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A bone conduction headset (GoldenDance brand) Bone conduction products are usually categorized into three groups: Ordinary products, such as hands-free headsets or headphones; Bone-anchored hearing aids and assistive listening devices; Specialized communication products (e.g. for underwater or high-noise environments)
The Baha system is a bone conduction hearing system designed, developed and marketed by Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions. It is a semi-implantable, under the skin bone conduction hearing device coupled to the skull by a titanium fixture. [1] The system transfers sound to the inner ear through the bone. Over 100,000 people have had the system ...
The Bone Fone was a wearable radio that draped around the user's neck like a scarf. Bill Hass invented the device, [ 1 ] and JS&A marketed it in 1979. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to the marketing materials, the Bone Fone resonated sound through the wearer's bones.
Intentional transmission of sound through bone can be used with individuals with normal hearing — as with bone-conduction headphones — or as a treatment option for certain types of hearing impairment. Bone generally conveys lower-frequency sounds better than higher frequency sound. These headsets/phones can be wired or wireless. [9] [10]
A bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) [2] is a type of hearing aid based on bone conduction. It is primarily suited for people who have conductive hearing losses , unilateral hearing loss , single-sided deafness and people with mixed hearing losses who cannot otherwise wear 'in the ear' or 'behind the ear' hearing aids.
From sound engineers and screenwriters to celebrity makeup artists and stylists, Variety’s series “Ask an Insider” asks top professionals within the entertainment industry to share their ...
[4] [5] The company's Bluetooth headset, the Jawbone, was released in 2006. [6] [7] Another headset was released in 2008 and 2009. [8] [6] AlphiCom changed its name to Jawbone in 2010. [2] Wireless speaker Jambox and Fitness tracker UP were introduced in 2011. [9] [10] [11] Headset ERA was released in January 2014. [12]
Headsets are made with either a single-earpiece (mono) or a double-earpiece (mono to both ears or stereo). The microphone arm of headsets is either an external microphone type where the microphone is held in front of the user's mouth, or a voicetube type where the microphone is housed in the earpiece and speech reaches it by means of a hollow tube.