Wireless Digital Link Companion Microphone

无线数字链路配套麦克风

• 批准号: 7650425
• 负责人: PAUL L GIBSON
• 金额: $ 24.35万
• 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/7650425
• 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; Radio; Research; Research Personnel; Resistance; Resources; Signal Transduction; Structure; System; Technology; Time; Universities; Wireless Technology; base; design; digital; innovation; meetings; miniaturize; novel; programs; prototype; simulation; 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）：该项目的目标是开发一种基于新型、高度创新、极低功耗的超宽带脉冲无线电技术的助听器和无线伴传麦克风系统。第一阶段计划成功地建立了将超宽带（UWB）脉冲无线电收发器和天线系统完全集成在耳后助听器和配套麦克风中的可行性。配套麦克风代表了在嘈杂环境中为助听器用户提供信噪比改善的既定方法。然而，到目前为止，由于各种原因，它们在商业上的成功有限，包括听力受损人士需要额外的硬件，以及相对较大，耗电，有时数据不安全的配套麦克风。提出的技术解决了这些问题，通过将麦克风小型化，并将一种新型的超低功耗UWB无线电直接集成到助听器中，对电池寿命的影响最小。