EP0671115A1 - Procede de fixation d'un dispositif electro-acoustique sur la surface ou a l'interieur de l'oreille et dispositif electro-acoustique - Google Patents

Procede de fixation d'un dispositif electro-acoustique sur la surface ou a l'interieur de l'oreille et dispositif electro-acoustique

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EP0671115A1
EP0671115A1 EP93901692A EP93901692A EP0671115A1 EP 0671115 A1 EP0671115 A1 EP 0671115A1 EP 93901692 A EP93901692 A EP 93901692A EP 93901692 A EP93901692 A EP 93901692A EP 0671115 A1 EP0671115 A1 EP 0671115A1
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skin
electro
ear
coupling system
securing
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EP0671115B1 (fr
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Jens Bang
Michel Diot
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GN Hearing AS
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GN Danavox AS
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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
    • H04R25/604—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; 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
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
    • H04R25/656—Non-customized, universal ear tips, i.e. ear tips which are not specifically adapted to the size or shape of the ear or ear canal

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a method as presented in the pre ⁇ amble of claim 1.
  • Electro-acoustic devices to be placed at or in the ear have been known for several decades. Such devices are usually secured by means of a securing member, for example a carry ⁇ ing device in a headset, or by the electro-acoustic device being designed so that it is individually adapted to the ear to be mounted either externally on the ear or intern ⁇ ally in the auditory canal or in the outer ear, like for example an electronic hearing aid.
  • a securing member for example a carry ⁇ ing device in a headset
  • the electro-acoustic device being designed so that it is individually adapted to the ear to be mounted either externally on the ear or intern ⁇ ally in the auditory canal or in the outer ear, like for example an electronic hearing aid.
  • Such a hearing aid requires both mechan ⁇ ical and acoustic adaptation to the ear on or in which it is to be mounted. This adaptation is time consuming and in ⁇ volves periods of waiting for the user, so that often sev ⁇ eral weeks pass from the first hearing test until the hear- ing aid is delivered.
  • the known hearing aids moreover re ⁇ quire a certain period of "getting-used-to", both in re- spect of carrying a device being individually adapted to the ear and in respect of hearing in a new way.
  • In-the-ear hearing aids are moreover secured by individual adaptation only, without particular securing members.
  • the use of de- vices with ear-plugs or in-the-ear devices may also result in various side effects, such as increased cerumen produc ⁇ tion, due to the fact that the auditory canal is closed off for long periods of time.
  • the coupling system may be a glue or an adhesive of a type being compatible with human skin; an electrostatic or an electrodynamic device; a system based on a surface ten ⁇ sion or a change of the surface tension, or another means or system being applicable for securing items to the skin.
  • the coupling system may also be a combination of two or more securing methods.
  • the adhesive may be used different known types of adhesive being acceptable to the skin.
  • the adhesive may be fluent or pastelike; it may be double-faced tape; plaster cut out or punched out in advance, or plaster being cut out into suit ⁇ able pieces, and similar adhesives. This is the reason why in some cases it may be advantageous to proceed as present ⁇ ed and characterized in claim 3.
  • the aid may be a means for applying the adhesive, or it may directly carry the adhes ⁇ ive.
  • the invention will also be able to be applied in connection with in-the-ear hearing aids having a standard or a universal shell fitting tightly, or almost tightly, to the auditory canal, if the outside of the shell is elastic or deformable.
  • Such hearing aids which do not require in ⁇ dividual adaptation to the form or the size of the auditory canal, may be of interest to persons suffering from an ex ⁇ tensive hearing disability rendering heavy amplification necessary.
  • the user must tolerate possible drawbacks caused by the acoustic coupling: so-called “closed hearing” or almost “closed hearing”.
  • all the remaining ad ⁇ vantages of the invention are achieved, i.e. the securing and the fact that the individual mechanical adaptation is rendered unnecessary.
  • the invention also relates to an electro-acoustic device arranged to be secured using the above methods.
  • This device may be designed as presented and characterized in claim 7.
  • the device may be prepared to receive the adhesive in many different ways. An area on the surface can for example be particularly designed or marked to show where the adhesive should be applied.
  • the said preparation may also consist in using a particular aid for applying the adhesive to the de ⁇ vice or the skin.
  • the device is preferably a hearing aid as presented and characterized in claim 8.
  • the hearing aid may for example be a remote-controlled hearing aid without outer operating means.
  • the device is operated and adjusted from a master unit, for example a portable remote control unit designed like the known portable master units, i.e. as a pencil or in another way.
  • the device according to the invention By designing the device according to the invention as pre ⁇ sented and characterized in claim 9, all the advantages of the open-hearing principle can be achieved. If the device is a hearing aid, it thus need not in any way mechanically be individually adapted to the ear, which is very advant- ageous in respect of production and storage. It is also an advantage to the user, who need not wait several weeks to have the device mechanically adapted.
  • the device according to the invention is preferably design ⁇ ed as presented and characterized in claim 10. It is hereby achieved that the device is secured without side effects, and in such a manner that the device can be removed and mounted as desired.
  • the means may be mechanical or chemical or a combination of such means.
  • the drawing shows a hearing aid 1 designed according to the invention and secured by means of an adhesive 2 to the tragus 3 of the ear 8.
  • the hearing aid is oblong and slightly curved so that it fills about half of the auditory canal 5. It is naturally placed in such a manner that the sound reproducer 6 is dir ⁇ ected towards the tympanic membrane, and the sound receiver 4 is directed towards the surroundings.
  • the hearing aid is moreover designed with rounded edges and has such a form and size that it can be placed in the human ear without any further mechanical adaptation to the auditory canal being required.
  • hearing aid 1 fills about half of the auditory canal 5 is only an example, as the form and size of the auditory canal as it will be recalled is highly in- dividual.
  • the shown oblong hearing aid is slightly curved, for example bean-shaped, allowing it to fit into most per ⁇ sons' auditory canal.
  • the hearing aid consists of an outer thin shell of plastic, for example acrylic plastic, surrounding the necessary electronic components, i.e. an amplifying circuit with a battery, a sound receiver and a sound reproducer, and pos ⁇ sibly further circuits, for example a telecoil or the like, and means for receiving signals from a master (remote con ⁇ trol unit).
  • a master remote con ⁇ trol unit
  • the hearing aid 1 is secured by applying an adhesive to the plastic shell in a selected place.
  • the adhesive may be ap- plied directly or using the aid.
  • the aid may be arranged to carry the adhesive and any means for cleaning the skin area to which the device is to adhere, for example the tragus.
  • the cleaning means may be based on absorbtion or adsorbtion of skin secretion, for example cerumen.
  • the hearing aid shown in the drawing is only an example of how such a device can be designed and secured according to the invention. It will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that many other embodiments may be conceived also providing the possibility of securing the hearing aid to the ear by means of a coupling system according to the in ⁇ vention, for example by adhesion as shown.
  • the hearing aid or any other electro-acoustic device, is secured to the tragus of the ear should only be regarded as an example of a place where the device accord ⁇ ing to the invention can be secured.
  • the device is secured in other places in the ear or o the outer ear 8.
  • a device for example a behind-the ear hearing aid, might as well be secured behind the oute ear 8, so as to avoid the hook-shaped suspension method ex ⁇ tensively used with behind-the-ear hearing aids today.
  • the above example is a hearing aid. It will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that other types of electro-acoustic devices also will be able to be secured using the method according to the invention, for example transducers for portable radios, tape recorders, CD players, etc. or different types of headsets.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)

Abstract

Procédé de fixation d'un dispositif électro-acoustique sur la surface ou à l'intérieur de l'oreille (8) chez l'homme. On met le procédé en application en fixant le dispositif, par exemple une prothèse auditive (1), à l'épiderme de la surface ou de l'intérieur de l'oreille, par exemple sur la tragus (3), au moyen d'un adhésif (2).
EP93901692A 1992-09-21 1992-11-05 Procede de fixation d'un dispositif electro-acoustique a l'interieur ou partiellement a l'interieur de l'oreille Expired - Lifetime EP0671115B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DK116692 1992-09-21
DK1166/92 1992-09-21
DK116692A DK116692A (da) 1992-09-21 1992-09-21 Fremgagnsmåde til fastgørelse af en elektro-akustisk anordning og elektro-akustisk anordning til brug ved fremgangsmåden
PCT/DK1992/000322 WO1994007343A1 (fr) 1992-09-21 1992-11-05 Procede de fixation d'un dispositif electro-acoustique sur la surface ou a l'interieur de l'oreille et dispositif electro-acoustique

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EP0671115A1 true EP0671115A1 (fr) 1995-09-13
EP0671115B1 EP0671115B1 (fr) 2002-03-20

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EP (1) EP0671115B1 (fr)
AU (1) AU3254893A (fr)
DE (1) DE69232502T2 (fr)
DK (1) DK116692A (fr)
WO (1) WO1994007343A1 (fr)

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EP0671115B1 (fr) 2002-03-20
DE69232502T2 (de) 2002-10-31
DK116692A (da) 1994-03-22
DK116692D0 (da) 1992-09-21
AU3254893A (en) 1994-04-12
WO1994007343A1 (fr) 1994-03-31

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