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Hearing aid with connecting element serving for retention in concha

A technology for connecting components and hearing aids, applied in the direction of in-ear hearing aids, hearing aids, hearing aid design, etc., can solve the problems of being easily affected by feedback, difficulties, and difficulty in manufacturing performance of open-fit hearing aids

Active Publication Date: 2009-03-18
シバントスゲゼルシャフトミットベシュレンクテルハフツング
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[0006] Open fit hearing aids are often difficult to manufacture and have performance difficulties
These designs are especially susceptible to feedback
However, custom-fit hearing aid designs are particularly susceptible to the "occlusion effect," the blocked sensation experienced by the wearer, whereby the wearer hears their own voice as an echo

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[0022] Figures 1 and 2 show a hearing aid constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention in place in the ear of a hearing impaired person (Figure 1). The hearing aid comprises a housing or shell 1 which may be custom made to fit the individual ear of the user, or may be made as a universal fitting assembly, preferably in various sizes, eg small, medium and large. The housing 1 is designed to preferably fit in the concha part of the concha part of the outer ear of a hearing impaired person. A tubular connecting element 3 extends from the housing 1 into the ear canal of the hearing-impaired person.

[0023] The housing 1 extends into the helix plug area of ​​the ear and the connecting element 3 passes forward through the concha, these two components serve to keep the hearing aid in place in the outer ear, especially during body movements. The connecting element 3 is ideally made of a flexible material, allowing the connecting element to become an integral...

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A hearing aid device has a shell that fits into the upper part of the concha of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and connecting element that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in an ear piece in the ear canal. The combination of the shell and the connecting element in the concha retain the hearing aid in the outer ear.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a hearing aid for conducting sound to the ear of a hearing impaired person. Background technique [0002] A conventional behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid has a capsule or housing that fits behind the ear of a hearing impaired person, with sound conducted to the middle ear through an ear mold that is generally tailored to the hearing aid wearer. [0003] Another type of conventional hearing aid is the in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid, which has a housing, commonly referred to as an ear gel, that fits into the concha of the ear with a custom fit. [0004] Recently developed hearing aids include in-canal (ITC), main-canal (MIC) and complete-canal (CIC) hearing aids. These hearing aids are relatively small and usually occupy only the lower half of the outer ear (pinna). Generally, ITC hearing aids are not visible when facing the hearing impaired person head-on. MIC and CIC hearing aids are even smaller and are generally not seen unl...

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IPC IPC(8): H04R25/02
CPCH04R2225/77H04R2225/025H04R25/652H04R25/656
Inventor 克努德·阿米茨博尔马克·鲍克尤维·拉斯
Owner シバントスゲゼルシャフトミットベシュレンクテルハフツング
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