EP0400630A3 - Implantierbares Hörgerät - Google Patents

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EP0400630A3
EP0400630A3 EP19900110307 EP90110307A EP0400630A3 EP 0400630 A3 EP0400630 A3 EP 0400630A3 EP 19900110307 EP19900110307 EP 19900110307 EP 90110307 A EP90110307 A EP 90110307A EP 0400630 A3 EP0400630 A3 EP 0400630A3
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hearing aid
implantable hearing
inner ear
transducer
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Günter Hortmann
Hans Dr.-Ing. Leysieffer
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Sonova Holding AG
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Implex Spezialhorgerate GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H04R25/606—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window

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  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
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Abstract

Implantierbares Hörgerät zur Anregung des Innenohres (24) mit einem eingangsseitig an einen elektromechanischen Wandler (21) angeschlossenen hydromechanischen Koppelelement (23) zum Übertragen der von dem Wandler (21) erzeugten mechanischen Schwingungen zum Innenohr (24).
EP90110307A 1989-06-02 1990-05-30 Implantierbares Hörgerät Expired - Lifetime EP0400630B1 (de)

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