EP2063667A2 - Module de liaison adaptable d'un appareil auditif modulaire - Google Patents

Module de liaison adaptable d'un appareil auditif modulaire Download PDF

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EP2063667A2
EP2063667A2 EP08167076A EP08167076A EP2063667A2 EP 2063667 A2 EP2063667 A2 EP 2063667A2 EP 08167076 A EP08167076 A EP 08167076A EP 08167076 A EP08167076 A EP 08167076A EP 2063667 A2 EP2063667 A2 EP 2063667A2
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Wee Haw Koo
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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
    • H04R25/609—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of circuitry
    • 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
    • H04R2225/021—Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids
    • H04R2225/0216—BTE hearing aids having a receiver in the ear mould
    • 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
    • H04R2225/57—Aspects of electrical interconnection between hearing aid parts
    • 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
    • H04R25/02—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception adapted to be supported entirely by ear

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  • the present invention relates to a connection module for a modular hearing aid and to a method for adapting a modular hearing aid to an ear of a patient.
  • the length of a line for conducting electrical or acoustic signals to an earpiece is adapted.
  • the US 4,727,582 describes a behind-the-ear hearing aid in which a to be worn in the ear canal electroacoustic transducer is connected via a line with the worn behind the ear device. A variable length portion of the conduit is disposed in a cavity of the apparatus.
  • a disadvantage of this conventional hearing aid is that in the housing of the worn behind the ear device itself a cavity must be provided for receiving a variable portion of the line to the electroacoustic transducer. This makes the hearing aid larger and more expensive. Another disadvantage is that moisture or dirt can penetrate into the hearing aid via the cavity for receiving the line. Furthermore, it is disadvantageous that in the case of a defect on the line, the entire hearing aid device has to be transported to a repair service provider and repaired there.
  • An object of the present invention is to enable a simplified adaptation and a simplified repair of a hearing aid.
  • connection module or a method for adapting a modular hearing aid according to the independent claims.
  • Preferred developments are defined in the dependent claims.
  • the present invention is based on the idea of providing an adaptation device in or on a connection module for a modular hearing aid device for adapting the length of a part of a line protruding from the connection module to an earpiece.
  • the adapter is preferably designed for a reversible adjustability of the length and preferably for an adjustment of the length without the use of tools (screwdrivers, wrenches, etc.).
  • the adjustment device has, for example, a locking device for clamping or otherwise fixing the length of the part of the line protruding from the connection module.
  • a part of the line which does not protrude from the connection module can be arranged in a cavity of the connection module, for example in a spiral or coil shape or in the form of a helix.
  • the cavity is formed for example between two housing parts of the connection module. These housing parts may be mechanically connected to one another by a latching screw connection or by another connection, which is releasable, for example, without the use of tools.
  • the lead includes wires or leads for conducting electrical signals to the electroacoustic transducer. If sound signals are already generated in a main module to be connected to the connection module, the line comprises a sound conductor, for example an air duct.
  • An advantage of the invention is that an effective length of a line to an earpiece adjustable and at the same time a repair with little effort is possible by the modularity. Furthermore, the main module no longer has any openings or cavities through which, for example, moisture or dirt could penetrate. The reliability of the entire hearing aid is thus significantly improved. Another advantage is that even after an exchange of the main module (for example, due to a defect), the length of the line to the earpiece does not need to be readjusted.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a modular hearing aid.
  • the modular hearing aid device comprises a main module 10 and a connection module 20 and an ear piece 50, which are connected to one another via a line 40.
  • the main module 10 includes, for example, one or more microphones, a corresponding number of amplifiers, a digital or analog signal conditioning, controls, a battery, an accumulator or other energy source, an interface for programming, etc.
  • the main module 10 includes an interface to the mechanical as well electrical or acoustic coupling of the main module 10 with the connection module 20.
  • the interface comprises, for example, one or more detent or screw or bayonet connections.
  • the interface comprises, for example, one or more electrical contacts.
  • For acoustic coupling includes the Interface, for example, an opening to which an air duct or another sound conductor can be acoustically coupled.
  • connection module 20 includes an interface corresponding to the interface of the main module 10, with corresponding means for mechanical as well as electrical or acoustic coupling. Furthermore, the connection module 20 comprises a line 40 for conducting electrical or acoustic signals to an earpiece 50. A first end of the line 40 is coupled to the interface of the connection module 20. A variable length portion of the lead 40 adjacent the first end is disposed in the connection module 20. A second end of the lead 40 is detachably or fixedly connected to the earpiece 50. The lead 40 has wires or lices or other electrical conductors for conducting an electrical signal to the earpiece 50. Alternatively or additionally, the conduit 40 has an air duct or other means for conducting acoustic signals.
  • the earpiece 50 is designed for partial or complete insertion into a patient's ear canal. It is individually adapted to the shape of the ear canal or the entrance of the ear canal of a patient or has a shape and size which is suitable for a large number of patients. An individually adapted ear piece is also called earmold or earmold.
  • the earpiece 50 includes an electroacoustic transducer for converting electrical signals to acoustic signals.
  • the eartip 50 may include means for adjusting the acoustic impedance of the lead 40 to the acoustic impedance of the ear canal.
  • FIGS. 2 to 5 show schematic representations of different variants of a connection module 20, each as above based on the FIG. 1 can be coupled with a corresponding main module 10 shown.
  • Means for mechanically coupling the connection module 20 to a main module 10 are in the FIGS. 2 to 10 each not shown.
  • the connected to the connection module 20 line 40 and connected to the line 40 ear piece 50 are in the FIGS. 2 to 5 each not shown.
  • FIG. 2 shows a connection module 20 with a first housing part 21 and a second housing part 31.
  • a conductor holder 22 and contacts 24 are arranged on the first housing part 21, a conductor holder 22 and contacts 24 are arranged.
  • the conductor holder 22 holds or is mechanically connected to the first end of the line 40.
  • the contacts 24 form the electrical part of the interface of the connection module 20 to the main module 10.
  • the contacts 24 are, for example, pin-shaped or tongue-shaped.
  • Connecting wires 25 or other electrically conductive components connect the contacts 24 with the line 40.
  • the second housing part 31 is in FIG. 2 (Partially) shown transparent, so that the conductor holder 22, the connecting wires 25 and arranged in the connection module 20 part of the line 40 are visible.
  • This locking device 32 includes, for example, a clamping device for clamping the length of the protruding from the connection module 20 part of the line 40 or another mechanism for fixing this length.
  • the clamping or other definition of the length of the protruding from the connection module 20 part of the line 40 for example, by turning or moving or by simply placing and connecting the second housing part 31 with the first housing part 21.
  • the second housing part 31st for example, a corrugation.
  • the locking device comprises 32 a relative to the second housing part 31 movable component, which may have a corresponding corrugation.
  • connection module 20 has a cavity 23, in which the conductor holder 22 is arranged.
  • the part of the line 40 arranged in the connection module 20 is arranged spirally in the cavity 23.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a connection module 20 with a first housing part 21 and a in FIG. 3 not shown second housing part.
  • a conductor holder 22 and contacts 24 Arranged on or fixedly connected to the first housing part 21 are a conductor holder 22 and contacts 24, which form an electrical part of an interface between the connection module 20 and an in FIG. 3 form main module, not shown.
  • the contacts 24 are connected by connecting wires 25 with an end of the line 40 held by the conductor holder 22.
  • the first housing part 21 is further fixedly connected to carriers 27, arranged on these clamping jaws 26 and a plate or wall 28 or designed in one piece with these.
  • the carrier 27 and the wall 28 are arranged together trough-shaped, wherein in FIG. 3 the view from the open side of the trough is shown.
  • the wire holder 22 In the trough formed by the beams 27 and the wall 28, the wire holder 22, the connecting wires 25, and the part of the wire 40 arranged in the connecting module 20 are spirally arranged.
  • the conductor holder 22 is fixedly connected to the wall 28 or formed integrally therewith.
  • the jaws 26 are elastically connected to the ends facing away from the interface to a main module ends of the carrier 27 or designed in one piece with these.
  • the jaws 26 and a in FIG. 3 not shown second housing part are for example designed so that by placing or locking the second housing part with the in FIG. 3 shown first housing part, the two jaws compressed and clamping the line 40 between them. Corrugation on one or both jaws 26 can improve the effect of clamping.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a connection module 20, which differs from the above with reference to FIG. 2 differs in that it is designed to transmit an acoustic or sound signal from a main module to an ear piece.
  • a pipe section 29 protrudes from the first housing part 21 and forms an acoustic part of an interface to a main module 10.
  • the pipe section 29 is extended into the cavity 23 of the connection module 20 into and forms there the line holder 22.
  • a locking device for determining the length of The connection module 20 projecting part of the line 40 may, for example, according to one of the above with reference to Figures 2 and 3 be formed variants shown.
  • FIG. 5 shows a schematic representation of a connection module 20 with a first housing part 21 and a in FIG. 5 not shown second housing part.
  • the first housing part 21 has an in FIG. 5 not shown interface for mechanical and electrical or acoustic coupling of the connection module 20 with a main module.
  • a wall 28 is fixedly connected to the first housing part 21 or integrally formed and partially surrounds a cavity 23 within the connection module 20.
  • Clamping jaws 26 are elastically connected to the wall 28. Similar as above based on the FIG. 3 can represent the jaws 26 by placing or locking the in FIG. 5 second housing part, not shown, are pressed together with the first housing part 21 in order to clamp the line 40 lying therebetween.
  • connection module 20 part of Lead 40 is spirally disposed approximately in a plane in cavity 23 that is perpendicular to a direction in which connection module 20 may be connected to a main module 10.
  • connection module 20 Various features of the variants of a connection module 20 shown above can be combined with each other.
  • clamping device can also be used in a connection module, as above with reference to the FIG. 4 shown adapted for a transmission of acoustic or sound signals from a main module to an ear piece.
  • a helical arrangement of a part of the line 40 in a plane parallel or perpendicular to a coupling direction and a helical or coil or helical arrangement can be selected.
  • connection modules the majority of the surface exposed in a coupling with a main module surface is formed by the second housing part 31.
  • the greater part of the outer surface of the connection module 20 may be part of the first housing part 21 or firmly connected to the interface to the main module.
  • a clamping determination of the length of the protruding from the connection module 20 part of the line 40 creates a reversible adjustability of this length.
  • other mechanisms for reversible or irreversible adjustment of the length may be provided.
  • the housing parts 21, 31 may be formed for a repeated separation and connection or even for a single connection.
  • a locking device and a connection mechanism between the housing parts 21, 31, which without use can be operated by tools are advantageous, but also connection mechanisms come into question, which require the use of tools for connection and / or separation.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic illustration of a flowchart of a method of adjusting a modular hearing aid that includes a main module, a connection module, an earpiece, and a lead at least partially protruding from the connection module for directing an acoustic or electrical signal to the earpiece.
  • the method may, for example, a modular hearing aid and in particular a connection module, as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 have been applied.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 the above-mentioned reference numerals will be used hereinafter FIGS. 1 to 5 used.
  • a first step 91 the length of the part of the line 40 protruding from the connection module 20 is adapted to an ear of the patient.
  • the length is determined, for example by clamping the line 40.
  • the connection module 20 is coupled to a main module 10. This coupling comprises both a mechanical and an electrical and / or an acoustic coupling.
  • the execution of the third step 93 after the first step 91 and the second step 92 has the advantage that the handling of the connection module 20 without the main module 10 can be simpler and the main module 10 does not yet have to be present.
  • the connection module 20 and the main module 10 may be coupled before the first step 91 or before the second step 92.

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