EP0098421A3 - Electric hearing aid - Google Patents

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EP0098421A3
EP0098421A3 EP83105876A EP83105876A EP0098421A3 EP 0098421 A3 EP0098421 A3 EP 0098421A3 EP 83105876 A EP83105876 A EP 83105876A EP 83105876 A EP83105876 A EP 83105876A EP 0098421 A3 EP0098421 A3 EP 0098421A3
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Reinhard Kern
Gerhard Krauss
Helmut Schlosser
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Siemens AG
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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
    • 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 
    • H04R1/227—Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired frequency characteristic only  using transducers reproducing the same frequency band
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; 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; 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
    • H04R25/48—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception 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; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/59—Arrangements for selective connection between one or more amplifiers and one or more receivers within one hearing aid

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment comprises an acoustic signal pickup, amplification and reproduction sections wherein the latter contains a plurality of sound sources which influence a shared sound transmission arrangement collecting the sound, influencing it upon formation of a specific transfer characteristic. Given such hearing aids, the originally set frequency characteristic should also be maintained given the maximally attainable output level. To this end, the disclosure provides two identical sound sources, proceeding from which the generated sound is supplied to the ear with specific adaptation to a particular individual hearing loss. For example, the desired transfer characteristic is achieved by establishing selected differential transmission properties for the respective acoustic channels leading from the respective sound sources to the shared passage leading to the ear. An inventively improved hearing aid is particularly suitable for employment as a hearing prothesis for hearing-impaired persons.
EP83105876A 1982-07-01 1983-06-15 Electric hearing aid Expired EP0098421B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT83105876T ATE34899T1 (en) 1982-07-01 1983-06-15 ELECTRICAL HEARING AID.

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DE19823224614 DE3224614A1 (en) 1982-07-01 1982-07-01 ELECTRIC HOURER
DE3224614 1982-07-01

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EP0098421A2 EP0098421A2 (en) 1984-01-18
EP0098421A3 true EP0098421A3 (en) 1985-04-17
EP0098421B1 EP0098421B1 (en) 1988-06-01

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US (1) US4629833A (en)
EP (1) EP0098421B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS5922500A (en)
AT (1) ATE34899T1 (en)
CA (1) CA1211831A (en)
DE (3) DE3224614A1 (en)
DK (1) DK301083A (en)

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EP0098421A2 (en) 1984-01-18
DE3224614A1 (en) 1984-01-05
CA1211831A (en) 1986-09-23
EP0098421B1 (en) 1988-06-01
DE3376950D1 (en) 1988-07-07
JPS5922500A (en) 1984-02-04
DK301083D0 (en) 1983-06-30
DK301083A (en) 1984-01-02
DE8218876U1 (en) 1985-12-05
US4629833A (en) 1986-12-16
ATE34899T1 (en) 1988-06-15

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