EP1563712A1 - Set und verfahren für die herstellung eines hörgerätes sowie nach dem verfahren hergestelltes hörgerät - Google Patents
Set und verfahren für die herstellung eines hörgerätes sowie nach dem verfahren hergestelltes hörgerätInfo
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- EP1563712A1 EP1563712A1 EP03810932A EP03810932A EP1563712A1 EP 1563712 A1 EP1563712 A1 EP 1563712A1 EP 03810932 A EP03810932 A EP 03810932A EP 03810932 A EP03810932 A EP 03810932A EP 1563712 A1 EP1563712 A1 EP 1563712A1
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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
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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
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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
- H04R25/658—Manufacture of housing parts
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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
- H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
Definitions
- the invention is in the field of hearing aids and relates to a set, a method and a hearing aid according to the preambles of the corresponding independent claims.
- the set and method according to the invention are used to manufacture the hearing aid.
- the hearing aid belongs to the category of hearing aids which are at least partially worn in the auditory canal, which have a casting cavity in a preliminary state and which are adapted to this auditory canal by pouring the casting cavity into an auditory canal. In its definitive state, the hearing aid according to the invention therefore has a molded body that is precisely matched to the ear canal of a wearer.
- the hearing aid according to the invention is preferably a hearing aid, a radio receiving device or a device with another acoustic function.
- the hearing aid according to the invention can also only have a protective function, which means that it can be a protective plug against noise or water, for example.
- Hearing aids of the type mentioned are described, for example, in the publications EP-0821541 (or US-6249587), EP-0821542 (or US-6097826) or EP-0821543 (or US-6052473).
- the hearing aids described in these publications have a stretchable membrane which extends over the outer surface of the device and the loudspeakers forming an outer end plate and the inner end face or attached to a ring holding the speaker. End plate, membrane and loudspeaker essentially limit the casting cavity or the molded body cast therein.
- the electronic components of the device are at least partially cast into the molded body in a quasi-floating manner in such a way that their relative positions are also adapted to a certain degree to the shape of the individual auditory canal.
- a casting template equipped for supplying the casting compound and venting the casting cavity and, if necessary, a positioning attachment for the exact positioning of the innermost part of the hearing aid in the auditory canal are placed on the end plate. After the casting process, the casting template and positioning attachment are removed, as a result of which the hearing aid is essentially finished and can be worn immediately.
- the problems that have to be solved in particular in the development of the aforementioned type of hearing aids are problems of miniaturization (in particular for devices to be worn entirely in the ear canal, which have a diameter of less than 12 mm and a length of less than 25 mm) and Problems of the safety of the casting process, which should be feasible in the ear canal of the person who will wear the device (carrier).
- the device should be in an essentially ready-to-wear state after the casting process, in such a way that it can be handed over to the wearer without further processing or at most after a few simple steps. Nevertheless, it should also be able to meet the requirements regarding functional adaptation to the needs of the wearer, it should offer high wearing comfort and it should be able to be manufactured in an economically responsible manner.
- the problems and wishes mentioned are addressed or fulfilled in various ways with the hearing aids according to the prior art.
- the devices according to the publications mentioned above meet the requirements of miniaturization tion, minimal reworking and comfort.
- the casting safety in the distal (inner) area of the device is satisfactory.
- the electronic components have to be manipulated to adapt to the ear canal and are exposed to the casting process, which can damage them.
- the cast molded body and the electronic components are firmly connected to one another in the finished device. In other words, if an electronic part is damaged by the casting process, if a faulty molded body is cast in a casting process or if it is found on the finished device that the selected electronics are not optimal for the wearer, the entire hearing aid must be replaced. The device cannot be repaired. All of this is economically stressful.
- the object of the invention is now to create a hearing aid to be worn at least partially in the auditory canal, which in a provisional state has a casting cavity and in a definite state adapted to a specific auditory canal has a molded body cast in the casting cavity with an individual shape.
- the hearing aid should meet the above-mentioned requirements with regard to miniaturization, security, immediate availability, functional adaptability, wearing comfort, repairability and economy at least as well or better than known hearing aids of the same type. It is also the object of the invention to create a set and a method for producing the hearing device.
- the hearing aid according to the invention consists of two or three elements (central and outer casting space element and optionally separate channel element). In this state, it has no components (in particular no electronic components) that serve the acoustic function.
- the two or three elements are connected to one another by easily detachable connections, in particular positive snap connections. They define the casting cavity, give the preliminary device sufficient stability for insertion into the ear canal and are at least partially plastically deformable (bendable) for a first rough adaptation to the ear canal.
- the outer casting space element and possibly the separate channel element are removed from the molded body cast in the casting cavity, the outer casting space element being replaced by a standardized, possibly limitedly deformable electronic module.
- the electronics module is attached to the molded body using the same, releasable connection as the removed, outer casting space element.
- the hearing aid is not to be equipped for an acoustic function
- another module takes the place of the electronic module, which module has essentially the same shape as the electronic module, but which serves, for example, a passive protective function and is equipped accordingly.
- the central casting space element has an inner and an outer ring, which are connected to one another by a tubular, stretchable membrane.
- the membrane forms a jacket surface of the device which can be adapted to an auditory canal, the two rings essentially determining the shape of the inner and outer end faces of the device.
- the shape of the outer casting space element is matched to the outer ring of the central casting space element. It essentially keeps the space for the electronics module in the casting room and has an opening (pouring opening) for pressing in the casting compound and, if necessary, a vent opening.
- an at least partially bendable channel element is provided which extends from the inside of the outer casting chamber element to the inner ring of the central casting chamber element in the provisional device.
- the channel element is detachably or permanently connected to the inside of the outer casting space element in one end region and adapted and advantageously detachably connected to the inner ring of the central casting space element in its other end region in such a way that it essentially closes its opening and its axial Limited mobility. Due to the bendability of the channel element, the speaker channel kept free is given a shape which may be curved and adapted to the individual auditory canal, the adapted (curved) part of the channel in the finished device either between the output side of the speaker and the inner face of the device or between the input side of the loudspeaker and the outer face of the device.
- the electronics module is based on an outer end plate and optionally has a housing, of which the end plate is a part. It contains all the components that serve the acoustic function (e.g. microphone, amplifier, loudspeaker, receiver coil, battery compartment and corresponding cabling).
- the loudspeaker is housed in the electronics module in such a way that its output side is directed away from the faceplate.
- the loudspeaker is optionally arranged on an extension of the electronic module, the extension being bendable such that the orientation of the loudspeaker can be varied to a limited extent relative to the rest of the electronic module.
- another module can be provided which can be used instead of the electronics module in the cast molded body of the device and for this purpose at least in the area of its inner side directed against the molded body in its shape on the outer casting space element and, if appropriate, the channel element is adjusted.
- cooperating, elastic positive locking means are arranged on the outer ring of the central casting space element and on the • outer casting space element or on the electronics module or other module, with the aid of which the outer casting space element or the electronics module or other module can be snapped onto and removed from the central casting space element.
- Such positive locking means are advantageously provided on the inner ring of the central casting space element and on the channel element or on a cerumen protection cap that can be placed on the inner end face of the definitive device.
- the set for producing the hearing aid comprises at least the two or three elements described above and the electronic module or other module.
- the process for producing the hearing aid from the set is carried out in the following steps, which are characterized by their simplicity:
- the main advantages of the hearing aid according to the invention consist in its simple manufacture or individualization and in the fact that the individualized part (only central casting space element with cast molded body) and the functional part (electronic module) can be assembled and separated in an extremely simple manner. This is. it is possible to replace one or the other part individually, and it becomes possible to try out the hearing aid in its finished form with differently equipped electronic modules and thus to adapt it even better to the wishes and needs of the wearer.
- the hearing aid can be repaired and is nevertheless not only adapted to the specific auditory canal in relation to the shape of its outer surface but also in relation to the relative positions of the inner and outer end surfaces.
- Figure 1 is a schematic of the production of two exemplary embodiments of the hearing aid according to the invention from a set with three elements and an electronics module (all cut parallel to the axis);
- FIG. 2 shows a diagram of the production of a further, exemplary embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention (provisional state) from a set with two elements (cut parallel to the axis);
- Figure 3 shows another exemplary embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention in its preliminary state (three-dimensional, partially sectioned representation);
- FIG. 4 the hearing aid according to FIG. 3 in its definitive state (section parallel to the axis);
- Figure 5 shows another exemplary embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention in its preliminary state (section parallel to the axis);
- FIG. 6 shows an exemplary electronics module for the hearing aid according to FIG. 5.
- FIG. 1 shows very schematically the manufacture of the hearing aid according to the invention from a set which essentially consists of a central casting space element 1, an outer casting space element 2, a separate channel element 3 and an electronics module 4 or 4 '.
- the casting space elements 1 and 2 and the channel element 3 are shown one above the other on the far left in FIG.
- the tubular membrane 1.1, the outer ring 1.2 and the inner ring 1.3 can be seen on the central casting chamber element, the casting opening 2.1, the ventilation opening 2.2 and a connecting means 2.3 (for example, towards the inside narrowing opening) on the outer casting chamber element 2, and the middle one on the channel element 3 , bendable part 3.1, the first end area 3.2 (e.g.
- the elastically compressible head piece equipped as a connecting means to the outer casting space element and the second end area 3.3 (e.g. end plate or thickening which is larger than the opening of the inner ring 1.3 and optionally releasably connected to this). If no other measures are taken to seal the casting cavity in its inner region, the second end region 3.3 of the channel element 3 and the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting chamber element 1 are to be designed in such a way that the end region 3.3 tightly seals the opening of the inner ring 1.3 at least for the intended casting compound.
- the second end region 3.3 of the channel element 3 and the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting chamber element 1 are to be designed in such a way that the end region 3.3 tightly seals the opening of the inner ring 1.3 at least for the intended casting compound.
- the hearing aid is shown in its preliminary state in FIG. 1, that is to say the elements 1 to 3 assembled together.
- the hearing aid shown is already adapted to the auditory canal by a corresponding bending of the central part 3.1 of the channel element 3 with respect to the relative position of the inner and outer end face.
- the outer casting chamber element 2 is positioned on or in the outer ring 1.2 of the central casting chamber element 1, the second end region (3.3) of the channel element 3 is positioned on or in the inner ring 1.3 and the first end region 3.2 of the channel element 3 is snapped onto the outer casting chamber element 2 ( positive, detachable snap connection).
- At least the outer ring 1.2 and the outer casting space element 2 have further cooperating form-locking means, with the aid of which the outer casting space element 2 is fastened in or on the outer ring 2.1 and possibly also the rotational position of the two elements is defined relative to one another.
- the form-fitting means for such a connection are shown in FIG. 1 as depressions in the ring 1.2 and corresponding molded parts on the outer casting space element 2, molded parts and recesses being dimensioned such that they form a snap lock.
- Corresponding connecting means can also be provided between the inner ring 1.3 and the second end region 3.3 of the channel element 3. Such a connection can be designed in such a way that it is tight for the casting compound. Further measures to increase this tightness are described below in connection with FIG. 3.
- the hearing aid In its preliminary state, the hearing aid is positioned in the ear canal of a patient.
- a not shown is suitably Press connected, with which a casting compound is pressed into the casting cavity 5.
- a type of riser pipe is advantageously arranged at the vent opening 2.2, into which the casting compound rises when the casting cavity 5 is completely filled and in which the rising height of the casting compound can be read off as an indication of the casting pressure. It is also possible to omit the vent opening 2.2 and, accordingly, to design the connection between the outer ring 1.2 and the outer casting element 2 to be air-permeable but leakproof for the casting compound.
- the outer casting chamber element 2 and the channel element 3 are removed. What remains is the individualized part of the hearing aid, which consists only of the cast molded body 7 and the central casting space element 3.
- the electronic module 4 or 4 ' is mounted in this individualized part, for example by means of a connection which is identical to the connection to the outer casting space element 2 (e.g. elastic snap connection).
- the electronics module 4 or 4 ' has, for example, a battery compartment 4.1 with a battery, a microphone 4.2 directed towards the outer end face, an amplifier chip 4.3 and a loudspeaker 4.4 directed towards the inner end face, as well as the corresponding cabling (not shown).
- the loudspeaker 4.4 is, as already indicated above, either rigidly integrated in the electronics module (module 4) or arranged in a loudspeaker extension 4.5 (module 4 '), the loudspeaker extension 4.5 being able to be oriented differently from the rest of the module by bending.
- an electronics module 4 'with loudspeaker extension 4.5 it must be ensured by appropriate design of the channel element 3 that an area of the free loudspeaker channel 8 directed towards the inner end face of the device runs in a straight line corresponding to the loudspeaker 4.4. The corresponding area of the channel element 3 is therefore not bendable.
- another module for example a protection module, can be used instead of the electronics module 4 or 4 '.
- Such a protection module like the electronics module 4 or 4 ', must be snapped onto the outer ring 1.2, for example, and it must seal the loudspeaker channel 8 from the outside.
- the other module must therefore have essentially the same shape on its side facing the molded body 7 as one or the other of the electronic modules 4 or 4 'shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1 On the far right in FIG. 1, two finished hearing aids 6 and 6 'are shown. These, 0 have a molded body 7 cast in the casting cavity 5, the outer surface of which is covered by the membrane 1.1 and the contour of which is precisely adapted to the auditory canal of the wearer.
- the outer casting space element 2 and the channel element 3 have been removed, the outer casting space element has been replaced by the electronics module.
- the device 6 has a loudspeaker 4.4 and 5 rigidly integrated in the electronics module 4 between the inner end face and the output side of the loudspeaker
- the device 6 also has an individually curved speaker channel 8 into which the correspondingly curved speaker extension
- FIG. 2 shows in the same way as FIG. 1 (left part) a further exemplary embodiment of the hearing device according to the invention.
- the elements of the hearing aid are shown in their provisional state, specifically individually (left) and in an assembled state (right).
- the same elements are designated with the same 5 reference numerals as in FIG. 1.
- the device in its preliminary form consists of three elements, there are only two elements in FIG. 2: a central casting space element 1 and an outer casting space element 2.
- the channel element 3 is fixedly connected in its first end region 3.2 to the outer casting chamber element 2 and has in its second end region 3.3 a shape adapted to the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting chamber element 1 in such a way that this end region closes the opening of the ring 1.3 and the ring 1.3 limited in an axial position (definition of the axial length of the device in its definitive form).
- the second end region 3.3 of the channel element is, for example, a compressible thickening which can be snapped into the ring 1.3, wherein a movement of the ring 1.3 against the outer casting space element 2 can be prevented by a further inner thickening. If no other precautions are taken to seal the casting cavity, the snap connection between channel element 3 and inner ring 1.3 must be designed accordingly for this seal.
- FIG. 3 shows a partially cut, three-dimensional representation of a further exemplary embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention in its preliminary state.
- the device is of the same type as the device according to FIG. 1.
- the same parts are given the same reference numbers as in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the device according to FIG. 3 has a double channel element, the loudspeaker channel Part (3.1 / 2) is designed, as shown in FIG. 1, and the further part (vent duct part 3.4, likewise at least partially bendable) serves to keep a vent duct free.
- the second end area 3.3 serves both Kalnalelementmaschine.
- a corresponding opening is provided for the vent channel part 3.4 in the outer casting space element 2 (and correspondingly in the electronics module) or in the outer ring 1.2 and in the inner ring 1.3.
- the central casting chamber element 1 has a hose 1.4 and 1.5 for receiving the two channel element parts 3.1 / 2 and 3.4. These are attached to the inner ring 1.3 and have a length which is somewhat greater than the corresponding distance to the outer casting space element.
- the hoses 1.4 and 1.5 are slightly compressed and are thereby pressed against the outer casting element 2 pressed, which contributes to the seal between hose 1.4 and 1.5 and outer casting space element '2.
- the hoses 1.4 and 1.5 also allow the two channel element parts 3.1 / 2 and 3.4 not to be rod-shaped as shown in FIG. 1 but to be designed in the form of disc columns. This shape also allows the extensions to bend strongly without changing the cross-section of the channel to be kept free.
- the hoses 1.4 and 1.5 ensure that the loudspeaker and the vent channel are at a minimum distance from the outer surface of the device at all points (in its final state).
- the central casting space element 1 of the embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention must have different material properties at different points.
- the membrane 1.1 must be extensible.
- the outer ring 1.2 and the inner ring 1.3 must be elastic and dimensionally stable.
- the hoses 1.4 and 1.5 must be bendable. It can be seen that such a central casting space element 1 is advantageously produced using injection molding technology from, for example, three different materials, in such a way that the individual regions are cast onto one another and the casting space element can be removed as a whole from the injection mold after the last casting step.
- it is also possible to manufacture the central casting space element 1 by gluing or welding parts made of different materials to one another, or in particular by realizing the connection between the rings 1.2 and 1.3 and the membrane 1.1 as a clamp connection.
- An exemplary injection molding process for producing the central casting space element 1 has the following steps:
- outer ring 1.2 and inner ring 1.3 for example made of polyamide, LCP (liquid crystal polymer), polyether ether ketone (PEEK) or a suitable one
- the casting compound for casting the shaped body is adapted to the material of the membrane and the hoses in such a way that the two materials form a connection.
- the casting compound is advantageously a cold-crosslinking agent Silicone material.
- the casting compound can also be a polyurethane or another material that can be hardened as quickly as possible.
- Figure 4 shows the hearing aid according to Figure 3 in its final state.
- the electronics module 4 is snapped into the outer ring 1.2 instead of the outer casting space element.
- the electronics module 4 and the outer casting space element are matched to one another in such a way that the output side of the loudspeaker 4.4 is directed into the hose 1.4 in the snapped-in electronics module.
- a wax guard cap 10 adapted in shape to the second end area of the channel element can be put on.
- Corresponding connecting means are provided for this purpose on the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting space element 1, through which the mentioned end region of the channel element can also be fastened to the inner ring 1.3.
- FIG. 5 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the hearing device according to the invention in its preliminary state, that is to say with a casting cavity 5.
- This device differs from the device according to FIGS. 3 and 4 in that the part of the loudspeaker channel 8 facing the inner device side is adapted to the loudspeaker is, that is in particular not bent.
- This is realized with a loudspeaker channel part of the channel element 3, the central region 3.1 of which cannot be deformed at the corresponding point, but at a point facing the outer casting space element 2.
- FIG. 6 shows an electronics module 4 ′ which can be used in the hearing aid according to FIG. 5 after the casting process.
- the loudspeaker of this electronic module 4 ' is arranged at the distal end of a loudspeaker extension 4.5, the proximal region of which can be bent like the corresponding parts of the channel element 3.
- the loudspeaker 4.4 of the electronic module 4 'inserted into the individualized part is positioned in the loudspeaker channel kept free from the loudspeaker channel part 3.1 / 2 and from the hose 1.4, its output side in Areas of the inner ring 1.3 is positioned.
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