GB2203379B - Making hearing aids - Google Patents

Making hearing aids

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GB2203379B
GB2203379B GB8708616A GB8708616A GB2203379B GB 2203379 B GB2203379 B GB 2203379B GB 8708616 A GB8708616 A GB 8708616A GB 8708616 A GB8708616 A GB 8708616A GB 2203379 B GB2203379 B GB 2203379B
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Prior art keywords
hearing aids
making hearing
making
aids
hearing
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GB8708616A
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GB2203379A (en
Inventor
Donald Selwyn Painter
Margaret Jagla
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Oticon AS
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Oticon AS
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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
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
    • H04R25/656—Non-customized, universal ear tips, i.e. ear tips which are not specifically adapted to the size or shape of the ear or ear canal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C35/00—Heating, cooling or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C35/02—Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould
    • B29C35/08—Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould by wave energy or particle radiation
    • B29C35/0888—Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould by wave energy or particle radiation using transparant moulds
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C39/00—Shaping by casting, i.e. introducing the moulding material into a mould or between confining surfaces without significant moulding pressure; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C39/02—Shaping by casting, i.e. introducing the moulding material into a mould or between confining surfaces without significant moulding pressure; Apparatus therefor for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles
    • B29C39/026—Shaping by casting, i.e. introducing the moulding material into a mould or between confining surfaces without significant moulding pressure; Apparatus therefor for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles characterised by the shape of the surface
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04R25/658—Manufacture of housing parts
    • H04R25/659—Post-processing of hybrid ear moulds for customisation, e.g. in-situ curing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C35/00—Heating, cooling or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C35/02—Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould
    • B29C35/08—Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould by wave energy or particle radiation
    • B29C35/0805—Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould by wave energy or particle radiation using electromagnetic radiation
    • B29C2035/0833—Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing during moulding, e.g. in a mould by wave energy or particle radiation using electromagnetic radiation using actinic light
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
    • B29L2031/753—Medical equipment; Accessories therefor
    • B29L2031/7532—Artificial members, protheses
    • 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
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Toxicology (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
GB8708616A 1987-04-10 1987-04-10 Making hearing aids Expired - Lifetime GB2203379B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8708616A GB2203379B (en) 1987-04-10 1987-04-10 Making hearing aids

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GB8708616D0 GB8708616D0 (en) 1987-05-13
GB2203379A GB2203379A (en) 1988-10-19
GB2203379B true GB2203379B (en) 1990-03-21

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Families Citing this family (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP0544687B1 (en) * 1990-08-20 1995-08-23 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Hearing aid and method for preparing same
EP0498592A3 (en) * 1991-02-06 1993-03-31 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Coloured hearing aid shell
ATE205357T1 (en) * 1993-06-11 2001-09-15 Ascom Audiosys Ag IN-EAR HEARING AID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
US5701348A (en) * 1994-12-29 1997-12-23 Decibel Instruments, Inc. Articulated hearing device
DE19733728C1 (en) * 1997-08-04 1999-03-18 Fraunhofer Ges Forschung Hearing aid for implementation in the outer human ear passage
DE19834849A1 (en) * 1998-08-01 2000-02-03 Audio Consulting Ges Fuer Stra Method of making a fitting for insertion into a human body cavity
US6393130B1 (en) 1998-10-26 2002-05-21 Beltone Electronics Corporation Deformable, multi-material hearing aid housing
FR2802084B1 (en) * 1999-12-08 2002-07-12 Duret Inventeur HEARING AID, METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME, AND MATERIAL FOR ENABLING THE SAME
US7130437B2 (en) 2000-06-29 2006-10-31 Beltone Electronics Corporation Compressible hearing aid
US20040105563A1 (en) * 2001-02-16 2004-06-03 Bordewijk Lourens George Method for the production of a hearing aid support and auxiliary part
US7564987B2 (en) 2002-11-13 2009-07-21 Bernafon Ag Set and method for producing a hearing aid and hearing aid produced according to this method
EP3113520A1 (en) * 2015-06-30 2017-01-04 Oticon A/s Insert member for a hearing device
US10034105B2 (en) 2016-01-04 2018-07-24 Starkey Laboratories, Inc. Article with internal light source for fitting in-situ and related devices and methods
DE102019206744B3 (en) * 2019-05-09 2020-09-17 Sivantos Pte. Ltd. Method for fitting an otoplastic of a hearing aid
US11336982B1 (en) * 2020-12-26 2022-05-17 Sonova Ag Hearing device seal modules, modular hearing devices including the same and associated methods
US11678126B1 (en) 2021-12-09 2023-06-13 Sonova Ag Hearing device seal modules, modular hearing devices including the same and associated methods

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GB2203379A (en) 1988-10-19

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Effective date: 20070409