JP5739052B1 - Hearing aid holder - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a hearing aid holder that can easily fix a hearing aid to normal glasses that do not have a special structure, and that is excellent in stability of holding the hearing aid, and a spectacle equipped with the hearing aid holder. A hearing aid holding portion 11 of a hearing aid holder 10 integrally holds a hearing aid 30 and an ear hooking portion 6 of a temple 5 by elastic force. Further, the temple holding part 12 integrally holds the tube 32 and the ear hooking part 6 of the temple 5 by elastic force. The hearing aid 30 can be prevented from falling off the hearing aid holder 10. Further, even if the user exercises, the hearing aid 30 can be prevented from falling off the hearing aid holder 10. The hearing aid holder 10 that is highly versatile and can hold various types of glasses that do not have a special structure in the temple 5 and that stably holds the hearing aid 30 reliably can be realized. [Selection] Figure 7

Description

The present invention relates to a hearing aid Hol da.

  Currently, hearing aids are becoming smaller and have a built-in receiver that emits amplified sound inside the body, and those connected to an ear mold that is inserted into the ear canal by a sound guide tube, and the receiver is separated from the body and the receiver. A device in which the receiver itself is inserted into the ear canal by connecting with a cable has been put into practical use. With the miniaturization of hearing aids, hearing aids are becoming very expensive. Therefore, in order to prevent the hearing aid from being lost or misplaced, a hearing aid holder that holds the hearing aid on a temple of glasses has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

  This hearing aid holder has a holder body formed of a cylindrical member made of an elastic resin and having a transverse section that is long in the vertical direction. Further, the holder main body is expanded to accommodate the hearing aid main body therein, and holds the hearing aid main body by its elastic force. Furthermore, an attachment member for attaching the holder body to the tip cell part of the glasses is provided on one side surface of the holder body, and the operation member of the hearing aid is easily operated on at least the other side surface of the holder body. An opening is formed so as not to impair the sound collecting performance.

JP 2013-48314 A

  However, the hearing aid holder described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is necessary to provide a hook-like portion for attaching the hearing aid holder to the tip cell portion of the distal end portion of the temple of the glasses. Therefore, there is a problem that the hearing aid holder is not attached to normal glasses, and can only be used for those having temples with hook-like portions. Further, since the fixing part of the hearing aid holder is limited to the hook-like part, there is a problem that the hearing aid holder is not stable and the hearing aid holder may fall off the hook-like part due to the user's movement or the like.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, hearing aid can easily be fixed to the normal eyeglasses having no special structure, and, a superior hearing aid Hol da stability of the hearing aid retention The purpose is to provide.

A hearing aid holder according to an aspect of the present invention includes a holder main body formed of a cylindrical elastic body, and the holder main body includes a temple insertion port into which a temple of glasses is inserted, and a side opposite to the temple insertion port. An opening that is larger than the temple insertion opening, into which the hearing aid is inserted, a hearing aid holding portion that houses the hearing aid and holds the hearing aid by elastic force, and the hearing aid holding portion from the hearing aid holding portion. A temple holding portion is provided which has a diameter reduced toward the temple insertion port and holds an ear hooking portion of the temple and a tube extending from the hearing aid by an elastic force.

  In the hearing aid holder configured as described above, the temple penetrates between the temple insertion opening and the hearing aid insertion opening, and the temple holding portion holds the temple hooking portion and the tube extending from the hearing aid by elastic force. The hearing aid holding unit accommodates the hearing aid and holds the hearing aid by elastic force. Therefore, the hearing aid holder can be easily attached to normal glasses that do not have a special structure. In addition, the hearing aid holder can be prevented from falling off the temple. Furthermore, the temple holder holds the temple hook and the tube extending from the hearing aid by elastic force, and the hearing aid holder holds the hearing aid and holds the hearing aid by elastic force. The hearing aid can be prevented from falling off the hearing aid holder. In addition, the hearing aid can be prevented from falling off the hearing aid holder even if the user exercises. Therefore, it is possible to realize a highly versatile hearing aid holder that can be used for various glasses that do not have a special structure in the temple.

  Further, the temple holding part may be able to pass through an ear hole insertion part provided at a tip of the tube of the hearing aid by expansion. In this case, the temple holding part of the hearing aid holder is expanded to pass through the ear hole insertion part, so once the hearing aid holder is attached to the temple and the hearing aid is accommodated in the hearing aid holder, the hearing aid is pulled in the direction of dropping. Even if it is, it can prevent that an ear hole insertion part is caught in a temple holding part, and a hearing aid falls out of a hearing aid holder.

  The tube may be a sound guide tube, and the ear hole insertion portion may be an ear mold. In this case, after the hearing aid holder is attached to the temple and the hearing aid is housed in the hearing aid holder, even if the hearing aid is pulled in the direction of removal, the ear mold will be caught by the temple holder and the hearing aid will fall off the hearing aid holder. Can be prevented.

  Further, the ear hole insertion part may be a receiver, and the temple holding part may be able to pass through the receiver by expansion. In this case, after the hearing aid holder is attached to the temple and the hearing aid is housed in the hearing aid holder, even if the hearing aid is pulled in the direction of removal, the receiver will be caught by the temple holder and the hearing aid will fall off the hearing aid holder. Can be prevented.

Also, eye mirror may be mounted one of the hearing aid holder described above. In this case, any of the above effects can be achieved.

It is a perspective view of the spectacles 1 with which the hearing aid holder 10 was mounted | worn. 1 is a perspective view of a hearing aid 30. FIG. 1 is a front view of a hearing aid holder 10. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a hearing aid holder 10. FIG. 3 is a right side view of the hearing aid holder 10. FIG. 3 is a left side view of the hearing aid holder 10. FIG. It is an enlarged view showing a state in which the hearing aid holder 10 is attached to the temple 5 of the glasses and the hearing aid 30 is held by the hearing aid holder 10.

  Hereinafter, a hearing aid holder 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention and glasses 1 to which the hearing aid holder 10 is attached will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the upper, lower, left, and right in FIG. 3 are the upper, lower, right, and left of the hearing aid holder 10, the front side of the page is the front, and the back side of the page is the rear.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the spectacles 1 include a frame portion 4 that holds the lenses 2 and 2, and temples 5 and 5 that are rotatably supported by screws 3 and 3 at both ends of the frame portion 4, respectively. It is configured. The rear end of the temple 5 is an ear hook 6 that is curved downward. As an example, the hearing aid holder 10 is attached to the ear hook 6 of the temple 5.

  Next, the structure of a general hearing aid 30 will be described with reference to FIG. As an example of the hearing aid 30, an ear hook type is used. The ear-hook type hearing aid 30 has a tube 32 having a hollow interior and a sound conducting function extending from a main body 31 containing a battery, an amplifier, a microphone, and the like, and is inserted into the user's ear canal at the tip of the tube 32. An ear hole insertion portion 33 is provided. The ear hole insertion portion 33 is formed in a truncated cone shape whose diameter increases from the front end portion 33A toward the rear end portion 33B, and an opening portion 33C that is a sound outlet is formed in the front end portion 33A. Further, the body portion 31 of the hearing aid 30 has a large rear end portion 34 and is formed smaller toward a distal end portion 35 that is a connection portion of the tube 32. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the main body 31 is formed in a substantially triangular shape when viewed from the front.

  Next, the structure of the hearing aid holder 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. The hearing aid holder 10 is formed of a cylindrical elastic body. As an example, it is comprised from the synthetic resin which has elasticity. As the synthetic resin, for example, pinyl chloride, synthetic rubber or the like is used. The hearing aid holder 10 is formed by dipping or injection molding using the synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 3, when viewed from the front, the hearing aid holder 10 includes a hearing aid holder 11 and a temple holder 12 from the left side. In a state where the hearing aid 30 is not inserted into the hearing aid holding part 11, the size of the internal space of the hearing aid holding part 11 is formed to be slightly smaller than the outer shape of the body part 31 of the hearing aid 30 to be attached. Therefore, the hearing aid holding unit 11 expands to accommodate the main body 31 of the hearing aid 30 and holds it by elastic force. Further, in a state where the temple 5 and the tube 32 do not pass through the temple holding portion 12, the area of the AA cross section of the internal space of the temple holding portion 12 shown in FIG. 3 is the ear hooking portion 6 of the temple 5 and the tube 32. Is formed slightly smaller than the area of the vertical cross section (area of the BB cross section shown in FIG. 1). Accordingly, the temple holding portion 12 expands and passes through the ear hooking portion 6 of the temple 5 and the tube 32 and is held by elastic force.

  As shown in the front view of FIG. 3 and the plan view of FIG. 4, the hearing aid holder 10 has a longitudinal sectional area (in the AA line shown in FIG. 3) of the internal space from the hearing aid holding portion 11 side toward the temple holding portion 12. The cross-sectional area parallel to the cross-sectional area) is reduced to a smaller diameter and is narrowed. The longitudinal sectional area of the internal space of the hearing aid holding unit 11 and the temple holding unit 12 may be any shape such as a circle, an ellipse, or a substantially rectangle. Therefore, the term “reduced diameter” does not necessarily mean that the longitudinal sectional area of the internal space is circular. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a temple insertion opening 14 (see FIG. 5) that is an opening into which the temple 5 is inserted is formed at the right end portion of the temple holding portion 12 of the hearing aid holder 10. In addition, a hearing aid insertion opening 13 (see FIG. 6), which is an opening into which the hearing aid 30 is inserted, is formed at the left end portion of the hearing aid holding portion 11 of the hearing aid holder 10. The hearing aid insertion port 13 is an opening larger than the temple insertion port 14, and the hearing aid 30 can be inserted by expanding. Further, the temple insertion opening 14 has an opening area smaller than the rear end portion of the ear hole insertion portion 33 on the tube 32 side, and the ear hole insertion portion 33 can pass through the expansion.

  Next, a method for using the hearing aid holder 10 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the ear hole insertion part 33 is inserted from the hearing aid insertion port 13 side of the hearing aid holder 10 to pass through the hearing aid holding part 11, and the ear hole insertion part 33 is pushed into the temple holding part 12. In this case, when the ear hole insertion part 33 is pushed in with a thin stick or the like, the hearing aid holding part 11 expands and the ear hole insertion part 33 comes out of the temple insertion port 14. Next, the rear end portion of the ear hooking portion 6 of the temple 5 is pushed into the inside from the temple insertion port 14 to pass through the temple holding portion 12 and the hearing aid holding portion 11. Next, when the body of the hearing aid 30 is inserted into the hearing aid holding part 11 from the hearing aid insertion opening 13, the hearing aid holding part 11 expands to hold the hearing aid 30 by elastic force as shown in FIG. When the hearing aid 30 is attached to the other temple 5, the same operation is repeated.

  In the state shown in FIG. 7, the hearing aid holder 11 of the hearing aid holder 10 integrally holds the hearing aid 30 and the ear hook 6 of the temple 5 with elastic force. Moreover, the temple holding | maintenance part 12 hold | maintains the tube 32 and the temple 5 integrally with an elastic force. Therefore, the hearing aid 30 can be prevented from falling off the hearing aid holder 10. Further, even if the user exercises, the hearing aid 30 can be prevented from falling off the hearing aid holder 10. Therefore, the hearing aid holder 10 that is highly versatile and can be used for various glasses that do not have a special structure in the temple 5 and that stably holds the hearing aid 30 reliably can be realized. As shown in FIG. 7, after the hearing aid holder 10 is attached to the temple 5 and the hearing aid 30 is accommodated in the hearing aid holder 10, the hearing aid 30 is pulled in the drop-off direction so that the hearing aid 30 is detached from the hearing aid holder 11. In addition, it is possible to prevent the hearing aid 30 from dropping from the hearing aid holder 10 due to the ear hole insertion portion 33 being caught by the temple holding portion 12.

  The hearing aid holder 10 is not limited to the body portion 31 of the hearing aid 30 as in the above-described hearing aid 30, but the receiver is provided in the ear hole insertion portion 33, and the tube 32 is a lead wire inside. Needless to say, it is also used for a receiver incanal type (RIC type) hearing aid, which is a cable provided with. Therefore, the “tube” in the claims may be a hollow tube inside or a cable having a lead inside.

  Further, since the hearing aid holder 10 has elasticity, it can be held even if the size of the hearing aid 30 is somewhat different. The size of the hearing aid holder 10 may be prepared in advance according to the size of the hearing aid 30, such as two types of large and small, and three types of large, medium and small. Further, the hearing aid holder 10 is not limited to the shape shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 7, but the diameter of the hearing aid holder 11 that holds the hearing aid 30 by elastic force and the diameter of the hearing aid holder 11 from the hearing aid holder 11 toward the temple insertion port 14 is reduced. The temple holding portion 12 for holding the ear hooking portion 6 of the temple 5 and the tube 32 extending from the hearing aid 30 by an elastic force is used. If the hearing aid insertion port 13 is larger than the temple insertion port 14, various shapes are adopted. it can. Further, the surface of the hearing aid holder 10 may be provided with a pattern, color, decoration or the like. If the color of the hearing aid holder 10 is the same as or similar to that of the ear hook 6, a sense of unity with the glasses 1 can be obtained. Further, if the color of the hearing aid holder 10 is the same color or the same color as the color of the main body 31 of the hearing aid 30, a sense of unity with the hearing aid 30 can be obtained. A large number of fine protrusions and grooves may be formed on the inner surface of the hearing aid holder 10. In this case, the hearing aid 30 and the temple 5 are not attached to the hearing aid holder 10 and are easy to insert.

  Further, since the hearing aid holder 10 is formed by dipping or injection molding, it goes without saying that various sizes can be manufactured. Further, the hearing aid holder 10 is not necessarily attached to the ear hook 6 of the temple 5, and may be attached to the temple 5 on the front side of the ear hook 6. The material of the hearing aid holder 10 is not limited to vinyl chloride and synthetic rubber, and various materials can be used as long as they are elastic bodies. Furthermore, the method of manufacturing the hearing aid holder 10 is not limited to the dipping method or the injection molding, and may be manufactured by extrusion molding, blow molding, lamination molding, casting, powder molding, vacuum / pressure molding, stretch molding, or the like. Moreover, you may manufacture by 3D printer etc.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Glasses 2 Lens 4 Frame part 5 Temple 6 Ear hook part 10 Hearing aid holder 11 Hearing aid holding part 12 Temple holding part 13 Hearing aid insertion port 14 Temple insertion port 30 Hearing aid 31 Main body part 32 Tube 33 Ear hole insertion part

Claims (4)

Having a holder body formed of a cylindrical elastic body;
The holder body is
A temple insertion slot into which a temple of glasses is inserted;
An opening opposite to the temple insertion opening, an opening larger than the temple insertion opening, and a hearing aid insertion opening into which a hearing aid is inserted;
A hearing aid holding unit that houses the hearing aid and holds the hearing aid by elastic force;
A hearing aid comprising: a temple holding portion that is reduced in diameter toward the temple insertion port from the hearing aid holding portion and holds an ear hooking portion of the temple and a tube extending from the hearing aid by an elastic force. holder.   The hearing aid holder according to claim 1, wherein the temple holding portion can pass through an ear hole insertion portion provided at a distal end of the tube of the hearing aid by expansion.   The hearing aid holder according to claim 2, wherein the tube is a sound guide tube, and the ear hole insertion portion is an ear mold. The hearing aid holder according to claim 2, wherein the ear hole insertion part is a receiver, and the temple holding part can pass through the receiver by expansion.

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