CA2375864C - Hearing-aid, worn behind the ear - Google Patents

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CA2375864C
CA2375864C CA002375864A CA2375864A CA2375864C CA 2375864 C CA2375864 C CA 2375864C CA 002375864 A CA002375864 A CA 002375864A CA 2375864 A CA2375864 A CA 2375864A CA 2375864 C CA2375864 C CA 2375864C
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housing
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Andi Vonlanthen
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Sonova Holding AG
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Phonak AG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/48—Electric hearing aids using constructional means for obtaining a desired frequency response
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/609—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of circuitry
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/20—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics
    • H04R1/22—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only 
    • H04R1/225—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only  for telephonic receivers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/61—Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements, e.g. functioning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • 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; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/607—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of earhooks

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Headphones And Earphones (AREA)
  • Battery Mounting, Suspending (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
  • Electrostatic, Electromagnetic, Magneto- Strictive, And Variable-Resistance Transducers (AREA)
  • Obtaining Desirable Characteristics In Audible-Bandwidth Transducers (AREA)
  • Details Of Audible-Bandwidth Transducers (AREA)
  • Finger-Pressure Massage (AREA)
  • Reverberation, Karaoke And Other Acoustics (AREA)
  • Audible-Bandwidth Dynamoelectric Transducers Other Than Pickups (AREA)
CA002375864A 1999-06-16 1999-06-16 Hearing-aid, worn behind the ear Expired - Fee Related CA2375864C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/CH1999/000260 WO2000079835A1 (de) 1999-06-16 1999-06-16 Hinterohr-hörgerät

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CA2375864A1 CA2375864A1 (en) 2000-12-28
CA2375864C true CA2375864C (en) 2008-08-12

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CA002375864A Expired - Fee Related CA2375864C (en) 1999-06-16 1999-06-16 Hearing-aid, worn behind the ear
CA002340725A Expired - Fee Related CA2340725C (en) 1999-06-16 2000-06-06 Electric/acoustic transducer module, intra-aural hearing-aid and method for producing an intra-aural hearing aid

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CA002340725A Expired - Fee Related CA2340725C (en) 1999-06-16 2000-06-06 Electric/acoustic transducer module, intra-aural hearing-aid and method for producing an intra-aural hearing aid

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EP (2) EP1183907B1 (de)
JP (2) JP4246432B2 (de)
CN (2) CN1196377C (de)
AT (1) ATE499806T1 (de)
AU (2) AU761764B2 (de)
CA (2) CA2375864C (de)
DE (1) DE59915249D1 (de)
DK (1) DK1183907T3 (de)
NO (1) NO20010769D0 (de)
WO (1) WO2000079832A2 (de)

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CA2375864A1 (en) 2000-12-28
CN1196377C (zh) 2005-04-06
WO2000079832A2 (de) 2000-12-28
CN100382656C (zh) 2008-04-16
DE59915249D1 (de) 2011-04-07
JP2003502967A (ja) 2003-01-21
EP1183907A1 (de) 2002-03-06
AU4128299A (en) 2001-01-09
CA2340725A1 (en) 2000-12-28
AU761764B2 (en) 2003-06-12
EP1104646A2 (de) 2001-06-06
JP4246432B2 (ja) 2009-04-02
AU769544B2 (en) 2004-01-29
CN1367991A (zh) 2002-09-04
WO2000079832A3 (de) 2001-03-15
DK1183907T3 (da) 2011-06-20
CN1520230A (zh) 2004-08-11
NO20010769D0 (no) 2001-02-15
JP2003502966A (ja) 2003-01-21
EP1183907B1 (de) 2011-02-23
CA2340725C (en) 2009-08-04
AU4740100A (en) 2001-01-09
ATE499806T1 (de) 2011-03-15

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