ATE300853T1 - DISPOSABLE MODULAR HEARING AID - Google Patents

DISPOSABLE MODULAR HEARING AID

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Publication number
ATE300853T1
ATE300853T1 AT00930302T AT00930302T ATE300853T1 AT E300853 T1 ATE300853 T1 AT E300853T1 AT 00930302 T AT00930302 T AT 00930302T AT 00930302 T AT00930302 T AT 00930302T AT E300853 T1 ATE300853 T1 AT E300853T1
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Austria
Prior art keywords
hearing aid
earmold
receiver
base unit
vibration isolator
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AT00930302T
Other languages
German (de)
Inventor
John G Aceti
Marvin A Leedom
Frederick J Fritz
Derek D Mahoney
John M Margicin
Walter P Sjursen
Michael H Tardugno
David A Preves
Original Assignee
Sarnoff Corp
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Priority claimed from US09/524,666 external-priority patent/US7403629B1/en
Application filed by Sarnoff Corp filed Critical Sarnoff Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
    • H04R25/656—Non-customized, universal ear tips, i.e. ear tips which are not specifically adapted to the size or shape of the ear or ear canal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/023—Completely in the canal [CIC] hearing aids
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/45—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback
    • H04R25/456—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback mechanically
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/602—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of batteries
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H04R25/658—Manufacture of housing parts

Abstract

The present invention relates to a modular hearing aid having a base unit and a detachable earmold. A battery, and earmold tip and a receiver can be integrated with the earmold. The earmold can also include a removably attached module. The module can have a shell, electronics, a receiver or a microphone. A hearing aid also includes a flexible hearing aid tip having a vibration isolator portion and a mushroom shaped tip portion. The vibration isolator portion mechanically decouples a receiver from a hearing aid base unit while the mushroom shaped tip portion provides an acoustic seal in the ear canal of a user. The internal components of a hearing aid can be potted to attenuate vibrations created by the receiver during operation.
AT00930302T 1999-05-05 2000-05-03 DISPOSABLE MODULAR HEARING AID ATE300853T1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US13259399P 1999-05-05 1999-05-05
US09/524,666 US7403629B1 (en) 1999-05-05 2000-03-13 Disposable modular hearing aid
PCT/US2000/011931 WO2000069216A2 (en) 1999-05-05 2000-05-03 Disposable modular hearing aid

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ATE300853T1 true ATE300853T1 (en) 2005-08-15

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EP (1) EP1175811B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE300853T1 (en)
DE (1) DE60021553T2 (en)
DK (1) DK1175811T3 (en)
TW (1) TW463514B (en)
WO (1) WO2000069216A2 (en)

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DE102018214323A1 (en) * 2018-08-24 2020-02-27 Sivantos Pte. Ltd. Hearing instrument with a coupling unit for the vibration-damped mounting of a receiver

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EP1175811A1 (en) 2002-01-30
DE60021553D1 (en) 2005-09-01
DK1175811T3 (en) 2005-11-28
WO2000069216A3 (en) 2001-01-25
WO2000069216A2 (en) 2000-11-16
DE60021553T2 (en) 2006-06-08
TW463514B (en) 2001-11-11
EP1175811B1 (en) 2005-07-27

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