EP1653776A3 - Hearing device partially insertable into an ear canal - Google Patents

Hearing device partially insertable into an ear canal Download PDF

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EP1653776A3
EP1653776A3 EP05025873A EP05025873A EP1653776A3 EP 1653776 A3 EP1653776 A3 EP 1653776A3 EP 05025873 A EP05025873 A EP 05025873A EP 05025873 A EP05025873 A EP 05025873A EP 1653776 A3 EP1653776 A3 EP 1653776A3
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hearing device
changing
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sectional area
deformable part
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EP1653776A2 (en
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Stefan Daniel Menzl
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Sonova Holding AG
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Phonak 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
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
    • 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
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1016—Earpieces of the intra-aural type
    • 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
    • H04R2225/025—In the ear hearing aids [ITE] hearing aids
    • 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
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture

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  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Percussion Or Vibration Massage (AREA)
  • Headphones And Earphones (AREA)

Abstract

The hearing device (1) comprises an insertable part (16), which is to be inserted into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device (1). The insertable part (16) may be identical with the hearing device (1) itself, and the insertable part (16) comprises a casing, which casing comprises a deformable part (2). The hearing device (1) comprises means for changing a cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2), which change in the cross-sectional area (20) is reversible. The means for changing a cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2) may comprise at least one deformable volume (5) containing a fixed amount of a filler (4). The means can be a means for changing the cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2) through changing the axial extension of the deformable part (2). The means can be a volume capacity change means for changing the cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2) through changing the capacity of a variable volume arranged within the hearing device (1), the deformable part (2) being arranged on the outside of the variable volume.
EP05025873A 2005-11-28 2005-11-28 Hearing device partially insertable into an ear canal Ceased EP1653776A3 (en)

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EP1653776A3 true EP1653776A3 (en) 2006-07-05

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US7779844B2 (en) 2006-12-15 2010-08-24 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Self-fitting device for location in an ear canal
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US4133984A (en) * 1976-09-01 1979-01-09 Koken Co., Ltd. Plug-type hearing device
US4539440A (en) * 1983-05-16 1985-09-03 Michael Sciarra In-canal hearing aid
US6256396B1 (en) * 1995-05-26 2001-07-03 William Bradford Cushman Self-fitting hearing protection earplug with facile insertion mechanism
US20010043708A1 (en) * 1999-01-15 2001-11-22 Owen D. Brimhall Conformal tip for a hearing aid with integrated vent and retrieval cord
WO2004100608A2 (en) * 2003-04-03 2004-11-18 Sonic Innovations, Inc. Hearing device fitting system and self-expanding hearing device

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US4133984A (en) * 1976-09-01 1979-01-09 Koken Co., Ltd. Plug-type hearing device
US4539440A (en) * 1983-05-16 1985-09-03 Michael Sciarra In-canal hearing aid
US6256396B1 (en) * 1995-05-26 2001-07-03 William Bradford Cushman Self-fitting hearing protection earplug with facile insertion mechanism
US20010043708A1 (en) * 1999-01-15 2001-11-22 Owen D. Brimhall Conformal tip for a hearing aid with integrated vent and retrieval cord
WO2004100608A2 (en) * 2003-04-03 2004-11-18 Sonic Innovations, Inc. Hearing device fitting system and self-expanding hearing device

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