How does TransEar work?
Sounds from the non-hearing side are picked up by the microphone of TransEars processor. Unlike a traditional hearing aid (which amplifies sound and passes it to a small speaker), TransEars processor converts sound into electrical energy, which drives a small electro-mechanical oscillator which is placed near the canal tip of a small acrylic shell (referred to as a half-shell in the hearing healthcare industry). The transfer unit is custom made by laser to exactly fit the users ear. The oscillations are transferred by the bony portion of the ear canal, through the bones of the skull to the good ear, where the cochlea processes the energy which the brain interprets as sound.
