Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand

Classification Context

Section:

HUMAN NECESSITIES

Class:

MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

Subclass:

FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS

Scope Notes

Glossary: auditory perception the ability to detect and interpret sounds. hearing sense the ability to perceive sounds by detecting vibrations or changes in the pressure of the surrounding medium through time using the auditory parts of the sensory system. | Limiting references: Implantable prostheses that substitute or replace internal ear parts, e.g. ear drums Headwear, e.g. caps or helmets, with means for protecting the ears , Methods or devices to cause a change in the state of auditory consciousness Electrotherapy applying electrical stimulation of the auditory system, or circuits therefor Radiotherapy using optical stimulation of the auditory system Electro-acoustic hearing aids

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• A61F 11/04 Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense, e.g. through the touch sense
• A61F 11/06 Protective devices for the ears
• A61F 11/2 Ear surgery
• A61F 11/3 Non-electric hearing aids, e.g. ear trumpets, sound amplifiers or ear-shells