EP1874093A2 - Appareil auditif doté d'une fixation pour un conduit auditif - Google Patents

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EP1874093A2
EP1874093A2 EP07110709A EP07110709A EP1874093A2 EP 1874093 A2 EP1874093 A2 EP 1874093A2 EP 07110709 A EP07110709 A EP 07110709A EP 07110709 A EP07110709 A EP 07110709A EP 1874093 A2 EP1874093 A2 EP 1874093A2
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hearing aid
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Markus Heerlein
Thomas Kasztelan
Bock Swee Joshua Tan
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Sivantos GmbH
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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
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a fastening of a receiver tube in a hearing aid.
  • Hearing aids generally have a housing in which a microphone, an amplifier device and a receiver are arranged, as well as a power supply.
  • the listener is connected via a receiver tube with the acoustic output or sound outlet of the housing to transmit the acoustic signals generated by him.
  • the housing is further connected via a connecting piece with a support hook having a sound channel through which the acoustic signals of the listener are routed to the ear.
  • the receiver tube (in the hearing aid) is in this case attached between the connector and the handset.
  • a hearing aid which is worn inside the ear.
  • the hearing device has a handset, at the acoustic output of a connecting portion (earpiece) is formed.
  • the connecting portion has a barb to secure one end of a tube of hearing aid thereto.
  • the receiver tube is mounted in an outlet opening of the housing of the hearing aid.
  • the DE 31 41 921 A1 discloses a BTE hearing aid with two fittings for a hearing strap, wherein a tubular sound conductor extends through a connector and with its free end portion in a free end portion a sound socket is inserted, which forms an acoustic output of a listener of the BTE hearing aid.
  • the AT 362 833 discloses an embedded in an ear mold IdO hearing aid, the ball-joint mounted therein sound outlet nozzle has a projection which holds a sound tube of the earmold on the sound outlet nozzle.
  • the DE 83 16 771 U1 discloses a BTE hearing aid whose sound tube is held by means of a flare of a sound outlet nozzle of a listener of the BTE hearing aid to the listener.
  • the sound tube opens into a line of a carrying hook, which is attached to the BTE hearing aid.
  • Adhesive diluents may be used to determine the parameters of the transducers, e.g. Handset and microphone to be damaged. Another disadvantage is that the adhesive ages over time and becomes brittle and brittle. As a result, the tightness of the adhesive connection is increasingly decreasing.
  • a loosening or even detachment of the connection of the tube and handset or receiver tube and housing connection has the consequence that the respective connection is at least leaking.
  • This in turn leads to the generation of unwanted acoustic feedback between the listener and the microphone, since the acoustic signal of the listener can get into the interior of the housing.
  • the attenuated signal is picked up by the microphone, converted into an electrical signal, then amplified and forwarded to the listener. There the signal is converted back into an acoustic signal and can be noticeable to the wearer of the hearing aid in an unpleasant whistle. If the receiver tube is completely detached, the hearing aid becomes completely unusable.
  • Another disadvantage is that the manufacturing tolerances for the connection of the listener tube with the housing connection or with the handset by means of adhesive are relatively small in order to ensure an acoustically tight connection.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a suitable attachment for a receiver tube to a housing of a hearing aid, which ensures that the attachment is not affected even in a drop of the hearing aid and also requires no use of adhesive.
  • the earphone tube is formed with the corresponding housing connecting piece or section as a plug connection which permits a substantially acoustically sealed connection, wherein the earphone tube and / or the connecting piece have at least one projection which connects the earphone tube and the earpiece Connection additionally holds or fixed.
  • the provision of the projection, the attachment additionally held so that it does not loosen even when a fall of the hearing aid or dissolves in contrast to the attachment by means of adhesive. Furthermore, it is ensured that the connection of the listener tube is acoustically dense, so that the occurrence of acoustic feedback is substantially prevented. Another advantage is that the handset hose can be easily detached for cleaning at its end, without having to be solved as in the prior art only from its adhesive bond and then glued there again.
  • the receiver tube and the receiver device is also designed as a plug connection, wherein the receiver tube and / or the receiver device or its connection section are provided with at least one projection.
  • the projection is formed circumferentially or at least partially encircling.
  • a circumferential projection which is arranged for example on the connector, has the advantage that the listener tube, when it is plugged or pushed onto the connector over the entire circumference of the projection bears and thus the tightness of the attachment can be further improved.
  • the projection is designed in the form of a barb or a cam.
  • the embodiment as a barb for example as shown in Fig. 3, has the advantage that the listener tube can be easily pushed onto the housing connector. In an opposite movement, the hook "canted" against it and leads to an additional hold of the receiver tube on the connector.
  • At least one depression or groove is arranged opposite the projection, so that the projection can engage or engage in the depression during mating of the receiver tube with the corresponding connection piece.
  • a part of a BTE hearing aid 2 is shown having a housing 4 and connected to the housing 4 carrying hooks 6.
  • the housing 4 is, inter alia, a handset or a receiver device 8, an amplifier device 3, a microphone device 5 and a power supply device (not shown).
  • a push button or switch 7 for switching on / off the hearing device 2 may be provided.
  • the receiver device 8 is connected via a receiver tube 10 with a housing connection piece 12, which connects the housing 4 with the suspension hook 6.
  • the acoustic signal generated by the receiver device 8 is passed through the housing connector 12 in the sound channel of the support hook 6. Thereafter, the acoustic signal in an attached to the end of the support hook 6 hose (not shown) is passed via an earmold into a human ear.
  • the handset tube 10 is preferably made of a flexible material such as a rubber material, fluorosilicone or Viton to dampen vibrations of the handset 8.
  • the hardness range of the materials is for example between 15-60 SHA.
  • the housing connector 12 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, can be made of plastic and / or metal or a metal alloy. Metal has the advantage that due to its weight, the housing connector 12 transmits substantially no vibrations to the suspension hook 6.
  • the housing fitting 12 is formed so as to connect the housing 4 to the support hook 6.
  • the housing connection piece 12 for example, as shown in FIGS. 4a to c, at its end 20 a thread which is screwed into the support hooks 6.
  • the housing connecting piece 12, as shown in Fig. 4b have a bore for further attachment to the housing 4.
  • the receiver device 8 In order to connect the receiver device 8 (see Fig. 2) to the receiver tube 10, the receiver device 8 has at its connection portion 16, in an embodiment of the invention, As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, at least one projection 18 on.
  • the projection 18 may be formed, for example, as a circumferential or at least partially circumferential cam, as shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b, or as a hook or in the form of a nub.
  • the dimensions such as height and width as well as the shape of the cam or hook or nubs can be varied as required.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that the receiver tube 10 can be pushed or plugged onto the connection section 16 of the receiver device 8 and held in position by the projection 18.
  • the inner tube diameter and the material of the receiver tube 10 are preferably selected such that, after the attachment, they are sufficiently fixed and substantially flat on the connection section 16 and its projection 18 is applied to ensure an acoustic tightness of preferably about 100%.
  • An acoustically impermeable connection here means that substantially no acoustic signal or sound can emerge from the receiver tube 10 via the attachment to the connection section 16. This has the advantage that the receiver device 8 can not be loosened or released from the receiver tube 10 when the hearing device 2 falls down. Due to the acoustically dense connection no disturbing acoustic feedbacks occur.
  • An end portion 22 of the housing fitting 12, as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5, may also be provided with at least one projection 18.
  • the projection 18 may be formed as a circumferential or at least partially circumferential cam or hook or in the form of a knot.
  • the dimensions such as height and width as well as the shape of the Cam or hook or nubs can in turn also be varied as required.
  • the earphone tube 10 may optionally be provided with one (or more) corresponding additional indentation (s) 24, as shown in FIG. 5a, into which the protrusion 18 may engage or snap.
  • This has the advantage that the grip and the tightness between the connection section 16 of the receiver device 8 and the receiver tube 10 or between the housing connection piece 12 and the receiver tube 10 can be further improved.
  • the receiver tube 10 can alternatively or additionally be provided with at least one projection 26, as shown in FIG. 5a.
  • the projection 26 can engage or latch into a corresponding recess 28 which can be formed on the receiver connection section 16 or on the housing connection piece 12.
  • the handset tube 10 may have a section area with a flat surface which extends over a projection, e.g. a cam 30 of the corresponding connector 16, 22, is pushed and preferably rests flat against this.
  • a projection e.g. a cam 30 of the corresponding connector 16, 22
  • the projection 18 may be in the form of a hook, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, may be formed.
  • the embodiments according to the invention have the advantage that the receiver 8 and the receiver tube 10 or the housing connection piece 12 and the receiver tube 10 do not detach from one another during an acceleration in the drop test. Furthermore, the handset tube 10 can be easily removed for cleaning and reinserted into the hearing aid 2.
  • the present invention is not limited to BTE hearing aids / BTE hearing aids 2, but is also suitable for other hearing aid types, such as ITE hearing aids.
  • ITE hearing aids for example, instead of the housing connector 12, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 for the BTE hearing aid 2, a connection section may be provided at the acoustic output of the housing.
  • the connection section can be designed as a separate insert and attached to the housing by fastening methods known to those skilled in the art.
  • connection portion may also be integrally formed with the housing or be integrally formed thereon.
  • the connection section 16 and / or the receiver tube 10 are likewise designed as a plug connection, as described above in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
  • the receiver tube 10 and / or the connection section 16 are formed with at least one projection 18.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention comprises hearing aids for people with hearing problems, such as deafness, as well as any other type of hearing aids or hearing aid devices that are used for the transmission of acoustic signals. These include, for example, so-called headsets, as used in mobile phones.

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