EP1484943B1 - Hinterohr-Hörgerät - Google Patents

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EP1484943B1
EP1484943B1 EP04015647.3A EP04015647A EP1484943B1 EP 1484943 B1 EP1484943 B1 EP 1484943B1 EP 04015647 A EP04015647 A EP 04015647A EP 1484943 B1 EP1484943 B1 EP 1484943B1
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Andi Vonlanthen
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Sonova Holding 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
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04R25/602—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of batteries
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a behind-the-ear hearing aid according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the device body In such hearing aids, it is customary to construct the device body with a tubular curved housing part, which is divided substantially along generatrices, in two shells.
  • the assembly takes place by opening the shells, inserting the functional units associated with the hearing aid and closing the shells, be this by gluing or screwing.
  • This requires well trained personnel and precise work, both in terms of the insertion of the mentioned functional units, as well as their electrical contact, often by soldering, and finally, as far as the closure of the shells.
  • connection points which are critical with regard to tightness arise along the connected shells.
  • the document GB 2 305 067 discloses a behind-the-ear hearing aid with a curved instrument body, substantially along an equally curved instrument longitudinal axis, in which an acoustic / electrical transducer, an electro-acoustic transducer and an electronics unit are installed.
  • the previously known device body comprises two sections, of which one section contains the amplifier and the other section contains the microphone and / or the loudspeaker.
  • the present invention aims to remedy these disadvantages.
  • the aforementioned hearing aid according to the characterizing part of claim 1 is characterized.
  • the device body comprises a one-piece, at least partially tubular closed housing part.
  • This assembly method the basis of which is provided according to the invention, one-piece, tubular closed housing part is, in contrast to prior art assembly method extremely well for automation.
  • the housing part is completed in a section by means of a lid to a tube closed substantially over its entire length.
  • the interior space is formed with receptacles for the stacked, guided insertion of units to be accommodated in the device.
  • an acoustic Auskopplungsstutzen On one side of the housing part mentioned is an acoustic Auskopplungsstutzen, preferably detachably arranged, the other end is closed by a preferably non-destructively removable cover, to a receiving compartment with at least two electrical contacts. Further on the mentioned device part provided organs, such as the two mentioned cover, control switch, Auskopplungsstutzen etc. are preferably arranged sealingly on the device part.
  • Fig. 1 is shown in a partially simplified longitudinal section illustration of the inventive rear ear hearing aid as a whole, what initially the individual function blocks or functional parts to be described.
  • the hearing aid 1 comprises a horn-shaped curved, tubular base body with a center axis A, which at the thinner, bent end, as an acoustic output, a connection piece 5 for a leading into the ear coupling pipe.
  • the connecting piece 5 is replaceable on a pipe socket 9, which sits on a base housing 3, plugged or screwed.
  • the inner channel 7 of the connecting piece 5 continues through the pipe socket 9 into a transmission channel 11 in the base housing 3.
  • the transmission channel 11 in turn is coupled to an electrical / acoustic transducer assembly 15 in a compartment 13 of the base housing 3.
  • the transmission channel 11 extends along the inner curvature of the base housing 3 such that the outside curvature side a microphone assembly 17 place place.
  • a lid 19 is formed in this area and locked in the areas of the culmination point of the device by means of a plug-in axis 21.
  • the cover 19 extends along generatrices M of the device body until, Fig. 1 ,
  • the microphone assembly 17 is accessible upon removal of the hinged lid 19 and preferably only on a Flexprint tab (not shown) electrically contacted, folded over the transmission channel 11 and is located on a sound entry slot 23rd
  • the insert 25 is acoustically “transparent” and has a plurality of passages between the environment U and a compensation volume V, the latter being left between the discrete microphone entry openings (not shown) and said insert.
  • the insert 25 is preferably made of a sintered material, in particular of sintered polyethylene, and more preferably water-repellent coated. It further forms a mesh fineness between 10 ⁇ m and 200 ⁇ m with an open porosity of preferably more than 70%.
  • microphone assembly 17 and insert 25 are arranged in the slot 23 on the hearing aid 1, that they are exposed to possible hearing aid, as possible no air pressure of the environment U, by - as out Fig. 1 visible - are positioned in the region of the crest of the horn-shaped curved tubular body.
  • acoustic / electrical transducer with directional characteristics using the aforementioned at least two spaced microphones achieved by the proposed intermediate volume V in the sense of a "common mode" suppression, that along the insert 25 differently coupled, same acoustic signals due to the compensatory effect of the volume V tend to cancel.
  • the insert 25 acts as a soil protection and is easy to clean thanks to their preferably water-repellent coating.
  • a cylindrical flat battery or a corresponding shaped battery 33 is inserted, such that the axis of the battery cylinder, with its end faces 33 u and 33 o , at least substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis A of the body.
  • a first resilient contact 35 is provided at the base 30 of the battery compartment 29, centered in the axis A, a second 37 resiliently contacts the side surface of the battery 33.
  • the battery compartment 29 can be closed by a cover 39 which is transverse in the closed position relative to the axis A and which is pivotally or bayonet-mounted on the base housing 3, at 41, or on the battery compartment 29.
  • This transverse arrangement of the battery 33 on the hearing aid has significant advantages:
  • the area closed by the lid 39 is relatively large, which, as will be explained later, can be used further.
  • the battery compartment cover 39 is located at the lowest point of the device and the Deckelstossstellen to the base housing 3 are transverse to the axis A, penetration of sweat in the battery compartment is hardly critical.
  • the contacts 37 and 35 are protected within the compartment, the cover 39 carries no electrical contacts. Further, because the substantially cylindrical interior of the main body 3 is utilized, there is practically no unused, lost space.
  • Fig. 3 is, in perspective, a preferred embodiment of the battery cover 39 shown formed as a hinged lid.
  • the Schnappscharnierteil 43 he is simply from the pivot bearing 41 according Fig. 1 unlatched or latched to it.
  • it has in the following a locking lock 45, together with a resilient latch 46.
  • Fig. 4 is the lid 39 according to Fig. 1 shown in external view.
  • the locking lock 45 is externally operable only with a tool, such as a screwdriver, and has for this purpose, on a turntable 47, an engagement slot 49.
  • the board 47 which is installed only when mounting the locking lock 45 on the hinged lid 39 is specifically colored, in two versions, eg red and blue, which this part is also used as an indication of whether the respective hearing aid is a device for left or right Ear is.
  • the illustrated embodiment of the battery compartment 29, in particular the fact that the flat battery cylinder is coaxial with the axis A of the hearing aid, has a further, substantial advantage.
  • Fig. 1 illustrated battery compartment, as in Fig. 5 represented, converted.
  • the battery 33 is removed from the compartment and instead of the plug-in part 34 of a corresponding additional module 51 is inserted, electrically contacted to the battery contacts corresponding contact points 35a and 37a.
  • the now acting as the actual battery compartment tray 29a with battery 33 is now provided on the additional module 51 and, accordingly, the lid 39, for example, removed from the base housing 3 and latched on the additional module or is engaged in a bayonet.
  • a plurality of such modules 51 am in Fig. 1 illustrated basic module of the hearing aid are stacked.
  • the respective fixation of the additional modules 51 is preferably carried out with a provided on the modules 51 Einrastpartie 43a, analogous to the hinge 43 on the hinged lid 39, and analogous to the snap part 46 formed on said hinged lid 39 snap part 46a or, in the bayonet lock, by appropriate insertion and twist locking.
  • Fig. 6 is, simplified, the structure and storage of the mentioned arrangement 15 on the base housing 3 and in view according to Fig. 1 shown.
  • the assembly 15 includes, encapsulated in a speaker housing 53, the speaker assembly (not shown) with a speaker diaphragm.
  • the speaker assembly By schematically drawn at 55 coupling openings, the sound waves excited by the speaker membrane from the membrane-back space in the speaker housing 53 in the surrounding space U 53 , the speaker housing 53 are coupled.
  • the acoustic signals - as shown by the arrow S - to the in Fig. 1 apparent transmission channel 11 is coupled.
  • the speaker housing 53 is supported on all sides in resilient, preferably in rubber-elastic bearings 57, substantially free swinging. Due to the bearings 57, the relatively large space U 53 is defined between loudspeaker housing outer wall and an encapsulation 59, which leads to a considerable increase in the bass tones.
  • the membrane-rear resonance space is increased by the space U 53 many times. So that the space U 53 is acoustically fully effective, the enclosure 59 and its holder 61 are tightly connected.
  • the storage volume for the speaker assembly is used optimally acoustically.
  • the encapsulation 59 furthermore preferably acts as a magnetic shielding housing and is preferably made from ⁇ -metal for this purpose. It is cup-shaped and is formed on the holder 61, designed as a plastic carrier part, sealingly hooked. Between encapsulation 59, holder 61 on the one hand and speaker housing 53, the mentioned resilient, preferably rubber-elastic, bearings 57 are tensioned.
  • Fig. 8 In principle, the explained acoustic coupling is shown.
  • the diaphragm 54 of the loudspeaker in the housing 53 defines in said housing a first space R 1 which is coupled to the acoustic output of the hearing aid as shown at S and a second R 2 connected via one or more openings 55 to the one between encapsulation 59 and housing 53 formed space U 53 is coupled.
  • Fig. 7 is a preferred embodiment of the actuating switch 31, shown in simplified and schematic.
  • the Actuator switch 31 includes a toggle switch 63, which is cantilevered on one side, at 65.
  • the tilting bearing 65 is formed on a carriage 67, which - as shown by the double arrow F - with respect to the base housing 3 is mounted linearly displaceable. As shown schematically schematically with the spring contact 69, with respect to the base housing 3, and the bridging contact 70 on the carriage 67, the device is switched on and off by pushing the carriage back and forth via the pushbutton 63.
  • a continuous groove 72 is incorporated, through which a housing-3 fixed contact pill 73 protrudes.
  • resilient contact portion 75 which is preferably made as a keyboard element made of rubber-elastic, at least partially electrically conductive plastic, as known, for example, remote control keyboards.
  • FIG Fig. 7 shown in dashed lines - the spring contact 69 connected to the device battery 33, the bridging contact 70 with the contact portion 75, and it acts so that the contact pill 73 as an electrical output of the switching device.
  • the operation switch 31 acts both as an on / off slide switch and additionally, in an on position, as a toggle switch, which - for example, for rapid individual gain adjustment - in steps on the electronic unit 27 in accordance Fig. 1 is acted upon.
  • the base housing 3 is formed by a curved, correspondingly shaped pipe part.
  • This part 3 is formed in one piece, preferably made of plastic and is not, as usual in the construction of such hearing aids usual, along in Fig. 5 with M registered generatrices, separable in two shells.
  • the assembly of the individual units in the basic housing 3 is given: They are simply inserted into the tube, which is much simpler than an assembly of open trays.
  • Another advantage of a tubular, one-piece embodiment is its much greater stability over a split housing. As a result, a reduction of the housing wall thickness and thereby a reduction of the same is possible, or for a given external volume an increase in the usable internal volume.
  • Fig. 1 With a view to Fig. 1 is apparent, in particular in the one-piece design of the base housing 3, that the individual units, in particular 11, 15, 27, 29 and / or 51, are assembled by axial, sequential insertion into the base housing 3. Shaping of the housing 3 with corresponding guides ensures a rapid, exact positioning, wherein the mutual electrical contacting between the electrically operated units solderless, done by means of resilient contacts. Thus, the units to be provided can be tested in advance and measured and without having to worry about an impairment after being assembled. This assembly can be easily automated.
  • the overall housing with the base housing 3 and lid 19, optionally 39, is, at the joints provided with appropriate seals, easy sealable.
  • the preferred embodiment of the electrical / acoustic transducer assembly 15 ensures optimum magnetic shielding of the speakers and optimum acoustic sealing with respect to structure-borne noise.

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