WO2009120148A1 - Prothèse auditive et boîtier de logement de batterie d'une prothèse auditive - Google Patents

Prothèse auditive et boîtier de logement de batterie d'une prothèse auditive Download PDF

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WO2009120148A1
WO2009120148A1 PCT/SG2008/000094 SG2008000094W WO2009120148A1 WO 2009120148 A1 WO2009120148 A1 WO 2009120148A1 SG 2008000094 W SG2008000094 W SG 2008000094W WO 2009120148 A1 WO2009120148 A1 WO 2009120148A1
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hearing aid
battery chamber
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Chee Wah Leong
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Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
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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
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/602—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of batteries
    • 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
    • H04R2225/61—Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements, e.g. functioning
    • 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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  • Embodiments of the invention relate to a hearing aid and to a battery chamber housing of a hearing aid.
  • a hearing aid is usually fit in or behind the ear of the user to amplify the sound for the user.
  • Some popular types of hearing aids include behind-the-ear (BTE) aids, in the ear
  • the hearing aid usually includes a hearing aid housing, within which a microphone for collecting sound waves, a signal processing circuit (also referred to as speech processing circuit) for processing the collected sound waves, and a loudspeaker (which may also be referred to as a receiver in the field of hearing aids) may be housed.
  • a hearing aid housing within which a microphone for collecting sound waves, a signal processing circuit (also referred to as speech processing circuit) for processing the collected sound waves, and a loudspeaker (which may also be referred to as a receiver in the field of hearing aids) may be housed.
  • a signal processing circuit also referred to as speech processing circuit
  • a loudspeaker which may also be referred to as a receiver in the field of hearing aids
  • the hearing aid usually includes a battery chamber or compartment to receive a battery.
  • the hearing aid usually includes a volume control.
  • Fig.l shows a conventional behind-the-ear hearing aid 100.
  • the hearing aid 100 includes a behind-the-ear component 102 and a hook 104 to fix the behind-the-ear component 102 when worn by a user.
  • the behind-the-ear component 102 includes a hearing aid housing 106, within which a microphone, a signal processing circuit and a loudspeaker (not shown) may be accommodated.
  • the hearing aid housing 106 also includes a battery chamber housing 108, also referred to as a battery door, which may be pivoted into or out of a battery compartment 110 of the hearing aid housing 106.
  • the battery chamber housing 108 receives a battery (not shown) driving the hearing aid 100.
  • a volume control 112 e.g. with a wheel or a dial, is usually located at a bent longitudinal side of the hearing aid housing 106 positioned in a corresponding hole of the hearing aid housing 106, and may be rotated by the user to control the volume of the hearing aid 100.
  • the size of the volume control 112, 200 is also constrained, which makes it difficult for users, especially old people, to control the volume control 112.
  • Various embodiments of the invention provide a hearing aid with larger volume control without compromising the size of the hearing aid.
  • the embodiments of the invention also provide a smaller sized hearing aid with a volume control larger and easier for people to use.
  • An embodiment of the invention relates to a hearing aid, which includes a hearing aid housing and a battery chamber housing.
  • the battery chamber housing may include at least one battery chamber housing portion, and a hearing aid volume control component which is arranged relative to the at least one battery chamber housing portion such that it is at least partially exposed from the battery chamber housing portion.
  • the hearing aid volume control component is movable relative to the at least one battery chamber housing portion to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the battery chamber housing may be located at a face side of the battery housing, thereby further improving the convenience of volume control e.g. for older people since the volume control can be designed having a larger size.
  • the hearing aid according to the embodiment of the invention is provided with more space for the volume control component, thereby allowing a larger size volume control component for easier use, especially for old people.
  • the hearing aid may be a behind-the-ear hearing aid.
  • the behind-the-ear aid may include a behind-the ear component to be worn behind the ear, and a sound tube having one end to be positioned or held in the pinna or in the ear canal, e.g. through an earmould or a soft tip.
  • the behind-the-ear component may include at least one microphone for collecting sound waves, a signal processing circuit (also referred to as speech processing circuit) for processing electrical signal (generated from the collected sound waves by the at least one microphone) , and a loudspeaker (also referred to as a receiver or a transducer) for outputting sound waves generated from the processed electrical signal.
  • the sound waves may be transmitted into the ear (e.g. into the pinna or the ear canal) of the user of the hearing aid through the sound tube, which may be made of plastic material in one embodiment, and may be made of an inflexible material, e.g. a metal (such as titanium), in another embodiment.
  • the behind-the-ear component may include at least one microphone and a signal processing circuit, with an external loudspeaker which may be positioned in the pinna or in the ear canal.
  • the loudspeaker may be connected with the behind-the-ear component through at least one wire which may be e.g. housed within the sound tube.
  • the behind-the-ear component as described in the above embodiments may be housed within the hearing aid housing of the hearing aid, with other external components, such as the sound tube, connected to the hearing aid housing.
  • the hearing aid housing may be configured to receive the battery chamber housing in an embodiment.
  • the battery chamber housing may be used to house a battery to provide power for the microphone, signal processing circuit, loudspeaker, and other suitable components or circuits in the hearing aid, etc.
  • the battery chamber housing may be pivotally mounted on the hearing aid housing in one embodiment.
  • the battery chamber housing may be pivoted out of the hearing aid housing to put in or take out a battery in the battery chamber housing, and may then be pivoted into the hearing aid housing.
  • the battery chamber housing may also be referred to as a battery door.
  • the battery chamber housing may be mounted on the hearing aid housing such that it may be pulled out of and pushed into the hearing aid.
  • the battery chamber housing may be mounted on a slide track arranged in the hearing aid, and may be configured to slide along the slide track.
  • the battery chamber housing may have at least a partially circular outer shape in an embodiment, in which a circular battery pill may be accommodated.
  • the battery chamber housing may have a rectangular outer shape, a bent rectangular outer shape, or any other suitable outer shape, such that a battery in any suitable shape may be housed within or on the battery chamber housing.
  • the at least one battery chamber housing portion may include a first battery chamber housing portion and a second battery chamber housing portion.
  • the volume control component may be arranged between the first battery chamber housing portion and the second battery chamber housing portion, wherein the volume control component is configured to be movable, e.g., rotatable or slidable, relative to the first battery chamber housing portion and the second battery chamber housing portion.
  • the first battery chamber housing portion and/or the second battery chamber housing portion and/or the volume control component may form a battery chamber to receive a battery.
  • the volume control component may have a ring shape.
  • the ring shape may include circular shape or elliptical shape.
  • the volume control component may have other shapes at least partially adapted to the outer shape of the battery chamber housing.
  • the volume control component may include a slider, which is slidable and controlled by the user in order to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the volume control component may include at least one button, which is controlled by the user to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the hearing aid may include a further volume control component configured to generate an electrical control signal to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the further volume control component may cooperate with the volume control component, such that when the volume control component is controlled or adjusted by the user, the further volume control component may be triggered to generate the corresponding control signal.
  • the further volume control component may be arranged in the hearing aid housing, which may protect the further volume control component from damage by external force. The cooperation may be provided such that a continuous control of the volume is possible (e.g. by means of friction force coupling between the volume control component and the further volume control component) or a discontinuous, step-wise control of the volume is possible (e.g. by a repeated displacement/resetting of the further volume control component) .
  • volume control component Any other kind of mechanical and/or electrical and/or optical cooperation between the volume control component and the further volume control component may be provided in an alternative embodiment to transfer the mechanical movement of the volume control component as a volume control information to e.g. an amplifier circuit to control the degree of amplification provided by the amplifier circuit.
  • the hearing aid may include an amplifier circuit, which may provide amplified signal for a loudspeaker.
  • the further volume control component may be connected to the amplifier circuit to control the amplifier circuit, e.g. to control the power level of the output of the amplifier circuit.
  • the further volume control component may ⁇ be connected to the amplifier circuit via at least one wire.
  • the further volume control component may be connected to the amplifier circuit via an interconnect device, which may be any type of interconnect device, such as 2-pins-to-2-pins interconnect.
  • the interconnect device may be further connected with the further volume control component or the amplifier circuit via at least one wire or direct contact.
  • the volume control component has protrusions to mechanically cooperate with a further volume control component to control the further volume control component.
  • the movement of the protrusions in different direction may trigger the further volume control component, which may then generate a corresponding control signal to control the power level of an amplifier circuit.
  • the further volume control component may be a conventional digital volume control including a nose to be triggered by the protrusions of the volume control component.
  • the volume control component may be configured to be movable relative to a further volume control component to control the further volume control component.
  • the volume control component may be in contact with and slidable along the further volume control component which may include a track.
  • the volume control component may be a slider, and the further volume control component may be a resistance track, such that the volume control component and the further volume control component form a variable resistor.
  • the movement of the volume control component along the further volume control component may vary the resistance of the variable resistor, which may be used to control an amplifier circuit, for example, to increase or decrease the level of amplifying.
  • the battery chamber housing may include at least one battery chamber housing portion, and a hearing aid volume control component which is arranged relative to the at least one battery chamber housing portion such that it is at least partially exposed from the battery chamber housing portion.
  • the hearing aid volume control component may be movable relative to the at least one battery chamber housing portion to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the hearing aid volume control component may be the volume control component described in the embodiments above.
  • the battery chamber housing according to the embodiment of the invention may include a volume control component configured to mechanically control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • Figure 1 shows a conventional hearing aid
  • Figure 2 shows a hearing aid according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 3 shows a volume control in accordance with an embodiment
  • Figures 4 and 5 show respectively a 3-dimensional view and a side view of a battery chamber housing according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 6 shows a volume control component according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Figures 7 and 8 show a hearing aid according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig.2 shows a behind-the-ear hearing aid 200 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • the hearing aid 200 includes a behind-the-ear component 202 and a hook 204 to fix the behind-the-ear component 202 when worn by a user.
  • the behind-the-ear component 202 includes a hearing aid housing 206, within which a microphone, a signal processing circuit and a loudspeaker (not shown) may be accommodated.
  • the hearing aid housing 206 also includes a battery chamber housing 208, also referred to as a battery door, which may be pivoted into or out of a battery compartment 210 of the hearing aid housing 206.
  • the battery chamber housing 208 receives a battery (not shown) driving the hearing aid 200.
  • the battery chamber housing 208 is configured and dimensioned to receive a battery to drive the electrical components of the hearing aid 200.
  • a volume control 212 e.g.
  • the volume control 212 (which may be implemented as a volume control ring) may be rotated by the user to control the volume of the hearing aid 200.
  • the volume control 250 includes a first part 252 and a second part 254, wherein the second part 254 is configured to cover the first part 252.
  • the second part 254 includes protrusions 256, such that the movement or rotation of the protrusions 256 may trigger, e.g. a nose 258 of the first part 252 when the second part 254 covers the first part 252, to generate a corresponding electrical signal for volume control.
  • the first part 252 may further include a spring 260 providing a reset force to bring the first part 252 in a reset position after a rotary displacement of the first part 252 by the trigger cooperation between a respective protrusion 256 and the nose 258.
  • the size of the volume control 212, 250 is substantially less constrained compared with the arrangement of the volume control being located at the long side of the hearing aid housing, thus making the use of the volume control easier and more convenient for the user, especially for old people.
  • Figs .4 and 5 respectively show a 3-dimensional view and a side view of a battery chamber housing 300 according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the battery chamber housing 300 includes a first battery chamber housing portion 302 and a second battery chamber housing portion 304.
  • the first battery chamber housing portion 302 and/or the second battery chamber housing portion 304 may form a battery chamber to receive a battery.
  • the battery chamber housing 300 further includes a hearing aid volume control component 306 arranged between the first battery chamber housing portion 302 and the second battery chamber housing portion 304, such that the volume control component 306 is at least partially exposed from the battery chamber housing portions 302, 304, for example, when the battery chamber housing 300 is pivoted into a hearing aid housing as shown in Fig.2.
  • the first battery chamber housing portion 302 and/or the second battery chamber housing portion 304 and/or the volume control component 306 may form a battery chamber to receive a battery.
  • the first battery chamber housing portion 302 and the second battery chamber housing portion 304 may be held or snapped on together via at least one axle 310 or glue, such that the volume control component 306 is movable, e.g. rotatable, relative to the first battery chamber housing portion 302 and the second battery chamber housing portion 304 in order to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • volume control component 306 configured to be at least partially exposed from and movable relative to the battery chamber housing portions 302,304, more space is provided for the volume control component 306, such that a larger size volume control component 306 may be used in the hearing aid for easier control by users.
  • the volume control component 306 may have a ring shape as shown in Figs.4 and 5.
  • the ring shape may include a circular shape or an elliptical shape.
  • the volume control component 306 may have other shapes as well, which is at least partially adapted to the outer shape of the first battery chamber housing portion 302 and the second battery chamber housing portion 304.
  • the volume control component 306 has protrusions 308 to mechanically cooperate with a further volume control component (not shown) to control the further volume control component.
  • the rotation of the volume control component 306 may cause the protrusions 308 to trigger the further volume control component, which may then generate a corresponding control signal to control the volume, for example, by controlling the power level of an amplifier circuit.
  • the further volume control component may be the first part 202 of the volume control 200 in Fig.2, wherein the nose of the further volume control component may be in contact with the protrusions 308 of the volume control component 306, for example, when the volume control component 306 is positioned parallel to the further volume control component with point contact at the nose of the further volume control component, as will be described in Fig.6.
  • the volume control component 306 may be one or more buttons, which are positioned between the first battery chamber housing portion 302 and the second battery chamber housing portion 304, and are mechanically cooperating with a further volume control component, e.g. as described above, to trigger the further volume control component so as to control the volume of the hearing aid 200.
  • the volume control component 306 includes two buttons, wherein one button is used to increase the volume and the other is used to decrease the volume.
  • the battery chamber housing 300 as described above may be pivotally mounted on a hearing aid housing, e.g. the hearing aid housing 206 of Fig.2.
  • the battery chamber housing 300 may be pivoted out of the hearing aid housing to put in or take out a battery in the battery chamber housing, and may then be pivoted into the hearing aid housing.
  • the battery chamber housing 300 may be mounted on the hearing aid housing such that it may be pulled out of and pushed into the hearing aid.
  • the battery chamber housing may be mounted on a slide track arranged in the hearing aid, and may be configured to slid along the slide track.
  • the battery chamber housing 300 may have at least a partially circular outer shape as shown in Figs.4 and 5, in which a circular battery pill may be housed.
  • the battery chamber housing 300 may have a rectangular outer shape or any other suitable outer shape, such that a battery in any suitable shape may be housed within or on the battery chamber housing.
  • Fig.6 shows a volume control component according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • a volume control component 402 in cooperation with a further volume control component 406 is shown.
  • the volume control component 402 is arranged to be in contact with the further volume control component 406, such that when the volume control component 402 is moved, the protrusions 404 of the volume control component 402 may contact and trigger the nose 408 of the further volume control component 406.
  • the further volume control component 406, e.g. being a conventional digital volume control, may generate an electrical signal in response to the triggering of the nose 408.
  • the thus generated electrical signal may be transmitted to an amplifier circuit, through at least one wire or pin, so as to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the volume control component 402 may be housed within a battery chamber housing 410, with the further volume control component 406 as described above positioned next to the battery chamber housing 410 and having point contact with the volume control component 402.
  • the volume control component 402, the battery chamber housing 410 and the further volume control component 406 may all be housed in a hearing aid housing, which in one example acts as a behind-the-ear component of the hearing aid.
  • the amplifier circuit as described above may also be housed within the hearing aid housing, and may be connected with the further volume control component 406 via at least one wire or pin or any types of interconnect, such that the power level of the output of the amplifier circuit may be controlled by the further volume control component.
  • the nose 408 may be part of a push button 412 as a trigger element triggering the change of the volume in order to control the volume.
  • Figs.7 and 8 show a hearing aid 500 according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the hearing aid 500 includes a hearing aid housing 502 and a battery chamber housing 504.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 may include at least one battery chamber housing portion 506, and a hearing aid volume control component 508 which is arranged relative to the at least one battery chamber housing portion 506 such that it is at least partially exposed from the battery chamber housing portion 506.
  • the hearing aid volume control component 508 is movable, e.g. slidable, relative to the at least one battery chamber housing portion 506 to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 may receive a battery 510 as shown in Figs.7 and 8.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 is also referred to as a battery door.
  • the battery chamber housing portion 506 may have a concave contour to receive the battery 510.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 may include a first battery chamber housing portion and a second battery chamber housing portion (not shown) , which may together form a battery chamber to receive the battery.
  • the volume control component 508 may be arranged between the first battery chamber housing portion and the second battery chamber housing portion, wherein the volume control component is configured to be movable relative to the first battery chamber housing portion and the second battery chamber housing portion.
  • the hearing aid housing 502 may be configured to receive the battery chamber housing 504.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 may be pivotally mounted on the hearing aid housing 502.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 may be pivoted out of the hearing aid housing 502 to put in or take out a battery in the battery chamber housing 504 as shown in Fig.7, in other words, the battery door is open, and may then be pivoted into the hearing aid housing 502 as shown in Fig.8, in other words, the battery door is closed.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 may be mounted on the hearing aid housing 502 in other manner such that it may be pulled out of and pushed into the hearing aid 502.
  • the battery chamber housing may be mounted on a slide track arranged in the hearing aid, and may be configured to slid along the slide track.
  • the battery chamber housing 504 may have at least a partially circular outer shape as shown in Figs .7 and 8, in which a circular battery pill 510 is housed. In another embodiment, the battery chamber housing 504 may have a rectangular outer shape or any other suitable outer shape to house a battery in any suitable shape.
  • the volume control component 508 include a slider 508, which is slidable and controlled by the user in order to control the volume of the hearing aid.
  • the slider may be 508 may be made of metal in an example.
  • the hearing aid 500 may include a further volume control component 512, wherein the volume control component 508 may be configured to be movable relative to the further volume control component 512 to control the further volume control component 512.
  • the further volume control component 512 may include a resistance track made from carbon, cermet (ceramic and metal mixture) or a coil of wire. The track may be rotary as shown in Figs.7 and 8, or may be straight in another example.
  • the volume control component 508 may be in contact with and slidable along the further volume control component 512, such that the volume control component 508 and the further volume control component 512 form a variable resistor.
  • the movement of the volume control component 508 along the further volume control component 512 may vary the resistance of the variable resistor, which may be used to control an amplifier circuit, for example, to increase or decrease the level of amplifying.
  • the further volume control component 512 may be arranged in the battery chamber housing 504 in this example. In another example, the further volume control component 512 may be arranged out of the battery chamber housing 504 but within the hearing aid housing 502.
  • the hearing aid may include an amplifier circuit 514 in the hearing aid housing 502.
  • the further volume control component 512 may be connected to the amplifier circuit 514 to control the amplifier circuit 514, e.g. to control the power level of the output of the amplifier circuit 514.
  • the further volume control component 512 may be connected to the amplifier circuit 514 via at least one wire.
  • the further volume control component 512 may be connected to the amplifier circuit 514 via an interconnect device 516, which may be any type of interconnect device, such as 2-pins-to-2-pins interconnect.
  • the interconnect device may be further connected with the further volume control component or the amplifier circuit via at least one wire 518 or direct contact.
  • the hearing aid 500 may be a behind-the-ear aid.
  • the hearing aid housing 502 may include at least one microphone for collecting sound waves, a signal processing circuit (also referred to as speech processing circuit) for processing electrical signal (generated from the collected sound waves by the at least one microphone) , and a loudspeaker (also referred to as a receiver or a transducer) for outputting sound waves generated from the processed electrical signal.
  • the sound waves may be transmitted into the ear (e.g. into the pinna or the ear canal) of the user of the hearing aid through a sound tube.
  • a loudspeaker may be positioned outside the hearing aid housing 502, and may be positioned in the pinna or in the ear canal when worn by the user.
  • the loudspeaker may be connected with the hearing aid housing 502, e.g. with the signal processing circuit and/or the amplifier circuit 514 in the hearing aid housing 502, via at least one wire.
  • the hearing aid housing 502 of the hearing aid 500 as described above may include other circuits or components which are provided or desired in the hearing aid 500.

Abstract

Un mode de réalisation de l'invention porte sur une prothèse auditive. La prothèse auditive peut comprendre un boîtier de prothèse auditive et un boîtier de logement de batterie. Le boîtier de logement de batterie peut comprendre au moins une partie boîtier de logement de batterie et un composant de réglage de volume de prothèse auditive disposé par rapport à l'au moins une partie boîtier de logement de batterie de telle manière qu'il est au moins partiellement exposé hors de la partie boîtier de logement de batterie. Le composant de réglage de volume de prothèse auditive est déplaçable par rapport à l'au moins une partie boîtier de logement de batterie afin de régler le volume de la prothèse auditive.
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