 Primary

  Cochlear electrodes · CPC title

• A61N1/37217

  characterised by the communication link, e.g. acoustic or tactile · CPC title

• H04R25/505

  using digital signal processing · CPC title

• G02C11/06

  Hearing aids (construction of electric hearing aids H04R25/00) · CPC title