WO2018117997A1 - Embouts auriculaires actifs - Google Patents

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WO2018117997A1
WO2018117997A1 PCT/US2016/055580 US2016055580W WO2018117997A1 WO 2018117997 A1 WO2018117997 A1 WO 2018117997A1 US 2016055580 W US2016055580 W US 2016055580W WO 2018117997 A1 WO2018117997 A1 WO 2018117997A1
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microphones
earmolds
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bte
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Todd Edward WILLIAMS
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Williams Todd Edward
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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
    • 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
    • H04R25/43—Electronic input selection or mixing based on input signal analysis, e.g. mixing or selection between microphone and telecoil or between microphones with different directivity characteristics
    • 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
    • H04R2225/021—Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids
    • H04R2225/0216—BTE hearing aids having a receiver in the ear mould
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2460/05—Electronic compensation of the occlusion effect
    • 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
    • H04R25/45—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback
    • H04R25/456—Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback mechanically

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  • Fig. D is a RIC (receiver in the ear) where the hearing device sets behind the ear (Illustration 19 on Fig D) and the amplified volume is pushed down a speaker wire to the speaker installed inside a solid earmold, that would then be inserted in to the ear canal (Illustration 18).
  • Fig E is a standard BTE (behind the ear) device where the device also sets behind the ear, but unlike the RIC, the speaker is at the top of the device, the sound is pushed by air down a hollow tube that is bored through a solid earmold that would be inserted into the ear canal (illustration 21 ).
  • the inherent design of the BTE/RIC device designs orient the front and rear microphones physically behind the ear; thus making the front microphones less effective than the rear microphones - particularly when in the presence of background noise. This leaves the user feeling that they can hear better behind them, compared to trying to hear the person sitting right in front of them.
  • Our earmolds are designed having their own amplifiers installed inside the earmold, and microphones oriented on the faceplate of the earmold (100% mutually - independent of the BTE or RIE device's components). These independent components, oriented at the ear canal, can either be wired to the RIC/BTE device or as a standalone with their own battery power source.

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  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne des embouts auriculaires fabriqués à l'heure actuelle qui créent un joint acoustique au niveau de l'ouverture du conduit auditif pour empêcher une rétroaction résonante (sifflement irritant). Bien que ce joint d'étanchéité prévienne les effets néfastes de la rétroaction, il rend également l'utilisation des téléphones, des casques d'écoute, des écouteurs et des autres écouteurs acoustiques complètement inutilisables. Du fait, tout comme les embouts sont conçus pour empêcher de manière hermétique au son de s'échapper/renvoyer, ils empêchent également aux sons de pénétrer dans le système auditif. En outre, la conception inhérente du dispositif BTE comporte les microphones avant et arrière orientés physiquement derrière l'oreille. Ainsi, les microphones avant sont moins efficaces que les microphones arrière lorsqu'ils sont en présence de bruit de fond. Des embouts auriculaires actifs sont conçus avec leur propre microphone (indépendant du BTE ou de la RIE) orienté sur la plaque avant de l'embout auriculaire. Ce microphone indépendant, qui peut être raccordé au dispositif BTE ou autonome, permettra une meilleure directionnalité vers l'avant pour comprendre la parole dans le bruit et s'adapter à l'utilisation d'autres dispositifs acoustiques tels que des téléphones, des casques et des casques d'écoute.
PCT/US2016/055580 2016-12-20 2016-12-20 Embouts auriculaires actifs WO2018117997A1 (fr)

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USRE33017E (en) * 1985-02-04 1989-08-08 Hearing aid
US5761319A (en) * 1996-07-16 1998-06-02 Avr Communications Ltd. Hearing instrument
US5875254A (en) * 1997-12-18 1999-02-23 Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. Binaural hearing aid with integrated retrieval line and microphone
US20090262964A1 (en) * 2006-07-21 2009-10-22 Exsilent Research B.V. Hearing aid, expansion unit and method for manufacturing a hearing aid
US20100195859A1 (en) * 2007-07-30 2010-08-05 Sonoelettronica Di Angeloni Andrea Hearing Aid
WO2010034337A1 (fr) * 2008-09-23 2010-04-01 Phonak Ag Système auditif et procédé de fonctionnement associé
US20130170680A1 (en) * 2011-12-29 2013-07-04 Gn Resound A/S Hearing aid with improved localization
US20150043764A1 (en) * 2013-08-08 2015-02-12 Oticon A/S Hearing aid device and method for feedback reduction
US20150341730A1 (en) * 2014-05-20 2015-11-26 Oticon A/S Hearing device

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US11044564B2 (en) * 2019-09-30 2021-06-22 Sonova Ag Hearing systems and methods for operating a hearing system

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