JP2000228798A - Hearing aid - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the hearing aid use for the case that a person who has difficulty in hearing and a speaking person are away from each other by providing a sound collecting member on both end or one end or both sides or one side of an engaging matter of a hanger so as to make the handling of a hearing aid convenient. SOLUTION: The engaging matter 1 is a metallic spring in the state of a thin and narrow plate. The sound collecting members 2 are obtained by directing the concave parts of 1/4-circular plates toward the front side. The engaging matter 1 is mounted by fitting to his/her head so as to cover both of the ears with the members 2 from behind the ears. In another hearing aid, the sound collecting members are provided at one end of the engaging matters, and on the other end, a holding member in the state of a thin and long plate is provided in order to keep the ends of the engaging matters with a good touch. With another hearing aid, each of the sound collecting matter has the one side of the plate being flat and the other side of it being cylindrical. The cylindrical part is made a collected sound feeding port to aid hearing by covering an ear hole with it. Further, with another hearing aid, the sound collecting members in the state of 1/4 spheres are provided at both ends of the engaging matter.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hearing aid in which a hearing aid provided with a sound collecting member on a hanging object is hung on a head or a sound collecting member is hung on an ear for hearing aid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional hearing aids are of the electronic instrument type,
There were tubular hearing aids and the like.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is expensive when used electronically and is inconvenient to handle, or when the hearing impaired is far from the speaker, such as a tubular hearing aid. It is researched to solve difficult points.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the hearing aid of the present invention has a sound collection member provided on both ends or one end, or both sides or one side of a hang-up on a head. . The sound collecting member is as hard as metal or plastic, and a plate-shaped member has a low sound absorption coefficient and a large sound collecting effect. Examples of hanging articles on which the sound-collecting member is mounted include a headband, a hat, a hair band, a hair cap, and a headband.

[0005] Also, since the sound collecting member is attached to the ear,
It is considered that a material having a soft touch and a low sound absorption coefficient is preferable (for example, vinyl or rubber). And it is good to make a shape which tends to produce a sound focus in an ear canal part. As the shape, a parapolar antenna shape is preferable. Further, the shape may be an ear shape of an animal. This is because the ear of the animal is considered to have a structure with a high sound collecting effect. Then, if the sound collecting member can be replaced by replacing the sound collecting member with the sound collecting member separately, a sound collecting member of various shapes and sizes can be used according to the use state.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples with reference to the drawings. First Embodiment A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state where the hearing aid of the first embodiment is mounted.

The hanging object 1 is a thin and narrow plate-shaped spring made of metal. The sound collecting member 2 is a four-semicircular plate-shaped member provided with a concave portion facing the front. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which the hanging object 1 is applied to the head, and the sound collecting member 2 is attached to the ears 5 from behind both ears 5.

Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the structure of the second embodiment. FIG. 3 shows an example in which a sound collecting member 2 is provided at one end of a hanging object 1 and an elongated plate-shaped holding member is provided at the other end so that the front end of the hanging object 1 can be kept in contact with the head. A member 3 is provided.

A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the structure of the third embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the structure and operation of the third embodiment. The sound collecting member 2 is formed by flattening one side of a plate-shaped member and cylindrically forming the other side. As shown in FIG. 5, the cylindrical portion is used as a sound collection supply port 4 to cover the ear hole 6 for hearing aid.

A fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a front view showing the structure of the fourth embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a use state of the fourth embodiment. The sound collecting member 2 shown in FIG. 6 has four hemispherical sound collecting members 2 provided at both ends of the hanging object 1. And as FIG. 7 shows,
Dotted arrows indicate the sound entry path, and have a structure that concentrates on the ear canal 6.

A fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a front view showing the structure of the fifth embodiment. An ear hook member 7 having an ear hook hole 8 is provided on the right side of the sound collecting member 2 provided in a four hemispherical shape. Depending on the structure of the ear hook hole 8, it may be hung on either the left or right ear.

Embodiment 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
13 is a right side view showing the structure of the sixth embodiment. FIG. An elongated ring-shaped ear hook member 7 is provided on the right side of the sound collecting member 2 provided in four hemispheres, and mounting legs 9 are provided radially outward from four places of the ear hook member 7. The tips of the mounting legs 9 are fixed to the outer peripheral edge on the right side of the sound collecting member 2. In addition, it has a structure that can be hung on either the left or right ear.

[0013]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. The sound collecting member may be made larger or smaller depending on the degree of hearing loss. A hearing aid equipped with a sound collecting member having a plate-shaped concave shape is convenient when a telephone handset is used. The same applies to a hearing aid provided with a sound collecting member on only one side. A sound-collecting member that takes into account the sound focus and sound-collecting effect has a large sound-collecting effect even if the shape is small.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a structure of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state where the hearing aid of the first embodiment is mounted.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a structure of a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the structure of a third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the structure and operation of a third embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing the structure of a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a use state of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing the structure of a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a right side view showing the structure of the sixth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hanging material 2 Sound collecting member 3 Holding member 4 Sound collecting supply port 5 Ear 6 Ear hole 7 Ear hanging material 8 Ear hanging hole 9 Mounting leg

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A hearing aid provided with a hanging object (1) and sound collecting members (2) attached to both ends or both sides thereof so that hearing can be performed. 2. A hearing aid in which a hanging object (1) is provided, and a concave sound collecting member (2) is provided at each of both ends or both sides so that hearing can be performed with the concave surface facing the front. 3. A tubular part comprising a hanging object (1), one side of which is a flat surface or a concave surface, and the other is a cylindrical sound collecting member (2) having a flat or concave surface facing the front. Hearing aids provided on both ends or both sides of the garment (1) to enable hearing aid. 4. A hanging object (1) is provided, and one side of a concave portion of a sound collecting member (2) provided in a four hemispherical shape is provided so as to cover an ear (5), and the other concave portion is provided. Hearing aids provided on both ends or both sides of the hanging object (1) toward the front so that hearing can be performed. 5. A hearing aid according to claim 1, wherein the sound collecting member (2) is provided at one end or one side of the hanging object (1) and the holding member (3) is provided at the other end. . 6. The hearing aid according to claim 1, wherein the hanging object (1) and the sound collecting member (2) are separated from each other. 7. An ear hooking member (7) having an ear hooking hole (8) at a portion to be put on the ear (5) is provided on the sound collecting member (2), and the ear hooking hole (8) is attached to the ear (5). Hearing aid that can be used for hearing. 8. An elongated ring-shaped ear hook member (7) is provided with mounting legs (9) radially, and an ear (5) of a sound collecting member (2).
Hearing aids in which mounting legs (9) are fixed to the edges of the parts to be put on the hearing aid, respectively, so that hearing can be performed.