EP0639932A2 - Prothèse auditive à porter derrière l'oreille - Google Patents

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EP0639932A2
EP0639932A2 EP94112150A EP94112150A EP0639932A2 EP 0639932 A2 EP0639932 A2 EP 0639932A2 EP 94112150 A EP94112150 A EP 94112150A EP 94112150 A EP94112150 A EP 94112150A EP 0639932 A2 EP0639932 A2 EP 0639932A2
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Hans Henneberger
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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
    • H04R25/607—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of earhooks
    • 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
    • H04R2225/021—Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids
    • H04R2225/0213—Constructional details of earhooks, e.g. shape, material

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  • the invention relates to a hearing aid to be worn behind the ear with a carrying hook having a sound channel, which can be detachably attached to a tubular connecting piece fastened in the hearing device housing and protruding from the housing, the connecting piece in the housing being connected to a sound transducer by means of a sound conductor.
  • a hearing aid to be worn behind the ear is known, with a protruding from the device housing, which has an external thread for attachment to a plastic support part (support hook, glasses bracket adapter), a sound channel running in the support part and the threaded connector, for sound conduction from a sound transducer in the device housing to the sound channel of the supporting part, is designed as a pipe connector and can be screwed into a cylindrical section of the sound channel.
  • BTE hearing aids of this type contain the electrical components of the hearing aid, such as the microphone, amplifier, battery and handset, in a crescent or banana-shaped housing.
  • the sound emitted by the listener leaves the hearing aid housing through a pipe socket to which a support part, for example in the form of a support hook, can be screwed.
  • a sound channel runs through the carrying hook, the continuation of which forms a hose line that can be connected to the carrying hook end and ends in an ear olive that can be inserted into the ear canal of the hearing device wearer.
  • an eyeglass temple adapter is screwed to the pipe socket of the hearing aid, so the hearing aid can be worn in the form of hearing glasses.
  • the detachable connection between the hearing aid and the carrying part is only of minor importance.
  • the releasable connection can then be designed as a screw connection, the formwork connector on the hearing device having an external thread and the beginning of the formwork duct in the support part having an internal thread.
  • a plug-in connection or a push-button connection are mentioned as further detachable connections. Pins or screws are proposed as safeguards against twisting.
  • the object of the invention is in hearing aids, in particular BTE devices and hearing glasses of the type described above Type to create a detachable connection between the hearing aid and its support part, which is a good sound line connection even after repeated loosening and which is easy to manufacture and forms a detachable snap connection secured against rotation, which can be easily coupled and decoupled without additional securing means.
  • connection piece for the torsion-proof connection to the support hook has an end piece in the form of a polygon that a cylindrical or oval piece is attached to the end piece on the side of the connection piece facing the housing Stub section adjoins that this stub section has at least one locking and sealing means, that the support hook or the support part has a recess in the end section of its sound channel as a receiving means for the polygon of the connection piece, and that this recess towards a free support hook connection end in a cylindrical or oval opening section for receiving the corresponding nozzle section.
  • a simple embodiment of the invention is achieved in that the nozzle section has at least one circumferential bead as a locking and sealing means and that at least one corresponding circumferential groove is provided in the support hook opening section.
  • the socket section has at least one circumferential groove as a locking and sealing means and at least one corresponding circumferential bead is provided in the support hook opening section.
  • the housing of a hearing aid to be worn behind the ear is designated by 1. It consists of a curved first housing part running on the back of the ear cup and a second housing part forming a cover for this purpose. Both housing parts can be designed in the form of a shell, but it is also possible for one housing part to form a shell and the second housing part to form a matching end cover.
  • the device components such as microphone, amplifier, receiver and power source, are usually housed.
  • a sound transducer 6 receiveriver
  • a battery 20 that can be inserted into a battery drawer 21 are shown.
  • a support hook 2 (support part) in which a sound channel 3 runs.
  • a tubular connector 4 is used to hold the support hook 2 on the housing 1.
  • a double flange 17 is formed on the plastic pipe connector 4, between which a housing web 18 engages.
  • the nozzle 4 protruding from the front of a housing opening is connected via a sound line 5 to the output of the sound transducer (receiver) 6.
  • the part of the nozzle 4 protruding from the housing 1 has an end piece 7 designed as a polygon and a nozzle section 8 of round or oval cross section.
  • this nozzle section 8 carries a circumferential bead 9 and forms a stop 14 in the transition to the polygon 7.
  • the support hook 2 which can be brought into a non-rotatable, releasable snap-in connection with this part of the connection piece 4 has a recess 11 in the facing end section of its sound channel 3 as a receiving means for the polygon 7 of the connection piece 4. Furthermore, this recess 11 merges in the direction of the free support hook connection end 12 into an opening section 13 which has a round or oval cross section and is designed to accommodate the corresponding connecting piece section 8.
  • the polygon 7 is inserted into the recess 11 and then the locking and sealing connection is made by a short pressure by using the elasticity of the material of the parts to be connected the locking and Sealant 9, 10 of parts 8 and 13 are snapped.
  • connection of the polygon 7 with the matching recess 11 ensures a fitting merging of the parts 4 and 2.
  • the round or oval connecting piece section 8 is snapped together with the associated and adapted opening section 13, the securing and sealing between the bead 9 and the groove 10 is simultaneously effective and also the stop 14 of the socket 4 comes to bear against the transition 15 between the recess 11 and the opening section 13.
  • the socket section 7 is preferably provided with a chamfered end 16.
  • a good releasable locking with a perfect seal is achieved if the depth of the circumferential groove 10 or the increase in the circumferential bead 9 engaging in the groove is about 1/10 mm or if, for example, with a diameter of 3.4 mm for the cylindrical nozzle section 8, the diameter of its bead 9 is about 3.6 mm. With this dimensioning, problem-free loosening of the snap-in connection by pulling apart the individual parts is also easily possible.
  • a coupling part 19 is formed on the support hook 2. About this coupling part 19 at the other free end of the support hook, the sound or the like through a hose not shown. in the ear of the hearing impaired.

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EP94112150A 1993-08-17 1994-08-03 Prothèse auditive à porter derrière l'oreille Expired - Lifetime EP0639932B1 (fr)

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DE4327634A DE4327634C1 (de) 1993-08-17 1993-08-17 Hinter dem Ohr zu tragendes Hörhilfegerät
DE4327634 1993-08-17

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WO2007107154A1 (fr) * 2006-03-21 2007-09-27 Widex A/S dispositif de connexion interchangeable pour connecter un conducteur à une prothèse auditive
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AU2009201228B2 (en) 2008-03-31 2011-09-22 Starkey Laboratories, Inc. Real ear measurement adaptor with internal sound conduit
WO2010016925A1 (fr) 2008-08-08 2010-02-11 Starkey Laboratories, Inc. Système de mesure de niveau de pression acoustique
US8542841B2 (en) 2009-01-12 2013-09-24 Starkey Laboratories, Inc. Method to estimate the sound pressure level at eardrum using measurements away from the eardrum
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DE9014140U1 (de) * 1990-10-11 1990-12-20 Siemens AG, 8000 München Hinter dem Ohr zu tragendes Hörhilfegerät

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WO2007107154A1 (fr) * 2006-03-21 2007-09-27 Widex A/S dispositif de connexion interchangeable pour connecter un conducteur à une prothèse auditive
US7715580B2 (en) 2006-03-21 2010-05-11 Widex A/S Interchangeable attachment means for attaching a conductor to a hearing aid
US11800304B2 (en) 2020-12-10 2023-10-24 Compal Electronics, Inc. Behind-the-ear hearing assistance device

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DK0639932T3 (da) 2002-04-22

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