TWM563123U - Ear-hooking audiphone and audiphone module thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A hearing aid module is used to hang on an auricle of an ear of a user. The hearing aid module includes an earpiece, an earloop and a microphone. The earpiece includes a casing and a player, and the player is connected to the casing. The ear hook is connected to the earpiece, and the ear hook is used to hang on the auricle. The microphone is placed on the ear hook. The earphones only have electronic components for the microphone. When the ear is hung on the auricle, the microphone is located on the back of an auricle of the auricle.

Description

Ear-hook hearing aid and hearing aid module

The present invention relates to an ear-hook type hearing aid, which is light and simple in appearance, can provide a sound collecting function, and can effectively reduce the problem of howling and whistling, and excessively amplify the user's speaking volume.

A hearing aid is a hearing aid designed specifically for the hearing impaired, having a microphone, a processor and a player. The microphone can receive sound, and the microphone is usually placed outside or at the bottom of the player. The processor can adjust the sound received by the microphone, such as increasing the volume, changing the frequency, reducing the noise, etc., to process the sound into an enhanced sound that the hearing impaired can hear. The player will play the enhanced sound to the hearing impaired, so that the hearing impaired can clearly hear the sound.

However, the conventional stereo neck-mounted and pocket-type hearing aids usually have a separate main body for simultaneously processing two sound signals of the left and right ears and respectively outputting two sound signals to the two earphones of the left and right ears, and 2~ 4 microphones (1 to 2 on one side) are usually placed outside or below the headphones; if the microphone is too close to the player of the headset, even if the microphone and player are within the sound range of the auricle, it is easy The problem of howling is caused by the return. In addition, if the microphone of the hearing aid is close to the mouth of the hearing impaired person, the hearing of the hearing impaired by the microphone will be quite loud, and the processor will amplify the speech again and broadcast it from the player to the hearing impaired. Listening makes the hearing impaired often feel that they are too noisy and troubled. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new hearing aid that can solve the above problems.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a hearing aid module which is light and simple in appearance, can provide a radio function, and can reduce the whistling due to the return and prevent the user from excessively amplifying the speaking volume.

In order to achieve the above object, a hearing aid module of the present invention is used for hanging on an auricle of an ear of a user, and the hearing aid module comprises an earpiece, an earloop and a microphone. The earpiece includes a casing and a player, and the player is connected to the casing. The ear hook is connected to the earpiece, and the ear hook is used to hang on the auricle. The microphone is placed on the ear hook. The earphones only have electronic components for the microphone. When the ear is hung on the auricle, the microphone is located on the back of an auricle of the auricle.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the auricle separates the player and the microphone when the ear is hung from the auricle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the earloop further includes a bent portion and a tail end, and the microphone is disposed between the bent portion and the tail end of the earloop.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, two ear hooks are respectively connected to the two earpieces in a pivotal manner.

Another main object of the present invention is to provide an ear-hook hearing aid which is light and compact in appearance, can provide a radio function, and can reduce the whistling due to the return and prevent the user from excessively amplifying the speaking volume of the user.

In order to achieve the above object, an ear-hook hearing aid of the present invention comprises the above two hearing aid modules and a connecting member. The connector connects the two hearing aid modules.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the ear-hook hearing aid further includes a processor and a power supply member, and the processor and the power supply member are located in the casing of the earpieces of the two hearing aid modules.

According to an embodiment of the invention, wherein the connector is a wire.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the connecting member further comprises a neck wearing portion and two connecting wires, and the two connecting wires respectively connect the earpieces of the two hearing aid modules and connect the neck wearing portions.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the ear-hook hearing aid further includes a processor and a power supply member, and the processor and the power supply member are located in the neck wear portion.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical content of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

Hereinafter, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 together with the ear-hook hearing aid of the first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a schematic view of an ear-hook type hearing aid according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the ear-mounted hearing aid worn on the ear according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is the first of the present invention; A system architecture diagram of an ear-hook hearing aid of an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the ear-hook hearing aid 100 is used to hang on an auricle 210 of two ears 200 of a user, and the ear-hook hearing aid 100 can be Provides radio and broadcast functions, and can reduce the problem of howling due to the return and prevent excessive amplification of the user's speaking volume, and the ear-mounted hearing aid 100 is light and simple in appearance, so the user wears the ear-mounted hearing aid At 100 o'clock, I won't be surprised by the attention of others.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the ear-hook hearing aid 100 includes two hearing aid modules 1, a connector 140, a processor 150, and a power supply member 160. Each of the hearing aid modules 1 is mounted on an auricle 210 of an ear 200 of the user to receive the sound of the surrounding environment and play the adjusted sound for the user to listen. The hearing aid module 1 includes an earpiece 10, an earloop 20 and a microphone 30.

The earpiece 10 includes a casing 11 and a player 12. The casing 11 of the earpiece 10 of one of the hearing aid modules 1 houses the processor 150, and the casing 11 of the earpiece 10 of the other hearing aid module 1 houses the power source 160. The player 12 is connected to the casing 11, and the player 12 is placed in the ear canal of the user to play a sound for the user to listen to.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the earloop 20 is connected to the earpiece 10, and the earloop 20 is a hook-like structure for hanging on the auricle 210 of the user's ear 200. The earhook 20 includes a bent portion 21 and a tail end 22, the bent portion 21 is a turning portion of the hook-and-loop structure of the ear hook 20, and the tail end 22 is the end of the ear hook 20 of the hook-like structure. It should be noted that the earloop 20 of the present invention can also be designed to be connected to the earpiece 10 in a pivotal manner, so that the user can rotate the earloop 20 to reduce the overall size of the hearing aid module 1 for convenient storage. The angle of the hook structure of the earhook 20 is adjusted according to the shape of the ear 200 to provide a comfortable fit.

The microphone 30 is used to receive ambient sound. The microphone 30 is disposed between the bent portion 21 and the trailing end 22 of the earloop 20. The earloop 20 is designed to have only the electronic components of the microphone 30, such as electronic circuitry, capacitors, etc., but the earloop 20 does not include the processor 150 of the earhook hearing aid 100. When the earloop 20 is hung on the user's auricle 210, the microphone 30 will be located at an auricle back 211 of the auricle 210 (meaning the back side of the ear 200), and the auricle 210 will separate the player 12 from the microphone. 30 (that is, the player 12 will be located on the front side of the ear 200, and the auricle 210 will be located in the middle of the player 12 and the microphone 30); since the microphone 30 and the player 12 maintain a sufficient distance, the microphone 30 at the back of the auricle 211 The sound collection range of the auricle 210 can be avoided, so that the possibility of whistling by the sound back can be reduced. Moreover, since the microphone 30 is located at the auricle back 211 of the auricle 210 and is kept at a sufficient distance from the user's mouth, when the user speaks, the sound wave spoken by the user is blocked by the auricle 210 and cannot be directly transmitted to The microphone 30 is located at the back of the auricle 211, whereby the microphone 30 does not receive the voice of the user who is too loud.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the connecting member 140 is a wire of a wire connecting the earpieces 10 of the two hearing aid modules 1 and the microphones 30 and the two hearing aid modules 1 of the two hearing aid modules 1 The processor 150 and the power supply member 160 in the casing 11 of the earpiece 10 are electrically connected to each other. By the connection between the connecting member 140 and the two hearing aid modules 1, the ear-mounted hearing aid 100 looks like a general sports earphone instead of the traditional appearance of a heavy-looking hearing aid, so when the user matches When wearing the ear-hearing hearing aid 100, others would think that the user is wearing a normal sports earphone without over-expanding the user.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the processor 150 is a central processing unit (CPU) located in the casing 11 of the earpiece 10 of one of the hearing aid modules 1. The processor 150 is electrically connected to the player 12 and the microphone 30 of the earpiece 10 of the two hearing aid modules 1 , the connecting member 140 and the power supply member 160 . The processor 150 is used to adjust the sound received by the microphone 30, such as increasing the volume, changing the frequency, reducing the noise, etc., to process the sound into an intensified sound that can be heard by a hearing impaired user. The power supply unit 160 is located in the casing 11 of the earpiece 10 of the other hearing aid module 1, and the power supply unit 160 is used to supply power to the player 12, the microphone 30, and the power supply unit 160.

When the user wants to wear the earhook type hearing aid 100 of the present invention, the user only needs to hang the earloops 20 of the two hearing aid modules 1 on the two auricles 210 of the user, so that the microphones 30 are located in the ear. The auricle back 211 of the profile 210 and the player 12 are placed in the ear canal to complete the wear. Since the microphone 30 and the player 12 are kept at a sufficient distance, and the microphone 30 located at the back of the auricle 211 can avoid the sound collection range of the auricle 210, the possibility that the sound is whipped can be reduced. Moreover, since each microphone 30 is located at the auricle back 211 of the two auricles 210 and is kept at a sufficient distance from the user's mouth, when the user speaks, the sound waves are blocked by the auricle 210 and cannot be directly transmitted to the location. The microphone 30 of the auricle back 211, whereby the microphone 30 does not receive the voice of the user whose volume is too large, so that the processor 150 can be prevented from over-amplifying the voice and arguing to the user. According to the actual comparison between the present inventors and the conventional hearing aids, the microphone 30 of the earphone type hearing aid 100 of the present invention can provide an output of 20 decibels on average than the microphone provided on the outside of the player of the conventional hearing aid. Gain does not produce howling, and can provide 6 dB of output gain without the whistling of a conventional hearing aid set to the microphone at the bottom of the player. In addition, since the ear-hearing hearing aid 100 looks like a general sports earphone, rather than a conventionally heavy-looking hearing aid, when the user wears the ear-hook hearing aid 100, others will think that the user is Wear regular sports headphones without over-expanding users.

Please refer to FIG. 4 for an ear-hook hearing aid according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a schematic view of an ear-hook hearing aid of a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the connecting member 140a of the second embodiment further includes a necking portion 141 and two connecting wires 142. The processor 150 and the power supply member 160 are located within the neck wearing portion 141. The two connecting wires 142 are, for example, electric wires, which are respectively connected to the earpieces 10 of the two hearing aid modules 1, and the two connecting wires 142 are also connected to the neck wearing portion 141. The two connecting wires 142 electrically connect the player 12 and the microphone 30 of the earpiece 10 of the two hearing aid modules 1 and the processor 150 and the power source 160 in the neck wearing portion 141 to each other. By the design of the neck wearing portion 141 and the two connecting wires 142, the ear-mounted hearing aid 100a looks like a general neck-worn sports earphone, instead of the traditional appearance of a heavy-looking hearing aid, therefore, when When the user wears the ear-hook hearing aid 100a, others will think that the user is wearing a normal neck-worn sports earphone without excessive attention to the user. In addition, since the processor 150 and the power supply member 160 are located in the neck wearing portion 141 instead of being disposed in the earpiece 10, the weight of the earpiece 10 of the second embodiment can be made lighter and the wearing comfort can be improved.

With the design of the ear-hook hearing aid 100, 100a of the present invention, the ear-hook hearing aid 100, 100a looks like a general sports earphone, instead of the traditional appearance of a heavy-looking hearing aid, so when the user wears the ear When hanging a hearing aid, others will think that the user is wearing a normal sports headset without over-expanding the user. Since the microphone 30 and the player 12 are kept at a sufficient distance, and the microphone 30 located at the back of the auricle 211 can avoid the sound collection range of the auricle 210, the possibility that the sound is whipped can be reduced. In addition, when the user speaks, the sound wave is blocked by the auricle and cannot be directly transmitted to the microphone located at the back of the auricle, and the microphone and the user's mouth are kept at a sufficient distance, whereby the microphone does not receive the user whose volume is too large. The voice of the voice can prevent the voice from being over-amplified and noisy to the user.

It should be noted that the above is only an embodiment, and is not limited to the embodiment. For example, those who do not deviate from the basic structure of this new model shall be the scope of rights claimed in this patent, and shall be subject to the scope of patent application.

1‧‧‧Hearing aid module
10‧‧‧ earpiece
11‧‧‧Shell
12‧‧‧ Player
20‧‧‧ ear hanging
21‧‧‧Bends
22‧‧‧End
30‧‧‧Microphone
140, 140a‧‧‧Connecting parts
141‧‧‧Neckwear
142‧‧‧Connecting line
150‧‧‧ processor
160‧‧‧Power supply parts
100, 100a‧‧‧ ear-hook hearing aids
200‧‧‧ Ears
210‧‧‧Aurora
211‧‧‧Aurora back

1 is a schematic view of an ear-hook hearing aid of a first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing the arrangement of an ear-hook hearing aid worn on the ear according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a system architecture diagram of an ear-hook hearing aid according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a schematic view of an ear-hook hearing aid of a second embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (9)

A hearing aid module for hanging on an auricle of an ear of a user, the hearing aid module comprising: an earpiece including a casing and a player, the player connecting the casing; Connecting the earpiece, the earloop is for hanging on the auricle; and a microphone is disposed on the earloop, wherein the earloop has only the electronic component of the microphone; wherein the earloop is hung on the auricle The microphone is located on the back of an auricle of the auricle. The hearing aid module of claim 1, wherein the auricle separates the player from the microphone when the ear is hung on the auricle. The hearing aid module of claim 2, wherein the earloop further comprises a bent portion and a tail end, the microphone being disposed between the bent portion and the tail end. The hearing aid module of claim 3, wherein the earloop is connected to the earpiece in a pivotal manner. An ear-hearing hearing aid comprising: two hearing aid modules according to any one of claims 1 to 4; and a connecting member connecting the two hearing aid modules. The ear-hook hearing aid according to claim 5, further comprising a processor and a power supply member, the processor and the power supply member being located in the casing of the earpiece of the two hearing aid modules. The ear-hook hearing aid of claim 6, wherein the connector is a wire. The ear-hook type hearing aid according to claim 5, wherein the connecting member further comprises a neck wearing portion and two connecting wires, the two connecting wires respectively connecting the earpieces of the two hearing aid modules, and connecting the Neck wear. The ear-hook hearing aid of claim 8, further comprising a processor and a power supply member, the processor and the power supply member being located in the neckwear.