Actuator systems for oral-based appliances

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Problem to be solved.To provide a method and apparatus for transmitting vibrations. <P>

Solution.Methods and apparatus for transmitting the vibrations via an electronic and/or a transducer assembly through a tooth or teeth are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure. <P>

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