EP1874092A2 - Appareil auditif derrière l'oreille modulaire - Google Patents

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EP1874092A2
EP1874092A2 EP07110374A EP07110374A EP1874092A2 EP 1874092 A2 EP1874092 A2 EP 1874092A2 EP 07110374 A EP07110374 A EP 07110374A EP 07110374 A EP07110374 A EP 07110374A EP 1874092 A2 EP1874092 A2 EP 1874092A2
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Beng Hai Tan
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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
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • 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
    • H04R25/607—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of earhooks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; 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
    • H04R2225/0213—Constructional details of earhooks, e.g. shape, material
    • 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
    • H04R25/55—Electric hearing aids using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/556—External connectors, e.g. plugs or modules
    • 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
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements
    • 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
    • H04R25/609—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of circuitry

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  • the invention relates to a modular built behind-the-ear hearing aid.
  • Adapting hearing aids to different levels of hearing loss due to different levels of performance and the requirement for small and very small hearing instrument sizes is forcing hearing instrument manufacturers into a wide range of hearing aids with different sizes for different performance levels.
  • Modular hearing aids are known, wherein the modules are located inside the hearing aid and are enclosed by a housing.
  • the EP 0 337 195 A2 discloses a hearing aid, in particular a behind-the-ear hearing aid, which is composed of four housing blocks and which are individually preassembled.
  • each module is designed for a respective required performance level of the hearing aid, whereby hearing aid series can be realized that meet different demands.
  • the hearing aid has a microphone, a handset, an amplifier and a power supply module, which form the hearing aid in the assembled state.
  • the WO 00/79834 A1 discloses a behind-the-ear hearing aid and an attachment module therefor.
  • the fully functional hearing aid is expandable in its scope of functions through the attachment module.
  • a plug-in part of the attachment module is plugged into a battery compartment of the hearing aid and thereby electrically and mechanically connected to the behind-the-ear hearing aid.
  • the battery is located in the add-on module.
  • the attachment module provides z. B. an interface for a wireless signal transmission, a programming unit, another audio input, a larger battery compartment and / or a mechanical actuator available.
  • a disadvantage of such hearing aids according to the prior art is that their size can not be influenced. This means that their size is not adaptable to a different degree of hearing loss, and therefore people with only slight hearing loss still need to wear a comparatively large hearing aid.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a behind-the-ear hearing aid - hereinafter referred to as BTE - to create, which can be interpreted with variable small size to different levels of performance and a different range of functions.
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aid
  • the BTE should be easy and inexpensive to manufacture and maintain, in addition, the BTE can also be adapted later in his use as a hearing aid to increased requirements of the carrier or newly developed technical possibilities.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by a modular BTE consisting of only two units which can be separated from one another - a base unit and an attachment unit which can be provided on the base unit - only these two units together forming a functional BTE.
  • the base unit preferably provides a basic range of functions for a specific series of the BTE.
  • the essay unit accordingly z. B. according to customer wishes / needs and / or a degree of hearing loss to be treated additional functionality available.
  • the interchangeable units with a same base unit can be an automated production of BTEs in a series realize, where the BTEs can have a different range of functions, while the aesthetic needs of the wearer accommodated. According to the invention, it is possible to realize a BTE of minimum size for a given hearing loss with a certain range of functions. There are in the production - compared with the prior art - less tools for the same functionality of the BTE series needed, which reduces the tool and thus the manufacturing cost.
  • the base unit contains a basic, identical range of functions for all devices of a series of the BTE, while the BTE receives an additional variable range of functions through the attachment unit which can be plugged into the base unit.
  • This variable range of functions relates z. B. a gain, a maximum operating time of the BTE with an energy storage, a quality of the signal processing, a volume control, an extension to a bidirectional reception of the BTE and / or a program selector switch.
  • a telecoil is preferably accommodated in the essay unit.
  • an extension of the BTE by a second microphone takes place by the essay unit.
  • a correspondingly configured signal processing - also preferably housed in the essay unit - z.
  • the battery or the rechargeable battery (rechargeable battery) of the BTE is preferably accommodated in the attachment unit, since it has a different size depending on the capacity and requires comparatively much installation space within the BTE. From the customer's point of view, it is not advantageous to carry a comparably large BTE, which is due to a low BTE Deafness of the wearer has only a low amplifier power at the same time has a long life with only one battery.
  • BTE is smaller and operating time is limited with only a single battery. Since, therefore, from a cosmetic point of view, the BTE should be as small as possible, it is possible according to the invention, for. B. for a short-term use of the BTE or a slight hearing loss to use the smallest possible battery, so that as little space is required as possible with the invention Aufsatzmaschine. That is, a minimal amount of space for a particular hearing aid application can be found.
  • the amplifier and corresponding signal processing which in turn are adapted to the functional scope and maximum acoustic amplification of the BTE, are preferably located in the BTE of the BTE, so that the Boss unit can be made as small as possible, depending on the degree of deafness and corresponding customer requirements ,
  • the base unit mainly comprises the acoustic components of the BTE, wherein in particular a receiver and a connecting piece for a carrying hook with sound tube are provided.
  • the base unit preferably contains at least one ambient microphone.
  • an additional ambient microphone in the attachment unit a directional reception of the BTE can be achieved with the attachment microphone.
  • the existing ambient microphone supplemented by the second microphone of the essay unit which together form the microphone pair for a directional reception.
  • the attachment unit conforms to the base unit, which together form a unitary, continuous surface-connected unit with a uniform appearance. A colored settling of the essay unit is of course possible.
  • the attachment unit is electrically and mechanically connected to the base unit.
  • An electrical connection is z. B. via electrical lines and / or an electrical connection system, such. B. plug and / or spring contacts, instead.
  • a mechanical connection can z. B. by screwing, latching, a snap closure or a so-called “slide and lock" mechanism.
  • the invention relates to a modular BTE with attached hooks, as well as a modular BTE with suspension hook and an earmold provided thereon.
  • a BTE Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aid
  • a BTE Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aid
  • the BTE according to the invention should not on the in the
  • the invention relates generally to a two-part BTE whose first component provides a basic range of functions for a particular series of BTEs, and whose second component provides an additional range of functions according to customer needs, wherein only the common functional scope of the two components an independently functioning BTE results.
  • the requirements for a BTE are varied and sometimes contradictory, so that a good compromise between function / performance and a size of the BTE always has to be found.
  • the requirements for BTE are opposite.
  • the BTE should be portable for children and for women and men with or without glasses.
  • controls such. B. a Volume control, a program selector and an on / off switch needed. It also raises the question of whether the BTE with only one microphone omnidirectional or with two or more microphones should include a directional reception and a corresponding processing of the signals, and how the amplifier and the processor unit used are configured and what scope they should have ,
  • the base unit 100 gives the BTE 1 a basic functionality for z. B. a particular series of BTE.
  • the base unit 100 has at least one receiver (not shown in the drawing) and a connecting piece 110 for a carrying hook 300 (see FIG.
  • the base unit 100 preferably also has an ambient microphone (not shown in the drawing).
  • a base unit 100 may preferably have one or more of the following components (not shown in the drawing): an ear canal microphone, an on / off switch, a program selector switch, a battery or a rechargeable battery and / or a volume control.
  • an ear canal microphone an on / off switch
  • a program selector switch a battery or a rechargeable battery and / or a volume control.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 it is also possible to partially integrate functions which are actually reserved for an overhead unit 200 according to the invention (see FIGS. 3 and 4) into the base unit 100 so as to make available a BTE 1 with less flexibility with regard to the customer requirements
  • this offers the advantage of a cheaper BTE 1 offers.
  • For the corresponding functions see the parallel paragraph for the essay unit 200.
  • FIG. 5 shows a first 270 (but connected to a base unit 100) and FIGS. 3 and 4 a second 280 and a third 290 embodiment of the inventive essay unit 200.
  • a general form of the essay unit 200 has an attachment body 240 extending from it wegerumblenden transition portion 230 and provided at the free end of the transition portion 230 approach 220.
  • the attachment body 240, the transition section 230 and the projection 220 continuously merge into one another and form the BTE 1 (see FIGS. 5 to 7) in the mounted state of the attachment unit 200 with the base unit 100.
  • the attachment unit 200; 270, 280, 290 includes an additional functionality for the BTE 1 according to customer wishes and needs.
  • the overhead unit 200 may comprise one or more of the following components: a signal processing unit, a telecoil, a volume control, an on / off switch, a hearing aid microphone and / or a program selector switch.
  • the attachment unit 200 includes and fixes the amplifier or the circuit board on an amplifier board to adjust the BTE 1 according to the type and size of the hearing loss of a customer.
  • the attachment unit 200 preferably has openings for the volume control and / or the program selector switch, which are connected to the base unit 100 (controller and / or switch of such a BTE 1 in the assembled state of the two units 100, 200 through the attachment unit 200) or on the Superset unit 200 may be provided.
  • the attachment unit 200 has a second ambient microphone which, together with a first ambient microphone - which is preferably located in the base unit 100, but can also be located in the attachment unit 200 - the BTE 1 a Directional reception and thus enables the carrier of the BTE 1 to directional hearing.
  • the second embodiment of the invention additional unit 280 is equipped with a program selector switch 202 to provide the BTE 1 different hearing programs available. This is realized by a corresponding signal processing unit and the amplifier within the feed unit 280.
  • FIG 4 shows the third embodiment of the attachment unit 290 according to the invention, this being supplemented by a volume control 204 in comparison with the second embodiment.
  • the third embodiment provides an extended range of functions, whereby it is possible to manually adjust a volume of the BTE 1.
  • the attachment unit 200 includes an energy store, which supplies the BTE 1 with electric current. In particular, this makes it possible to design the size of the BTE 1 based on its operating time with a single energy storage. If a long period of operation is desired, a correspondingly large battery and a correspondingly large application unit 200 are selected; If a long period of operation is dispensed with or the corresponding hearing impairment of the wearer is only slight, the attachment unit 200 can be made smaller, since a correspondingly smaller battery or a correspondingly smaller battery can be used. In this case, the battery or the battery is in the attachment body 240 of the attachment unit 200. The same applies to the amplifier, which can be interpreted differently depending on the degree of deafness. In addition to a signal processing unit of a BTE 1, which must process the information of two or more microphones, different requirements, as compared to a BTE 1 with only one ambient microphone. This functional scope is therefore preferably realized by the attachment unit 200.
  • Fig. 5 shows the first basic embodiment of the overhead unit 270 according to the invention mounted on a base unit 100.
  • a volume control and a program selector switch may be hidden in such an embodiment.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 respectively show the second 280 and the third 290 embodiment of the attachment unit 200 according to the invention, also in the assembled state of the BTE 1.
  • the third embodiment of the attachment unit 290 according to the invention has a larger battery compared to the other two embodiments.
  • the upper unit 200 and the base unit 100 may be configured such that the battery partially protrudes from the upper unit 200, thereby accommodating the portion of the protruding BTE in a corresponding compartment in the base unit 100 is.
  • it is preferable that a battery charge of the BTE 1 is kept in its closed position by placing the cradle unit 200 on the base unit 100.
  • the attachment unit 200 fits snugly against the base unit 100 and together form a compact, uniform exterior appearance.
  • the hub 220 of the impactor unit 200 abuts the shoulder 120 of the base unit 100 and together form a common surface having a smooth transition.
  • the transition section 230 and the attachment body 240 rest against the base body 140 of the base unit 100.

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