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Hearing aid and an ear piece for a hearing aid

A technology for hearing aids and earphones, used in hearing aids, hearing aid shells, behind-the-ear hearing aids, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-09
WIDEX AS
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Fitting software therefore usually has to take into account the specific type of earplug, complications in the fitting procedure
Another complication is the matching of sound tubes to different types of earplugs

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[0032] [0032] Reference is first made to FIG. 1, which shows a hearing aid 1 comprising a soft open earplug 13, an earphone 3 and a housing 4 containing the electronics of the hearing aid 1, including input and output sensors, signal processing means, etc. Wait. Hearing aid 1 is a behind-the-ear hearing aid, a type especially used for mild to moderate hearing loss.

[0033] [0033] FIG. 2 shows a hearing aid 1 with a custom open earpiece 2, an earpiece 3 and a housing 4 comprising the hearing aid 1 electronics. The custom closed earplug 33 can be made by internal modification of the custom open earplug 2, as described below with reference to FIG. 8 .

[0034] [0034] FIG. 3 shows a headset 3. FIG. The earphone 3 comprises a sounding tube 5 , a plug or plug 8 for connecting the sounding tube 5 to an earplug 13 ( FIG. 1 ), and coupling means 9 for connecting the sounding tube 5 to the housing 4 . The sound tube is bent near one end thereof to fit over the user's concha for supp...

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A behind-the-ear hearing aid (1) comprises a housing (4), an ear piece (3) and a custom earplug (2), the custom earplug being adapted to fit the ear canal of an individual hearing aid user, the ear piece having a connector for connecting with the custom earplug, the connector and the earpiece having means for snap fitting engagement and means for defining the mutual rotational orientation. The invention further provides a custom earpiece for a hearing aid.

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technical field [0001] [0001] The present invention relates generally to hearing aids and earplugs for hearing aids. More particularly, the invention relates to a device integrated inside an earplug for connecting a behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid housing to the earplug. Background technique [0002] [0002] Behind-the-ear hearing aids can be used for different kinds of hearing loss. The choice of earplugs depends on the type of hearing loss because the gain of sound obtained without feedback depends not only on the distance between the microphone and the output transducer, but also on the amplified sound leaking from the ear canal and transmitted back to the The scale of the microphone's amplified sound. For mild to moderate hearing loss, the output sensor is usually located in the hearing aid housing, and the sound is conducted from the output sensor through the sound tube into the earplug. [0003] [0003] Behind-the-ear hearing aids typically include a hearing aid hous...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04R25/00
CPCH04R2225/021H04R2225/63H04R25/656H04R25/652H04R25/658H04R25/65H04R25/02H04R2225/0213B33Y80/00
Inventor J·陶弗姆K·H·瓦布洛C·B·埃斯伯森K·R·斯卡夫特C·P·克雷普基
Owner WIDEX AS
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