Dustin Paul Potter

US Patent:

7720243, May 18, 2010

Filed:

Oct 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/546604

Inventors:

Mark A. Brumback - Plano TX, US
Dustin L. Potter - Sugar Land TX, US
John S. Freeman - Collinsville TX, US

Assignee:

Synygis, LLC - Plano TX

International Classification:

H04R 25/00

US Classification:

381328, 381380, 381381

Abstract:

A device and method for tailoring the audio frequency response of a hearing instrument, such as a hearing aid, by altering the physical characteristics of the device to more accurately compensate for a user's specific hearing loss attributes. The device has a bore formed within its housing which provides a passage for the transmission of sound from the receiver of the hearing instrument toward the user's eardrum. The bore has a custom-designed geometric shape to emphasize desired sound frequencies and therefore produce a predetermined frequency response of sound in combination with any frequency response changes directed by the hearing instrument's circuitry.

US Patent:

20050222823, Oct 6, 2005

Filed:

Oct 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/959282

Inventors:

Mark Brumback - Plano TX, US
Dustin Potter - Sugar Land TX, US

International Classification:

G06F017/50

US Classification:

703001000

Abstract:

Method for manufacturing custom fit ear pieces, such as hearing aid devices, by using rapid prototyping machinery in a decentralized location to provide custom fit ear pieces to patients within a few hours rather than a few days or weeks.

US Patent:

20060115105, Jun 1, 2006

Filed:

Nov 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/292186

Inventors:

Mark Brumback - Plano TX, US
Dustin Potter - Sugar Land TX, US

International Classification:

H04R 25/00

US Classification:

381328000, 381322000, 381325000

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for tailoring the audio frequency response of a hearing aid or other ear piece by altering the physical characteristics of the device to more accurately compensate for a user's specific hearing loss attributes. The device has a bore formed within its ear piece shell which provides a passage for the transmission of sound from the speaker or receiver of the device toward the user's eardrum. The bore has a custom-designed shape to emphasize desired sound frequencies and therefore produce a predetermined frequency response of sound in combination with any frequency response changes of the device's circuitry.