HEARING DEVICE HAVING A NON-OCCLUDING IN THE-CANAL VIBRATING COMPONENT

摘要

A self-retaining bone conduction hearing device having a sound processor (104) and a nonoccluding in-the-canal vibrating component ( 108) responsive to the sound processor and configured for non-surgical-implantation in a recipient's ear canal. Utilizing bone conduction eliminates the dependency on acoustic stimulation, thereby enabling the hearing device of the present invention to address a wider range of sound frequencies in conductive hearing loss.