EP2219392B1 - Module de microphone pour un dispositif auditif - Google Patents

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EP2219392B1
EP2219392B1 EP10153249.7A EP10153249A EP2219392B1 EP 2219392 B1 EP2219392 B1 EP 2219392B1 EP 10153249 A EP10153249 A EP 10153249A EP 2219392 B1 EP2219392 B1 EP 2219392B1
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Michael Sattler
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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
    • H04R25/45—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback
    • H04R25/456—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback mechanically
    • 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
    • H04R25/554—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 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
    • 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
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/405—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic by combining a plurality of transducers

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  • the present invention relates to a microphone module for a hearing device.
  • a hearing device is understood to mean any sound-emitting device that can be worn in or on the ear or on the head, in particular a hearing aid, 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. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit. This basic structure is in FIG. 1 shown using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing aid. In 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 into the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them she.
  • 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 Since some 80 dB and higher amplifications are required for some hearing aids, one of the main problems in achieving these high demands is the structure-borne noise and feedback suppression on the microphones.
  • EP 1 432 278 A2 describes a microphone module for a hearing aid with a plurality of arranged on a common microphone carrier microphones, which are covered with elastic, vibration damping material. The electrical contacting of the microphone module can be realized both via strands, flex circuit boards or connectors. Furthermore, a vibration-damped mounting of the microphone module is provided in the hearing aid.
  • a hearing device is known.
  • the handset and the microphone are each arranged in an acoustically sealed housing.
  • the housing of the listener has an opening for a sound tube.
  • US 2003/0086583 A1 a hearing device, in which the handset, the microphone, the power supply device and the electronics are each arranged in a separate housing.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to be able to better dampen the structure-borne noise in hearing aids with high amplification.
  • a microphone module for this purpose with a module housing, which is not part of the housing of the hearing device, a microphone including a microphone housing, which is arranged in the module housing, an inductive receiver arranged in the module housing, which constitutes an input transducer, and a bearing device for resiliently supporting the module housing in the housing of the hearing device.
  • a microphone housing which is not part of the housing of the hearing device
  • a microphone including a microphone housing, which is arranged in the module housing, an inductive receiver arranged in the module housing, which constitutes an input transducer, and a bearing device for resiliently supporting the module housing in the housing of the hearing device.
  • the additional receiver can also be used to change the mass of the module so that the coupling between the module and the hearing device housing can be varied as a result.
  • the microphone is contacted with a flexible printed circuit board, which is led out of the module housing. This would be an alternative to individually led stranded and brings advantages in the assembly.
  • the microphone is additionally decoupled from the housing of the hearing device by the module housing.
  • high gains can be realized with less risk of feedback.
  • a further microphone with its own microphone housing is housed in the module housing. This results in the same high quality decoupling for both microphones.
  • the module housing is hermetically sealed except for one sound inlet opening for each microphone. This is particularly advantageous when the microphone module is installed in a hearing aid or another hearing device and due to the tightness no sound unwanted way penetrates into the interior of the module housing and to the microphones.
  • the microphone housing may be mounted in the module housing with a body sound-damping microphone pocket.
  • a microphone pocket decouples the microphone housing or the microphone from the module housing with regard to the transmission of structure-borne noise.
  • the microphone pocket may have a sound conduit for guiding sound from a sound inlet opening of the module housing to an opening in the microphone housing.
  • a sound pipe connection can bring benefits when it comes to transmitting the sound as undisturbed as possible to each microphone.
  • the bearing device can have a plurality of rubber studs which can be plugged into or onto the housing of the hearing device. In this way, a robust and easy to install storage of the microphone module can be realized.
  • the described microphone module can be used in a hearing device that is designed as a hearing aid.
  • the risk of feedback is significantly reduced by a microphone module of this type in a hearing aid.
  • This in FIG. 2 reproduced microphone module is a separate easily installed in a hearing aid housing or from him easily removable unit. It has a module housing 10, in which two microphones 11, 12 are housed here. The microphones 11, 12 are supported by microphone pockets 13, 14 in the module housing 10. The module pockets 13, 14 each have a sound conductor stub 15, 16. About this sound pipe stub 15, 16 penetrates the male sound from the outside to the microphones 11, 12. To dampen structure-borne noise, the micro pockets 13, 14 made of a soft material such as rubber or Foam made. The housings of the microphones 11, 12 do not directly contact the module housing 10. As a result, structure-borne noise can only reach the microphone housings or the microphones 11, 12 via the microphone pockets 13, 14 from the module housing 10.
  • an inductive receiver 17 is arranged here between the microphones 11 and 12. This can bring advantages in terms of wiring, because the inductive receiver 17 as the microphones 11, 12 is an input converter whose signals are to be transmitted to an amplifier. Furthermore, the module housing 10 has a foot 18, on the outside of a rubber bearing element 19 is inserted. This rubber bearing element 19 is in the 3 and 4 better to recognize. It has four nubs 20 here, which protrude in pairs to the side. They can be plugged into corresponding holders of a hearing aid housing (not shown). At the top, ie, the side facing outward in the state inserted in the hearing aid, is as shown in FIG FIG. 2 a lid 21 is provided, which closes the module housing 10 upwards or outwards. He serves here at the same time for fixing the inductive receiver 17th
  • the microphone module is shown from its top, ie the outward-facing side.
  • the elongated shape of the microphone module can be seen, at the ends of each of the microphone inlets with the sound conduit 15, 16 are arranged.
  • the lid 21 extends in the central region of the module housing 10, the lid 21 extends.
  • FIG. 4 shows an oblique view of the microphone module, wherein the lid 21 is removed.
  • a flexible circuit board 22 which extends in the interior of the microphone module to the microphones 11, 12 and contacts them.
  • FIG. 5 the microphone module is shown installed in a hearing aid.
  • the figure shows a section through both the microphone module and the corresponding part of the hearing aid.
  • FIG. 5 shows a cladding 23 at the top.
  • the flexible printed circuit board 22 which is guided through a gap 24 in the module housing 10. A part of the circuit board 22 contacts the left microphone 11 and another part of the flexible circuit board 22 contacts the right microphone 12. Because the circuit board 22 is flexible, virtually no structure-borne noise from the hearing aid housing or a component located therein to the microphone module or to the microphones 11, 12 are transmitted.
  • the microphone module according to the invention integrates in this example the two microphones 11, 12 necessary for a directivity, as well as a hearing coil in an independent unit which is completely separated from the hearing aid housing 25 and is decoupled by an elastic bearing.
  • the sealing of the microphones 11, 12 within this module is - as was explained above - conventionally achieved by micro pockets 13, 14 with or without corresponding sound conduit 15, 16.
  • a particular advantage of the microphone module according to the invention is again the better decoupling of the microphones from the hearing aid housing or its internal rack (frame) to mention.
  • a hermetic seal against the hearing aid interior can be achieved. This has the consequence that the background noise can be better suppressed by the listener.

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  1. Module de microphone pour ensemble auditif, présentant
    un boîtier de module (10) qui ne fait pas partie du boîtier (25) de l'ensemble auditif,
    un microphone (11, 12) disposé y compris un boîtier pour microphone dans le boîtier de module (10),
    un dispositif de montage (19) qui monte élastiquement le boîtier de module (10) dans le boîtier (25) de l'ensemble auditif,
    le microphone (11, 12) étant en contact avec une carte de circuit souple (22) qui se prolonge hors du boîtier de module (10),
    caractérisé par
    un récepteur inductif (17) qui constitue un convertisseur d'entrée, disposé dans le boîtier de module (10).
  2. Module de microphone selon la revendication 1, dans lequel un autre microphone présentant son propre boîtier est placé dans le boîtier de module (10).
  3. Module de microphone selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le boîtier de module (10) est fermé hermétiquement à l'exception d'une ouverture d'entrée de son prévue pour chaque microphone.
  4. Module de microphone selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le boîtier de microphone est monté dans le boîtier de module (10) à l'aide d'une poche (13, 14) à microphone atténuant les bruits du corps.
  5. Module de microphone selon la revendication 4, dans lequel la poche (13, 14) à microphone présente une tubulure (15, 16) pour conduit acoustique qui conduit vers une ouverture ménagée dans le boîtier du microphone le bruit provenant d'une ouverture d'entrée de bruit.
  6. Module de microphone selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le dispositif de montage (19) présente plusieurs boutons (20) en caoutchouc qui peuvent être enfichés dans ou sur le boîtier (25) de l'ensemble auditif.
  7. Module de microphone selon l'une des revendications précédentes, présentant un module à microphone selon l'une des revendications précédentes, l'ensemble auditif étant configuré comme appareil auditif.
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