EP1874092A3 - Modular behind-the-ear hearing aid - Google Patents

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EP1874092A3
EP1874092A3 EP07110374A EP07110374A EP1874092A3 EP 1874092 A3 EP1874092 A3 EP 1874092A3 EP 07110374 A EP07110374 A EP 07110374A EP 07110374 A EP07110374 A EP 07110374A EP 1874092 A3 EP1874092 A3 EP 1874092A3
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Beng Hai Tan
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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
    • H04R25/60—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
    • 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
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/556—External connectors, e.g. plugs or modules
    • 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
    • H04R25/609—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of circuitry

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Abstract

Die Erfindung betrifft ein modular aufgebautes Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgerät.The invention relates to a modular built behind-the-ear hearing aid.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, ein Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgerät (HdO) zu schaffen, welches bei variabler geringer Baugröße auf verschiedene Leistungsstärken und einen unterschiedlichen Funktionsumfang auslegt werden kann. Hierbei soll das HdO einfach und kostengünstig herstellbar und wartbar sein.The object of the invention is to provide a behind-the-ear hearing aid (BTE), which can be interpreted with variable small size to different power levels and a different range of functions. Here, the BTE should be easy and inexpensive to manufacture and maintain.

Die Aufgabe der Erfindung wird mit einem modularen Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgerät gelöst, welches aus zwei Einheiten (100; 200; 270, 280, 290) zusammensetzbar ist, wobei die erste Einheit (100) eine Basiseinheit (100) ist, die dem Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgerät (1) einen grundlegenden Funktionsumfang einer bestimmten Baureihe des Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgeräts (1) zur Verfügung stellt, und die zweite Einheit (200; 270, 280, 290) eine auf die Basiseinheit (100) aufsteckbare Aufsatzeinheit (200; 270, 280, 290) ist, die dem Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgerät (1) gemäß Kundenbedürfnissen einen zusätzlichen Funktionsumfang zur Verfügung stellt, wobei der grundlegende Funktionsumfang der Basiseinheit (100) erst zusammen mit dem zusätzlichen Funktionsumfang der Aufsatzeinheit (200; 270, 280, 290) ein funktionstüchtiges Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgerät (1) bildet.

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The object of the invention is achieved with a modular behind-the-ear hearing aid, which can be assembled from two units (100, 200, 270, 280, 290), wherein the first unit (100) is a base unit (100) provides a basic functionality of a particular series of behind-the-ear hearing aids (1) to the behind-the-ear hearing aid (1), and the second unit (200; 270, 280, 290) provides one on the base unit ( 100) is an attachable unit (200; 270, 280, 290), which provides the behind-the-ear hearing aid (1) according to customer needs an additional functionality, the basic functionality of the base unit (100) only together with the additional Function of the attachment unit (200; 270, 280, 290) forms a functional behind-the-ear hearing aid (1).
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