Wireless Digital Link Companion Microphone

无线数字链路配套麦克风

• 批准号: 7394518
• 负责人: PAUL L GIBSON
• 金额: $ 27.68万
• 依托单位: ADVANCED MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-20 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7394518
• 关键词: Address; Adverse effects; Affect; Apple; Companions; Consumption; Custom; Data; Device Designs; Ear; Environment; External auditory canal; Hearing; Hearing Aids; Hearing Impaired Persons; Human; Industry; Life; Link; Manufacturer Name; Marketing; Medical Electronics; Methodology; Methods; Minnesota; Noise; Output; Performance; Phase; Physiologic pulse; Pulse taking; Radio; Research; Research Personnel; Resistance; Resources; Signal Transduction; Structure; System; Technology; Time; Universities; Wireless Technology; base; concept; design; digital; innovation; miniaturize; novel; programs; prototype; simulation; size; success; transmission process

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this project is to develop a hearing aid and wireless companion microphone system based on new, highly-innovative, very low-power ultra-wideband impulse radio technology. The phase I program successfully established the feasibility of fully integrating an ultra-wideband (UWB) impulse radio transceiver and antenna system inside a behind-the-ear hearing aid and companion microphone. Companion microphones represent an established methodology for providing a signal-to-noise ratio improvement for hearing aid users in noisy environments. However, to date they have met with limited commercial success for a variety of reasons including the requirement of additional hardware to be worn by the hearing impaired person and the relatively large, power hungry, and sometimes data insecure companion microphones. The proposed technology addresses these issues by miniaturizing the microphone and integrating a novel ultra-low-power UWB radio directly into the hearing aid with a minimal effect on battery life.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目的是基于新的，高功率的超宽带脉冲无线电技术开发助听器和无线伴侣麦克风系统。第一阶段计划成功地建立了完全集成了超宽带（UWB）脉冲无线电收发器和天线系统内的可行性。伴侣麦克风代表了一种既定的方法，用于在嘈杂的环境中为助听器用户提供信噪比的提高。但是，迄今为止，由于各种原因，他们取得了有限的商业成功，包括听力受损的人以及相对较大的饥饿，有时是数据不安全的伴侣麦克风的其他硬件的要求。提出的技术通过将麦克风微型化并将新颖的超低UWB无线电直接整合到助听器中来解决这些问题，对电池寿命产生最小的影响。