Non-Surgical Hearing Aid Uses Teeth to Transmit Sound to the Ear

Medical device company developing the world’s first non-surgical and removable hearing aid device to transmit sound via the teeth.

SoundBite hearing system is the world’s first and only non-surgical and removable hearing aid solution designed to imperceptibly transmit sound via the teeth to help people who are essentially deaf in one ear regain their spatial hearing ability and rejoin the conversation of life.

It employs a well-established principle called bone conduction to deliver clear, high quality sound to the inner ear.

Nearly invisible when worn, the SoundBite system consists of an easy to insert and remove ITM (in-the-mouth) hearing device–which is custom made to fit around either the upper left or right back teeth–and a small microphone unit worn behind the ear.

No modifications to the teeth are required.

A hearing aid, wirelessly connects two receivers and transmitters – one behind the ear, and one that’ll fit on the user’s teeth.

This is how it works, the behind the ear unit will pick up sounds that originally would’ve been picked up by a healthy ear and transmits it to the In the Mouth Hearing Device.

But how does the mouth have anything to do with hearing?

Well, the in the mouth hearing aid device will create nearly imperceptible vibrations that will stimulate the cochlea (the auditory portion of the inner ear), thus boosting the hearing capabilities of the user.

The device uses a broad frequency range of 250-12,000+MHz and is powered by rechargeable batteries.

A charger is bundled with the unit and all the components in the hearing aid device are safe for daily use.

The Soundbite hearing device is not available for purchase yet, it’s “for investigation only”. It has, however, received FDA clearance so a roll out shouldn’t be too far away.

Sources: tech2.in.com, sonitusmedical.com