CN109769187A - A kind of behind-the-ear bone conduction auditory prosthesis - Google Patents

Abstract

This application discloses a kind of behind-the-ear bone conduction auditory prosthesis, including shell；The enclosure interior receiving is equipped with acoustic component, after the software acoustic part of the acoustic component is used to tightly push away user's ear from back to front, and the acoustic face of the software acoustic part is made to be close to the bone after user's ear；One end of the shell includes ear-hang component, is had for partly or entirely making the link after its tight ear pushing around user's auricle, Xiang Suoshu acoustic component force.The application is by being arranged acoustic component after user's dorsum auriculae, not only maintain good acoustic effect and fixed effect, also by most of structure steganography of acoustic component after ear, stealthy effect is played to a certain extent, not only structure is beautiful, but also meets the use demand that part monaural audition is damaged personage.

Description

A kind of behind-the-ear bone conduction auditory prosthesis

Technical field

The present invention relates to bone conduction auditory prosthesis more particularly to a kind of behind-the-ear bone conduction auditory prosthesis.

Background technique

With the rapid development of bone conduction technology, bone conduction auditory prosthesis because without it is pleasant, avoid draught head ear chamber made At the advantages such as discomfort, increasingly have been favored by people, especially for the hearing loss such as the elderly or impaired.

Common ossiphone, osophone etc. are all by spectacle frame, head hoop, hair fastener etc. when in use in the market Acoustic component is arranged in front of human body ear fixed device, and the acoustic face of acoustic component is close on the cheekbone of both sides of the head, Sound is converted into the mechanical oscillation of different frequency, passes sequentially through head skull, osseous labyrinth, spiral organ, auditory nerve, auditory center etc. It transmits, finally allows users to the sound for hearing auditory prosthesis transmitting.The although fastening convenient to wear of this structure, but hearing aid Nearly all component of device is all exposed not only to influence aesthetic effect outside, but also psychological for the hearing impaired persons of part On should not receive, therefore Improvement requirement is proposed in stealth and compact aspect to bone conduction auditory prosthesis.

In addition, certain customers only have an ear auditory obstacle, and the forms such as spectacle, head-hoop, hair fastener type in the market Bone conduction auditory prosthesis be used to ears hearing aid, for the user that only monaural needs hearing aid using and it is inconvenient, and influence It is beautiful.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the above technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

The invention discloses a kind of behind-the-ear bone conduction auditory prosthesis, including shell；

The enclosure interior receiving is equipped with acoustic component, and the software acoustic part of the acoustic component is for tight from back to front After pushing away user's ear, and the acoustic face of the software acoustic part is made to be close to the bone after user's ear；

One end of the shell includes ear-hang component, is had for partly or entirely around user's auricle, Xiang Suoshu acoustic Component force makes the link after its tight ear pushing.

Preferably, the basal part of the ear bone after the extension shape in the acoustic face and user's ear between head extends shape one It causes, for being close to the basal part of the ear bone.

Alternatively, the extension shape in the acoustic face is consistent with skeletal shape after the dorsum auriculae of user, for being close to the ear Wide behind bone.

Have on the acoustic face for the smooth lug boss towards acoustic bone described in simultaneously local compression.

In a kind of embodiment, the link includes the upper link of arc, and described upper link one end extends to the acoustic portion Part, the other end are used for above the auricle of user around extending in front of user's auricle, so that the acoustic component is fixed outstanding It hangs on user's auricle.

In a kind of embodiment, the free end of the upper link is extended in the external auditory canal of user, thus by the acoustic portion Part fixed clamp is on user's auricle.For example, the free end of the upper link can also have interior buckle, for resisting the external ear The inner wall in road.The interior buckle includes two end of threads from the elasticity that the free end extends out, one for elastic piece or Elastic ring, for resisting the ear turn of bilge above user's external auditory canal, another is elastic, for being against the inner wall of external auditory canal.

In another embodiment, the link includes the lower link of arc, and described lower link one end extends to the acoustic Component, the other end are used for around extending in the external auditory canal in front of user's auricle below the auricle of user, thus by the biography Sound component fixed clamp is on user's auricle.The free end of the lower link can also have interior buckle, for resisting the external ear The inner wall in road.

For example, the interior buckle includes two end of threads from the elasticity that the free end extends out, one is elastic piece Or elastic ring, for resisting the ear turn of bilge above user's external auditory canal, another is elastic, for being against the inner wall of external auditory canal On.

It further, further include installation circuit unit inside housings, the circuit unit includes power supply and control panel, The circuit unit is arranged in the rear end of the acoustic component, and with the acoustic component connection.

In a kind of embodiment, the ear-hang component is to have figurate fashion-part or the ear after being bent Hanging component includes elastomeric element, built-in for having figurate sizing bar after being bent the ear-hang component.

Preferably, the software acoustic is removably mounted on the acoustic component, and the acoustic face is located at described soft The outside wall surface of body acoustic part.

It preferably, further include the pickup portion for being mounted on the enclosure interior and passing through connection with the circuit unit Part, the pickup component include microphone, and microphone aperture is provided with the surface of shell.

For example, the microphone aperture is provided with the free end of the link, and it is directed away from the direction setting of user's ear.

The present invention makes acoustic face tightly push away fitting auricle, or tightly push away by being arranged acoustic component after user's dorsum auriculae It is bonded at the basal part of the ear after dorsum auriculae between head, good acoustic effect and fixed effect is not only maintained, also by acoustic portion Most of structure steganography of part plays stealthy effect after ear to a certain extent, and not only structure is beautiful, but also meets portion The use demand for dividing monaural audition to be damaged personage.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the bone conduction auditory prosthesis structure chart of the first embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 2 is the bone conduction auditory prosthesis structure chart of second of embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 3 is the bone conduction auditory prosthesis structure chart of the third embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 4 is the bone conduction auditory prosthesis structure chart of the third embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 5 is that the bone conduction auditory prosthesis of an embodiment of the present invention is worn on the structure chart after ear.

Specific embodiment

Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The behind-the-ear bone conduction auditory prosthesis of various embodiments of the present invention can be ossiphone, or osophone, Include mainly the component parts such as shell, acoustic component, circuit unit, may also include pickup component or bluetooth component etc. certainly.

Specific product form according to the present invention, a kind of acoustic component of the ossiphone of embodiment is integrated in the housing, Circuit unit and pickup component can be integrated in an individual pickup box, pass through the line of certain length between shell and pickup box Road connection, to realize that the circuit between circuit unit and pickup component and acoustic component is connected；The bone conduction of another embodiment helps It listens the acoustic component, circuit unit and pickup component of device to integrate in the housing, is easily worn so that product is more compact；There are also one kind The acoustic component of the osophone of embodiment, circuit block, bluetooth component integrate in the housing.

Specifically, the shell of bone conduction auditory prosthesis of the present invention includes that inner containment is equipped with for transmitting sound to user The acoustic component of signal, has on acoustic component for bone conduction auditory prosthesis to be correctly worn on after user ear and contacts the soft of bone Body acoustic part after the software acoustic part can tightly push away user's ear from back to front, and makes the acoustic face of software acoustic part be close to user Bone after ear；In addition, one end of shell includes ear-hang component, have for partly or entirely around user's auricle, Xiang Chuanyin Component force makes the link after its tight ear pushing.The setting of link is so that entire auditory prosthesis installation is firm is not easy to fall, while really The acoustic face for protecting acoustic component is fitted closely with the bone after user's ear, to enhance acoustic effect.

As shown in Figure 1, the bone conduction auditory prosthesis of the first embodiment of the invention includes shell 1, which can be hollow Plastic parts, or part solid core design can be integrally formed also by multiple component parts by the modes group such as bonding, splicing It closes.The 1 content Naan of shell of the auditory prosthesis of the present embodiment be equipped with acoustic component 2 comprising oscillator and with oscillator directly or It is indirectly connected with, is mounted on the equal other components of software acoustic part 21 towards user's ear side.It is connected to the link of 1 upper end of shell 3 include the upper link of arc, and link one end extends to the position of acoustic component 2 on this, and the other end is used for the auricle along user Side is around extending in front of user's auricle, so that the fixation of acoustic component 2 is suspended on user's auricle.Upper extension as shown in this figure Ring-shaped is similar to U-shaped but is more bonded profile above the ear of user, it is made to extend to the free end in front of auricle and shell Clamping force is formed between one end of upper installation acoustic component 2, entire auditory prosthesis is firmly clamped on ear.

As shown in Fig. 2, the bone conduction auditory prosthesis of second of embodiment is similar with Fig. 1 structure, it is more firm in order to make to wear, The fitting effect in the software acoustic face 21 of acoustic component 2 is more preferable, and the present embodiment not only has upper link as shown in Figure 1, but also The extension 31 that setting is adapted to ear's chamfered shape below one end of acoustic component 2 is installed on shell.

On the basis of Fig. 1 and the bone conduction auditory prosthesis shown in Fig. 2 with upper link, in embodiment shown in Fig. 3, upper extension The development length of ring increases, and free end may extend in the external auditory canal of user, so as to which acoustic component fixed clamp exists On user's auricle.So that bone conduction auditory prosthesis both ends stress balance, wears more firm.It is further firm to wear, upper extension The free end of ring can also have interior buckle, for resisting the inner wall of external auditory canal.As shown in figure 4, the bone conduction hearing aid of the present embodiment fills Set from 3 direction of link unlike Fig. 1 structure, that is, be connected to the lower link of the link 3 including arc of 1 upper end of shell, the lower extension Ring one end extends to the position of acoustic component 2, and wearing mode is as shown in figure 4, the other end is used to surround below the auricle of user It extends in the external auditory canal of user, thus by 2 fixed clamp of acoustic component on user's auricle.Lower link shape as shown in this figure Shape is also similar to that U-shaped, but is more bonded profile below the ear of user, extends to it on free end and shell of external auditory canal and pacifies It fills and forms clamping force between one end of acoustic component 2, entire auditory prosthesis is firmly clamped on ear.According to specific shape Shape design, can also make the free end of lower link fill in ear canal hole, enter ear canal to completely cut off external voice, avoid connecing auditory prosthesis The sound that quiets down forms interference.Likewise, the free end of lower link can also have interior buckle, for resisting the inner wall of external auditory canal.

In addition to the link shape shown in Fig. 1-4, according to user demand, also settable other parts or entirely around user The shape of ear's profile, all belongs to the scope of protection of the present invention.

In various embodiments above, in auditory prosthesis use process, acoustic face makes stealthy effect more after being attached to user's ear It is good.Acoustic face is set to the scheme of hipbone position in front of ear, hearing aid dress of the present invention different from many auditory prosthesis in the market The acoustic mask body bonding position set can be any cartilage site after dorsum auriculae, be also possible on the skull at ear rear portion, example Such as mastoid, due to bonding position difference, the shape in acoustic face can also carry out match selection, and it is good and hidden that one kind being adjacent to effect Property relatively good position be the ear portion, i.e., the position intersected between head after user's ear, correspondingly, the extension shape in acoustic face Shape and the position, i.e., it is substantially uniform with the basal part of the ear bone extension shape after user's ear between head, for being close to basal part of the ear bone, Ensure acoustic effect.Skeletal shape is some or all of substantially after the extension shape in acoustic face and the dorsum auriculae of user can also be designed Unanimously, for being close to bone after dorsum auriculae.The curve form in acoustic face can flexible design according to demand, such as can with acoustic The corresponding position of the oscillator of component is raised (towards user ear under wearing state) outward, is more adjacent to user's basal part of the ear.With reference to Fig. 3, the acoustic face of the software acoustic part 21 of each embodiment can design the direction under wearing state and oppress acoustic bone part The smooth protrusion 210 of position, the smooth lug boss 210 generally hills shape, the other positions in apex ratio acoustic face it is slightly higher and from The smooth protrusion of other positions, the structure design so that the conduction of voice signal is concentrated mainly on the corresponding bone of smooth lug boss 210 At bone, the transmission energy of oscillator is more concentrated, and osteoacusis effect is more preferable.

It in the above various embodiments, is just used in order to which product is more compact, circuit unit may be mounted at enclosure interior, circuit group Part mainly includes power supply and control panel, circuit unit and 2 connection of acoustic component, it is specific be arranged position can flexible setting, example The rear end of the acoustic component 2 is set such as circuit unit and is combined together with acoustic component 2, concealment is more preferable.

In the above various embodiments, under a kind of preferred mode, in order to make link 3 meet various different head dummys and head ruler Very little, ear type and ear's size, ear-hang component can be have figurate fashion-part after being bent, as shown in figure 4, It include elastomeric element in the ear-hang component of software, hollow structure is built-in for having figurate sizing after being bent it Bar 4.Wire, such as stainless steel wire, iron wire etc. can be selected in the material of sizing bar or ear-hang component.By this structure, use Family for the first time use auditory prosthesis when, link 3 can be bent into be bonded the most with the head of oneself and ear, comfort level most Shape high, acoustic effect is best, it is subsequent in use, this shape will keep being formed, it is worn every time convenient for user.

Under normal conditions, the side that acoustic component 2 is adjacent to bone is software acoustic part 21, and in each embodiment of this patent, Can be used detachable software acoustic part 21, i.e., software acoustic part 21 be removably mounted on shell with acoustic component 2 other Component part normally combines, and the acoustic face of software acoustic part 21 is located at the outside wall surface of fitting user's bone.It is this design so that with Family can select installation to have the software acoustic part 21 of different shape and size acoustic face according to different skeletal structures, meet Individual demand.

In addition, various embodiments of the present invention may also include installation and circuit unit passes through the pickup component of connection, it is used for External voice signal is received, and passes to acoustic component 2 after handling by circuit unit, which includes microphone, such as In structure shown in Fig. 4, the free end of link is arranged in for pickup component and i.e. the direction far from user's ear is arranged, pickup effect Preferably, the case where normal ear listens to sound is simulated.In another embodiment, pickup component installation inside housings with biography The adjacent position of sound component, and pass through connection with circuit unit and be isolated with acoustic component by certain mode and avoid producing Life is uttered long and high-pitched sounds, and the microphone aperture of pickup component is provided with surface of shell under this mode, and position is arranged after user's ear after wearing.It will Pickup component is integrated in the intracorporal scheme of shell and makes auditory prosthesis more compact and stealth, and more convenient to use.

In the above various embodiments, when the free end of upper link or lower link has internal buckle portion, interior buckle includes two From end of thread in the elasticity that free end extends out, one is elastic piece or elastic ring, for resisting above user's external auditory canal Ear turn of bilge, another is elastic, for being against the inner wall of external auditory canal.During user wears, end of thread point in two elasticity Be not stuck in position different in ear, and generate a degree of deformation, using deformation generate tension make upper link or Lower link is held in ear, and auditory prosthesis is avoided to fall.

In addition, the auditory prosthesis of the above various embodiments of the present invention, when as hearing aid, can also increase hearing verification and correction Function, specifically, auditory prosthesis further include embedded hearing correction verification module and embedded hearing rectification module, two module difference With circuit unit by connection, embedded hearing correction verification module is used to detect the hearing feature data of user, embedded to listen Power rectification module is used for according to the hearing feature data, automatic straightening hearing aid gain parameter.Further, it may also include user Interactive module is connect with circuit unit, for by setting operation step, starting auditory prosthesis to enter hearing checking mode.

The present embodiment auditory prosthesis realizes that the concrete mode of hearing verification and correction is；

User interactive module (such as button, acoustic control module or touch-control module), starts embedded hearing detection module, into Enter hearing detection mode；

Embedded hearing detection module exports in 125Hz to 8KHz range in selected initial detection frequency point intermittence It is gradually increased the circuit unit of the auditory prosthesis of audio frequency-fixed signal extremely, circuit unit drives phonation unit to start selected Frequency point Hearing detection；During hearing detection, embedded hearing detection module real-time monitoring and reception user interactive module input Audio identification confirmation signal；

Embedded hearing detection module receives user interactive module input during selected Frequency point hearing detection After audio identification confirmation signal, stop selected Frequency point hearing detection, records selected Frequency point hearing test data, start next A selected Frequency point hearing detection is until all selected Frequency point hearing detection is completed；

Embedded hearing detection module exports user's hearing feature data to embedded hearing rectification module.

Then, according to the detailed process of user's hearing feature data automatic straightening hearing aid gain parameter are as follows:

Auditory prosthesis enters hearing correction mode, according to user's hearing feature data automatic straightening hearing aid gain parameter；

After auditory prosthesis receives the hearing verification confirmation signal of user interactive module input, by automatic straightening hearing aid gain Parameter is updated to the circuit module of hearing aid.

Further, embedded hearing rectification module extracts the customer parameter of auditory prosthesis, to correct hearing aid gain parameter.

The above content is specific embodiment is combined, further detailed description of the invention, and it cannot be said that this hair Bright specific implementation is only limited to these instructions.For those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, it is not taking off Under the premise of from present inventive concept, several simple deductions, replacement and functional module can also be made and deleted, all shall be regarded as belonging to Protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (18)

1. a kind of behind-the-ear bone conduction auditory prosthesis, which is characterized in that including shell；

The enclosure interior receiving is equipped with acoustic component, and the software acoustic part of the acoustic component for tightly pushing away use from back to front After the ear of family, and the acoustic face of the software acoustic part is made to be close to the bone after user's ear；

One end of the shell includes ear-hang component, is had for partly or entirely around user's auricle, Xiang Suoshu acoustic component Force makes the link after its tight ear pushing.

2. auditory prosthesis as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that after the extension shape in the acoustic face and user's ear with head Basal part of the ear bone extension shape between portion is consistent, for being close to the basal part of the ear bone.

3. auditory prosthesis as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the extension shape in the acoustic face and the dorsum auriculae of user Skeletal shape is consistent afterwards, for being close to bone after the dorsum auriculae.

4. auditory prosthesis as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that have on the acoustic face for direction and local compression The smooth lug boss of the acoustic bone.

5. auditory prosthesis as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the link includes the upper link of arc, it is described on Link one end extends to the acoustic component, and the other end is used to surround above the auricle of user and extend in front of user's auricle, To which acoustic component fixation is suspended on user's auricle.

6. auditory prosthesis as described in claim 5, which is characterized in that the free end of the upper link extends to the outer of user In ear canal, thus by the acoustic component fixed clamp on user's auricle.

7. auditory prosthesis as claimed in claim 6, which is characterized in that the free end of the upper link also has interior buckle, uses In the inner wall for resisting the external auditory canal.

8. auditory prosthesis as claimed in claim 7, which is characterized in that the interior buckle includes two and extends from the free end End of thread in elasticity out, one is elastic piece or elastic ring, for resisting the ear turn of bilge above user's external auditory canal, another For elastic, for being against the inner wall of external auditory canal.

9. auditory prosthesis as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the link includes the lower link of arc, the lower extension Ring one end extends to the acoustic component, and the other end is used for below the auricle of user outer in front of user's auricle around extending to In ear canal, thus by the acoustic component fixed clamp on user's auricle.

10. auditory prosthesis as claimed in claim 8, which is characterized in that the free end of the lower link also has interior buckle, uses In the inner wall for resisting the external auditory canal.

11. auditory prosthesis as claimed in claim 10, which is characterized in that the interior buckle includes two and prolongs from the free end End of thread in the elasticity stretched, one be elastic piece or elastic ring, it is another for resisting the ear turn of bilge above user's external auditory canal A is elastic, for being against the inner wall of external auditory canal.

12. auditory prosthesis according to any one of claims 1-5, which is characterized in that further include installing inside housings Circuit unit, the circuit unit includes power supply and control panel, and the rear end of the acoustic component is arranged in the circuit unit, And with the acoustic component connection.

13. auditory prosthesis according to any one of claims 1-5, which is characterized in that the ear-hang component is to be bent After to have figurate fashion-part or the ear-hang component include elastomeric element, it is built-in for making the ear-hang component Has figurate sizing bar after being bent.

14. auditory prosthesis according to any one of claims 1-5, which is characterized in that the software acoustic is removably It is mounted on the acoustic component, the acoustic face is located at the outside wall surface of the software acoustic part.

15. auditory prosthesis according to any one of claims 1-5, which is characterized in that further include being mounted on the link Free end and with the circuit unit by the pickup component of connection, the pickup component includes microphone, and microphone Hole is directed away from the direction setting of user's ear.

16. auditory prosthesis according to any one of claims 1-5, which is characterized in that further include being mounted on the shell Pickup component that is internal and passing through connection with the circuit unit, the pickup component are isolated with the acoustic component, institute Stating pickup component includes microphone, and microphone aperture is provided with the surface of shell.

17. auditory prosthesis according to claim 12, which is characterized in that further include embedded hearing correction verification module and insertion Formula hearing rectification module, respectively with the circuit unit by connection, the embedded hearing correction verification module is for detecting The hearing feature data of user, the embedded hearing rectification module are used for according to the hearing feature data, and automatic straightening helps Listen gain parameter.

18. auditory prosthesis as claimed in claim 17, which is characterized in that further include user interactive module, with the circuit group Part connection, for starting the auditory prosthesis and entering hearing checking mode by setting operation step.