EP0139106B1 - Am Ohr zu tragendes Hörgerät - Google Patents

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EP0139106B1
EP0139106B1 EP84108460A EP84108460A EP0139106B1 EP 0139106 B1 EP0139106 B1 EP 0139106B1 EP 84108460 A EP84108460 A EP 84108460A EP 84108460 A EP84108460 A EP 84108460A EP 0139106 B1 EP0139106 B1 EP 0139106B1
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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
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2300/00—Orthogonal indexing scheme relating to electric switches, relays, selectors or emergency protective devices covered by H01H
    • H01H2300/004—Application hearing aid
    • 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
    • H04R2225/61—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; 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
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements

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  • the invention relates to a hearing aid to be worn on the ear for the hearing impaired or the hearing impaired with a microphone, amplifier, earpiece, battery and connection to an earmold.
  • BTE devices behind-the-ear devices
  • H. hearing aids connected to or integrated into spectacle frames.
  • the progressive miniaturization of the components has always been used to improve and / or reduce the size of the devices, but was also aware of the fact that this was prosthetics that it was believed to be hidden .
  • the first devices of this type were manufactured in such a way that a hollow, so-called ear cup, was produced with the help of a casting of the outer tube, which fit the ear in question and was provided with a continuous sound channel, which protruded somewhat into the ear canal, after which the components of the Device were attached in the ear cup, which was finally provided with a lid.
  • ear cup a hollow, so-called ear cup
  • the manufacture of simpler and cheaper hearing aids in the outer ear can be achieved by installing the components in a device housing which is shaped in such a way that it fits somewhat into the concha of a normal ear.
  • a device housing which is shaped in such a way that it fits somewhat into the concha of a normal ear.
  • Such a device is shown, for example, by CH-A-528 198.
  • This device has a two-part housing with standard dimensions, which contains the handset, the battery and contact elements in one part, the microphone, the amplifier with connection contacts and the volume control in the other part. This device is being assembled and could be worn in the ear canal.
  • this device housing be accommodated in a recess which is adapted to the shape of the housing in an ear mold which has been individually adapted, but which can also be a standard design which approximately fits most ears.
  • Hearing aids of this type can then have a clumsy and ugly appearance, and different manufacture is necessary for the right and left ear.
  • Such a device can only be used to a limited extent by a hearing care professional.
  • the object underlying the invention was therefore to create a hearing aid that is as small and inconspicuous as possible, which can be used for both the right and the left ear and which, despite its small size, contains all the parts required for the hearing aid as such, including the battery, simply to use and easy to adapt to the ear.
  • a hearing aid of the type mentioned at the outset in that all of the above-mentioned parts are accommodated in a single flat cylindrical housing in the device to be worn directly on the concha, the cover of which is rotatably mounted about a hollow axis serving as sound input channel and on the one hand interacts with an on / off switch and on the other hand carries at least one grinder on its inside, which serves as volume control in contact with at least one resistance track, and that the sound outlet connection is arranged eccentrically on the underside of the housing opposite the cover.
  • the arrangement is such that two resistance tracks and two grinders are provided, that the lid also carries an extension on its underside, which serves as an end stop and as a switching cam for the on / off switch, and finally on the top of the battery compartment, battery contact springs are provided which can be actuated by the switching cam.
  • FIG. 1 to 3 you can now see in detail a cylindrical housing 1 with a flat, slightly curved cover 2 with a closure bushing 3 which can be inserted from above and has a sound inlet opening 4.
  • This closure bushing is inserted with slight pressure into the hollow central axis 5, which has a diametrically extending slot and is expanded somewhat by inserting the bushing, as a result of which the cover is rotatably fastened to the axis 5. This prevents the cover from being removed, but it still remains rotatable. This is necessary because all of the operating functions are to be performed by the rotatable cover alone.
  • On the inside of the cover there is a cam 7 which interacts with the battery contact springs 8 and 9 for closing and opening the switching thereby formed.
  • This cam 7 also serves as a stop for limiting the rotational movement of the cover 2.
  • Two sliding contact springs 10 are also attached to the cover 2, which in the preferred embodiment are attached to the hub of the cover 2 by means of a common contact ring and small protruding knobs. These sliding contact springs slide on two resistance tracks 11, which are provided for a volume control and for a sound pressure control. This means that even with such a small device, it is possible to reduce the sound pressure at the same time as the volume is reduced, as was only possible today with much larger devices.
  • Another important feature is the sound inlet opening 4 in the middle of the cover and the hollow central axis, which has a slot 12 in its central part, into which a sound channel leading to the microphone is inserted.
  • a space 13 for a microphone, a space 14 for electrical components for the amplifier and a space 15 for the amplifier itself are provided in the housing.
  • the microphone 16 can be seen in FIG. 3, as can the receiver 17.
  • the planes of the membranes of the microphone and receiver are perpendicular to one another.
  • a battery compartment 18, a battery 19 and a connecting piece 20 for an earmold can also be seen purely schematically.
  • the connecting piece 20 is arranged eccentrically. This is again of particular importance, in particular because the housing 1 is rotationally symmetrical and therefore no prescribed orientation of the housing to the concha has to be observed.
  • the device is first inserted into the concha without an earmold and rotated as a whole until the sound outlet connector 20 comes as close as possible to the entrance of the auditory canal. This position is recorded.
  • the counterpart of a sound channel which can be snapped into the connecting piece is molded into the earmold to be produced thereafter. If you want to clean the earmold, you can easily separate it from the new hearing aid.
  • Such an earpiece normally has a coupling ring into which an annular spring or an annular wire or a rubber ring is cast, so that the sound outlet of the hearing aid can be snapped into the earpiece.
  • the latching mechanism is now moved into the sound outlet nozzle, while the earmold only has a cast-in ring without a spring.
  • the newly designed sound outlet nozzle therefore has a thin wall 21 that thickens downward on the outside and yields when the earmold is put on.
  • a circular cylindrical cavity Between this outer thin wall and the inner tube 22 is a circular cylindrical cavity which is filled with a rubber-like material 23. This rubber-like material prevents possible adverse effects on the acoustic properties of the device through this type of coupling.
  • the sound tube leading to the listener is then clamped into the inner tube 22.

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  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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EP84108460A 1983-08-16 1984-07-18 Am Ohr zu tragendes Hörgerät Expired EP0139106B1 (de)

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AT (1) ATE35495T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (3) DE3329473A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NO (1) NO160640C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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NO160640B (no) 1989-01-30
NO160640C (no) 1989-05-10
DE8323464U1 (de) 1983-11-10
ATE35495T1 (de) 1988-07-15
EP0139106A1 (de) 1985-05-02
YU138984A (en) 1987-02-28
NO843228L (no) 1985-02-18
DE3329473A1 (de) 1985-03-07
US4550227A (en) 1985-10-29
DE3329473C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1992-01-09
JPS60105400A (ja) 1985-06-10
JPH0446519B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1992-07-30

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