EP0836364A3 - Hearing aid - Google Patents

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EP0836364A3
EP0836364A3 EP97116809A EP97116809A EP0836364A3 EP 0836364 A3 EP0836364 A3 EP 0836364A3 EP 97116809 A EP97116809 A EP 97116809A EP 97116809 A EP97116809 A EP 97116809A EP 0836364 A3 EP0836364 A3 EP 0836364A3
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hearing aid
guide structure
sound
sound guide
microphone
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EP0836364B1 (en
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Zlatan Ribic
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Resound-Viennatone Hortechnologie 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04R25/45—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback
    • H04R25/456—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback mechanically
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2460/09—Non-occlusive ear tips, i.e. leaving the ear canal open, for both custom and non-custom tips

Abstract

A hearing aid with a microphone, an amplifier arrangement connected to the microphone and a sound generator energized by the amplifier and having an output connected to a sound guide structure (10, 10', 10'') which is directed toward an ear, or respectively, an eardrum of a user, wherein between the auditory canal (6) and the sound guide structure (10' ,10', 10''), a gap remains permitting passage of ambient sounds. In order to prevent fringe haul-generating feedback coupling in spite of the small and compact dimensions of the hearing aid, the sound guide structure (10, 10' 10'') includes a plurality of air containing channels of different lengths having staggered sound discharge openings.
EP19970116809 1996-10-11 1997-09-26 Hearing aid Expired - Lifetime EP0836364B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT179696A AT403867B (en) 1996-10-11 1996-10-11 HEARING AID
AT179696 1996-10-11
AT1796/96 1996-10-11

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EP0836364A2 EP0836364A2 (en) 1998-04-15
EP0836364A3 true EP0836364A3 (en) 2003-03-19
EP0836364B1 EP0836364B1 (en) 2006-08-23

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EP19970116809 Expired - Lifetime EP0836364B1 (en) 1996-10-11 1997-09-26 Hearing aid

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AT (1) AT403867B (en)
DE (1) DE69736541T2 (en)

Families Citing this family (7)

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DE29918139U1 (en) * 1999-10-14 2000-05-25 Hoergeraete Seifert Gmbh Otoplasty for behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids
ATE262769T1 (en) * 1999-10-14 2004-04-15 Erich Bayer OTOPLASTY FOR BEHIND-THE-EAR (HDO) HEARING AIDS
DE50112935D1 (en) 2000-06-02 2007-10-11 Erich Bayer OTOPLASTY FOR REAR EAR (HDO) HEARING EQUIPMENT
JP2005277792A (en) * 2004-03-25 2005-10-06 Nappu Enterprise Kk Oscillation/echo canceller system
DE102006029726A1 (en) * 2006-06-28 2008-01-10 Siemens Audiologische Technik Gmbh Hearing aid
US8401213B2 (en) * 2008-03-31 2013-03-19 Cochlear Limited Snap-lock coupling system for a prosthetic device
DK3522568T3 (en) 2018-01-31 2021-05-03 Oticon As HEARING AID WHICH INCLUDES A VIBRATOR TOUCHING AN EAR MUSSEL

Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4629833A (en) * 1982-07-01 1986-12-16 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Electric hearing aid
EP0455203A2 (en) * 1990-05-01 1991-11-06 Knowles Electronics, Inc. Dual outlet passage hearing aid transducer

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4629833A (en) * 1982-07-01 1986-12-16 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Electric hearing aid
EP0455203A2 (en) * 1990-05-01 1991-11-06 Knowles Electronics, Inc. Dual outlet passage hearing aid transducer

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DE69736541D1 (en) 2006-10-05
ATA179696A (en) 1997-10-15
AT403867B (en) 1998-06-25
EP0836364A2 (en) 1998-04-15
EP0836364B1 (en) 2006-08-23
DE69736541T2 (en) 2007-08-23

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