EP3410742A1 - Hörgeräteschlauchanordnung - Google Patents

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EP3410742A1
EP3410742A1 EP18153906.5A EP18153906A EP3410742A1 EP 3410742 A1 EP3410742 A1 EP 3410742A1 EP 18153906 A EP18153906 A EP 18153906A EP 3410742 A1 EP3410742 A1 EP 3410742A1
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Mathias Rask Møller
Kenneth Rueskov MØLLER
Jacob Holdt Hansen
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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
    • H04R2225/021—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
    • H04R2225/025—In the ear hearing aids [ITE] hearing aids
    • 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

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  • the present disclosure relates to a hearing aid tube assembly comprising a tube provided with a connector in a first end of the tube and a receiver provided in the opposite second end, wherein the connector is configured to be connected to a behind-the-ear or receiver-in-the-ear type hearing aid. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a hearing aid tube assembly having a tube is configured to fit the concha shape of a hearing aid user.
  • Receiver-in-the-ear (RITE) hearing aids as well as behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids are very popular and therefore widely used.
  • RITE hearing aids and many BTE hearing aids comprise a receiver that is electrically connected to a connector by means of a number of wires provided in a tube extending between the receiver and the connector.
  • the hearing aid tube assemblies Due to biological vibration among hearing aid user, the hearing aid tube assemblies are available in various lengths. Besides, different geometries are required for the left-side and right-side tubes of the hearing aid tube assemblies, respectively.
  • the tubes are pre-shaped to fit the length and geometry of the ear of a hearing aid user.
  • the tubes are designed to have a generic shape that fits most people. Some hearing aid dispensers rework the tubes by applying heating by means of hair dryers, lighters and other heat sources to customize the tube to the hearing aid users ear. Prior art tubes available require to be heated up to 150°C to become malleable.
  • the hearing tube assembly is a hearing tube assembly comprising a tube provided with a connector in a first end of the tube and a receiver provided in the opposite second end, said connector being configured to be connected to a BTE or RITE type hearing aid, wherein the tube is configured to be permanently elongated and be shaped to fit the geometry of the ear of a hearing aid user, wherein the tube is configured to be brought into a form stable configuration by applying heating and/or light.
  • the prior art hearing aid tube assemblies come in various geometries (one for the left ear and one for the right ear) and sizes. Since the hearing aid tube assembly can be shaped in different ways, it is possibly to use one single hearing aid tube assembly to cover several prior art hearing aid tube assembly variants.
  • the connector may have any suitable shape and size as long as it can be electrically connected to a BTE or RITE type hearing aid.
  • the electrical connection to the hearing aid may be established by using electrical connection structures (e.g. corrsponding pins and socket holes).
  • the connector is provided with pins protruding from a body portion of the connection.
  • the connector is provided with socket holes configured to receive corresponding pins protruding from the body portion of the hearing aid.
  • the receiver may have any size and geometry.
  • the tube may have any suitable size and geometry. It may be an advantage that the tube has a homogeneous cross section. In a preferred embodiment, the tube has a circular or oval cross section in order to ease the comfort for the hearing aid user wearing it.
  • the tube is configured to be permanently elongated and be shaped to fit the geometry of the ear of a hearing aid user.
  • the elongation may be established by pulling the tube by the hands.
  • the tube is constructed in a material and having a cross sectional area that allows it to be formed by suing the hands.
  • the tube is configured to be brought into a form stable configuration by applying heating and/or light.
  • the tube is configured to be brought from a non-cured configuration into a cured configuration by using heat and/or light.
  • the required heat does not necessarily need to be high (it may e.g. be as low as room temperature, such as 15-25 °C). Normally, the curing process will, however, be speeded up if a higher temperature (above 25°C) is applied.
  • the tube comprises a first portion and a second portion that is stiffer than the first portion.
  • the soft portion allows the tube to be bent easier in this region.
  • the stiff portion makes the tube suitable for clamping to the ear.
  • the first portion is a central portion and the second is a distal portion that is stiffer than the central portion. This may be an advantage, because the central portion of the tube typically needs to be bent, whereas the tube typically needs to be stiffer at its distal portion in order to make it clamp at the ear.
  • the distal portion is the distal portion, in which the connector is provided.
  • the tube may at the same time bent (due to the lower stiffness) at its central portion so that the tube can be formed to fit the shape of the concha of the ear.
  • the tube comprises a first section and a second section separated by a separation wall, wherein the first section comprises a first substance and the second section comprises a second substance that begins to harden when mixed with the first substance.
  • section should be understood as a compartment or a lumen, in which a component (e.g. a liquid or gel) can be contained.
  • the hardening process (also referred to as curing process) is easy controllable and can be initiated by bending the tube hereby breaking the separation wall.
  • the tube may preferably comprise several sections.
  • section is meant a compartment or lumen, in which a component can be contained.
  • the separation wall is configured to break when the tube is bent.
  • the curing process can easily be initiated.
  • is bent is meant “bent to a predefined radius of curvature”.
  • the separation wall is configured to break when the tube is bent in a manner in which the radius of curvature of the bent portion of the tube is less than 2 cm.
  • the separation wall is configured to break when the tube is bent in a manner in which the radius of curvature of the bent portion of the tube is less than 2 cm.
  • the separation wall is configured to break when the tube is bent in a manner in which the radius of curvature of the bent portion of the tube is less than 1 cm.
  • one or more metal wires are provided in the tube and extend along at least a portion of the tube.
  • the one or more metal wires can be used as a conductor or as a reinforcement structure.
  • the one or more metal wires extend along the entire length of the tube.
  • the one or more metal wires can be used as a conductor or as a reinforcement structure
  • the one or more metal wires are provided in a cable.
  • the tube comprises both one or more metal wires used as conductors and a metal reinforcement structure.
  • the cable is centrally arranged in the tube.
  • the cable is arranged close to the periphery of the tube than the center of the tube.
  • the cable is arranged close to the periphery of the tube than the center of the tube.
  • the one or more metal wires are Litze wires.
  • At least a portion of the one or more metal wires constitute a wire and fiber assembly configured to be arranged in:
  • the tube comprises a minor portion separated from a major portion of the tube, wherein the one or more metal wires are arranged in the minor portion and wherein the major portion comprises a shapeable material, said shapeable material is configured to hardened by using heat and/or light.
  • the tube has a large-volume section comprising a shapeable material that can be formed.
  • the tube comprises a light sensitive substance.
  • a light sensitive substance it is possible to initiate and carry out the curing process (hardening process) by using light.
  • the light sensitive substance is a ultraviolet (UV) sensitive substance.
  • UV ultraviolet
  • the tube is at least partly made of a material that can be formed and reformed multiple times.
  • the tube can be reformed.
  • the tube is at least partly made of a polymorph material.
  • the polymorph material may be selected from class of polymers known as caprolactones.
  • the material has a melting point below 90°C.
  • the material has a melting point in the range 50-85°C, preferably 55-75°C, such as 60-70°C.
  • a melting point in the range 50-85°C, preferably 55-75°C, such as 60-70°C.
  • the method according to the disclosure is a method for making a hearing aid tube assembly comprising a tube provided with a connector in a first end of the tube and a receiver provided in the opposite second end, said connector being configured to be connected to a BTE or RITE type hearing aid, wherein the method comprises the step of providing a tube being configured to be permanently elongated and be shaped to fit the geometry of the ear of a hearing aid user, wherein the tube is configured to me brought into a form stable configuration by applying heating and/or light.
  • the method enables production of a single hearing aid tube assembly that can be shaped in different ways.
  • the method comprises the following steps:
  • a hearing device may include a hearing aid that is adapted to improve or augment the hearing capability of a user by receiving an acoustic signal from a user's surroundings, generating a corresponding audio signal, possibly modifying the audio signal and providing the possibly modified audio signal as an audible signal to at least one of the user's ears.
  • the "hearing device” may further refer to a device such as an earphone or a headset adapted to receive an audio signal electronically, possibly modifying the audio signal and providing the possibly modified audio signals as an audible signal to at least one of the user's ears.
  • Such audible signals may be provided in the form of an acoustic signal radiated into the user's outer ear, or an acoustic signal transferred as mechanical vibrations to the user's inner ears through bone structure of the user's head and/or through parts of middle ear of the user or electric signals transferred directly or indirectly to cochlear nerve and/or to auditory cortex of the user.
  • the hearing device is adapted to be worn in any known way. This may include i) arranging a unit of the hearing device behind the ear with a tube leading air-borne acoustic signals into the ear canal or with a receiver/ loudspeaker arranged close to or in the ear canal such as in a Behind-the-Ear type hearing aid, and/ or ii) arranging the hearing device entirely or partly in the pinna and/ or in the ear canal of the user such as in an In-the-Ear type hearing aid.
  • a hearing device in general, includes i) an input unit such as a microphone for receiving an acoustic signal from a user's surroundings and providing a corresponding input audio signal, and/or ii) a receiving unit for electronically receiving an input audio signal.
  • the hearing device further includes a signal processing unit for processing the input audio signal and an output unit for providing an audible signal to the user in dependence on the processed audio signal.
  • the input unit may include multiple input microphones, e.g. for providing direction-dependent audio signal processing.
  • Such directional microphone system is adapted to enhance a target acoustic source among a multitude of acoustic sources in the user's environment.
  • the directional system is adapted to detect (such as adaptively detect) from which direction a particular part of the microphone signal originates. This may be achieved by using conventionally known methods.
  • the signal processing unit may include amplifier that is adapted to apply a frequency dependent gain to the input audio signal.
  • the signal processing unit may further be adapted to provide other relevant functionality such as compression, noise reduction, etc.
  • the output unit may include an output transducer such as a loudspeaker/ receiver for providing an air-borne acoustic signal transcutaneously.
  • Fig. 1A illustrates a tube assembly 2 according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the tube assembly 2 comprises a tube 6, a receiver 4 and a connector 8.
  • the tube 6 is connected to the connector 8 in a first end of the tube 6 and to the receiver 4 in the opposite second end. Accordingly, the tube 6 extends between the receiver 4 and the connector 8.
  • the receiver 12 is provided with an attachment structure in the distal end 12.
  • the attachment structure is configured to receive an ear piece (e.g. a dome as shown in Fig. 2C ).
  • the connector 8 is configured to be connected to a BTE or RITE type hearing aid (see Fig. 2C and Fig. 2D ).
  • the connector 8 comprises a connector body and pins 10 extending along the longitudinal axis of the connector body.
  • the pins 10 protrude from the distal end of the connector body and are configured to be inserted into a BTE or RITE type hearing aid.
  • the tube 6 is straight (neutral configuration) and is configured to be permanently elongated and be shaped to fit the geometry of the ear of a hearing aid user. Moreover, the tube 6 is configured to be brought into a form stable configuration (be hardened) by applying heating and/or light.
  • Fig. 1B illustrates a cross-sectional view of a tube 6 of a tube assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the tube 6 comprises a first section I and a second section II separated by a separation wall 16 and surrounded by a tube wall 14.
  • the tube 6, moreover, comprises a centrally arranged cable 20 comprising a plurality of Litze wires 18.
  • the tube 6 can have two or more sections each shaped as a lumen (a cavity extending along the length of the tube 6).
  • one section I, II comprises a compressed wire that can be elongated by pulling the tube 6.
  • This wire may be made in metal or another suitable material. The wire will to a considerable extent determine the shape of the tube 6. By bending the wire, the tube 6 can be shaped.
  • the wire is a folded metal wire.
  • the tube wall 14 may be made in any suitable material.
  • the tube wall 14 is, at least partly, made in a polymorph material. It may be an advantage that the polymorph material has a melting point at approximately 60-65°C such as 62°C, since this allows the hearing aid dispenser to modify the tube 6 with less invasive tools compared to the prior art tubes.
  • the first section I comprises a first component
  • the second section II comprises a second component.
  • the separation wall 16 is preferably made sufficiently fragile to break the separation wall 16 by bending the tube 6 so that the first component and the second component can be mixed in order to initiate a hardening process.
  • the hearing aid dispenser can placed the tube 6 on the end-user's ear while the tube 6 hardens. When the tube 6 has hardened, the tube 6 will keep the shape given by the ear.
  • one section I, II can be filled with light sensitive glue and closed in both ends.
  • the light sensitive glue may be sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light.
  • UV ultraviolet
  • the hearing aid dispenser will be able to shape the tube 6, and apply sunlight or a UV-lamp to harden the tube 6.
  • the glue When the glue is hardened, the tube 6 will permanently maintain its shape.
  • Fig. 2A illustrates a cross-sectional view of a tube 6 of a tube assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the tube 6 comprises a cable 20 provided with a centrally arranged metal wire 22 constituting a reinforcement structure extending along the length of the cable 20.
  • the metal wire 22 is surrounded by a plurality of Litze wires 18 extending along the length of the cable 20.
  • Fig. 2B illustrates a cross-sectional view of a tube 6 of a tube assembly according to another embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the tube 6 comprises a portion 25, in which a shapeable material 24 is provided.
  • the tube 6 comprises another portion 26, in which a plurality of Litze wires 18 are provided.
  • the shapeable material 24 may be a material that is sensitive to heat and/or light. Hereby, it is possible to shape the tube 6 and harden the tube 6 by using light and/or heat in order to maintain the geometry.
  • Fig. 2C illustrates a tube assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure being formed to fit the shape of ear 34 of a hearing aid user.
  • the tube assembly comprises a tube 6 extending between a connector 8 and a receiver 4.
  • the connector 8 is provided in the first end of the tube 6, whereas the receiver 4 is provided in the opposite end of the tube 6.
  • a dome 36 is attached to the distal end of the receiver 4. The dome 36 is inserted into the ear canal 38.
  • a lamp 30 emits light 28 towards the distal portion 44 of the tube 6.
  • the hearing aid dispenser can form (change the length and geometry) the tube 6 to make it fit the geometry of the ear 34 and afterwards harden the tube 6 by mean of the lamp 30.
  • Fig. 2D illustrates the tube assembly shown in Fig. 2C being hardened by means of light 28 from a lamp 30 in a configuration in which the tube assembly is removed from the ear of the hearing aid user.
  • the tube 6 is connected to a connector 8 that is attached to the housing of a hearing aid 32 configured to be arranged behind the ear of the hearing aid user.
  • a receiver 4 is provided in the opposite end of the tube 6.
  • the receiver 4 comprises an attachment structure provided at the distal end 12 of the receiver 4.
  • the attachment structure is configured to be engagingly received by a corresponding structure of a dome (as shown in Fig. 2C ).
  • the tube 6 has a distal portion 44 that is stiffer than the central portion 42 of the tube 6, in which the tube 6 is bent to have an arched portion having a required radius of curvature R.
  • the stiff portion of the tube 6 allows the tube 6 to be sufficiently stiff to clamp to the ear.
  • the central portion 42 needs to softer in order to decouple vibrations from the ear canal to the microphone in the body portion of the hearing aid 32.
  • the central portion 42 is made in a polyurethane plastic such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), e.g. TPU having a hardness in the range shore 25-35, such as approximately shore 30.
  • TPU thermoplastic polyurethane
  • Fig. 3A illustrates a view of a tube assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure in a first compressed configuration
  • Fig. 3B illustrates a view of the tube assembly shown in Fig. 3A in an elongated configuration.
  • the tube assembly comprises a tube 6 extending between a connector 8 and a receiver 4.
  • the connector 8 is provided with pins 10 for establishing electric contact to a body portion of a hearing aid (see Fig. 2C and Fig. 2D ).
  • the receiver 4 comprises an attachment structure (for attachment of an ear piece such as a dome) provided in the distal end 12.
  • the tube 6 surrounds a wire and fiber assemble 40.
  • the wire and fiber assemble 40 comprises one or more electrical wires providing electrical connection between the connector 8 and the receiver 4.
  • the wire and fiber assemble 40 is provided in a compressed configuration.
  • the wire and fiber assemble 40 has been elongated and the length of the tube 6 is increased. This can be done because the tube 6 is made in an extendable material.
  • the tube 6 is made in a material that allows the tube 6 to be elongated and hereafter be hardened by using heat and/or light.
  • the wires in the wire and fiber assemble 40 are protected by fibers. These fibers may be made in aramid. In another embodiment, the fibers may comprise or be made in carbon or glass.
  • the tube 6 can be pulled to beyond the elastic deformation to permanently elongate the tube 6. At maximum elongation before damaging tube 6, the fiber should be stretched, restricting further elongation. Hereby, the fiber protects the tube 6 from being damaged due to elongation.
  • only a single section of the tube 6 is elongated by pulling the tube 6.
  • the remaining section will be shorter and pulled thin and long, leaving short and thick section.
  • connection or “coupled” as used herein may include wirelessly connected or coupled.
  • the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. The steps of any disclosed method is not limited to the exact order stated herein, unless expressly stated otherwise.

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