EP2107827A2 - Dispositif auditif destiné à être porté dans le pavillon de l'oreille et doté d'un élément de formage individuel - Google Patents

Dispositif auditif destiné à être porté dans le pavillon de l'oreille et doté d'un élément de formage individuel Download PDF

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EP2107827A2
EP2107827A2 EP09153060A EP09153060A EP2107827A2 EP 2107827 A2 EP2107827 A2 EP 2107827A2 EP 09153060 A EP09153060 A EP 09153060A EP 09153060 A EP09153060 A EP 09153060A EP 2107827 A2 EP2107827 A2 EP 2107827A2
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Wai Loon Ooi
Andre Steinbuss
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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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a hearing aid for wearing in the helix or the cymba conchae of an auricle with a housing in which a sound signal processing device is housed, and a conductor for conducting an acoustic or electrical signal from the housing into a user's ear canal. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for producing a hearing device that is suitable for carrying in the helix or in the cymba conchae of an auricle, and having a housing with integrated sound signal processing device.
  • the term "hearing device” is understood to mean here any sound-emitting device which can be worn in or on the ear, in particular a hearing device, a headset, headphones and the like.
  • Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE), hearing aid with external receiver (RIC: receiver in the canal) and in-the-ear hearing aids (IDO), e.g. Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (ITE, CIC).
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • RIC hearing aid with external receiver
  • IDO in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually a sound receiver, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. B. miniature speakers, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit.
  • FIG. 1 shown using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing aid.
  • a hearing aid housing 1 for carrying behind the ear one or more microphones 2 for receiving the sound from the environment are installed.
  • a signal processing unit 3 which is also integrated in the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them.
  • the output signal of the signal processing unit 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or earpiece 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier.
  • the power supply of the hearing device and in particular the signal processing unit 3 is effected by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
  • the desire for cost-effective and miniaturized hearing aids led to capsule-shaped devices that are a little over one centimeter long and in the helix or the Cymba Conchae can be worn.
  • the output of the hearing aid is routed via a sound tube or in the case of a RIC hearing aid by means of an electrical conductor through the Concha to the ear canal.
  • the housing of the hearing aid is made as a simple plastic injection molded part.
  • Such a housing has a standard shape and is usually unyielding.
  • the wearing comfort leaves much to be desired.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to improve the wearing comfort of a hearing aid to be worn in the auricle, which has a standard housing.
  • this object is achieved by a hearing device for carrying in an auricle with a housing in which a sound signal processing device is housed, and a conductor for conducting an acoustic or electrical signal from the housing into an auditory canal of a user, wherein a molded part, the individually a part of the user's ear is adapted and formed in two parts with the housing is attached to the housing.
  • the molded part can be glued to the housing. In this way, it is stable without expensive connecting components attached to the housing.
  • the molded part can also be fastened to the housing with a snap connection. This allows for a very rapid assembly of the molding on the housing.
  • the molded part is yielding like a foam or rubber-elastic.
  • the comfort further, because pressure points can be avoided as much as possible.
  • the part of the auricle is the helix or the cymba conchae.
  • Very small hearing aids with standard housing are designed for carrying in the helix or the Cymba Conchae. You can be very comfortable and aesthetically unobtrusive.
  • the molding is made by a stereolithographic process.
  • a very rapid and automatic production of the molding is possible.
  • a hearing aid 10 to be worn in the helix or Cymba Conchae will be explained in greater detail. It has a standard injection molded housing 11 with fixed geometry. Out FIG. 4 it can be seen how this hearing aid 10 is in principle carried in the auricle 17.
  • a conductor 13 At the output 12 of the hearing aid 10 is a conductor 13 to direct an output signal into the ear canal of the user.
  • This conductor 13 may be a sound tube to give an audible signal to the ear canal.
  • the conductor 13 is a thin cable, with corresponding electrical signals are forwarded to a listener in the ear canal.
  • the fixed geometry of the housing 11 of the hearing aid 10 on the one hand has the advantage that it can be mass produced very inexpensively for many users in unchanged form.
  • the hearing aid is either very loose or it is exerted in certain areas of the Cymba unpleasant pressure. This pressure is the more unpleasant, the more punctually he fails.
  • the Cymba Conchae is slightly larger than an average Cymba Conchae, so there is a constant risk that the hearing aid falls out of the auricle.
  • FIG. 3 a molded part 14 is attached to the hearing aid housing 11 in order to shape the outer contours of the housing 11 in the region in which the hearing device 10 makes contact with the pinna, especially the helix or the Cymba Conchae.
  • an ear impression of the desired part of the helix or the Cymba Conchae is made.
  • data about the shape of the pinna or a portion thereof may also be obtained by scanning.
  • the molded part 14 is now produced separately from the housing 11.
  • the contour of the molded part 14 then corresponds exactly to the negative contour of the part of the auricle 17 into which the hearing aid is to be inserted (cf. FIG. 4 ), z. B. the helix 15 and the Cymba Conchae 16.
  • the molding 14 compensates for gaps and pressure points.
  • the material of the molded part 14 may be soft, in particular rubber-elastic or foam-like.
  • the production of the molding 14 can be carried out by means of a conventional SLA technology in the context of an RSM process (Rapid Shell Manufacturing). This ensures a high level of automation.
  • a RIC solution is possible, which not only leads to a high wearing comfort, but is also advantageous in terms of aesthetic aspects.
  • a user will obtain a mass-produced hearing aid.
  • An acoustician will remove an ear impression of the part of the ear in which the hearing aid is worn.
  • the acoustician scans this part of the ear.
  • the corresponding individual molded part is manufactured.
  • the molding is adhered to the housing 11 of the hearing aid 10, plugged, clipped or otherwise secured.

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