EP1962555A2 - Appareil auditif derrière l'oreille doté d'un crochet d'oreille fixé magnétiquement - Google Patents

Appareil auditif derrière l'oreille doté d'un crochet d'oreille fixé magnétiquement Download PDF

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EP1962555A2
EP1962555A2 EP08101777A EP08101777A EP1962555A2 EP 1962555 A2 EP1962555 A2 EP 1962555A2 EP 08101777 A EP08101777 A EP 08101777A EP 08101777 A EP08101777 A EP 08101777A EP 1962555 A2 EP1962555 A2 EP 1962555A2
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Wai Kit David Ho
Wee Haw Koo
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
    • H04R25/60—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

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  • the present invention relates to a behind-the-ear hearing device with a hearing aid housing and an ear hook which can be attached to the hearing device housing and which serves for fastening the behind-the-ear hearing device to an ear of a hearing device wearer.
  • Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE) and in-the-ear hearing aids (ITO), e.g. also Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (CIC), provided.
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITO in-the-ear hearing aids
  • CIC canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually a sound receiver, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit. This basic structure is in FIG. 1 shown using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing aid. In a hearing aid housing 1 for carrying behind the ear, one or more microphones 2 for receiving the sound from the environment are installed.
  • a signal processing unit 3 which is also integrated in the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them.
  • the output signal of the signal processing unit 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or earpiece 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier.
  • the power supply of the hearing device and in particular of the signal processing unit 3 is carried out by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
  • Ear hooks are attached to hearing aid housings in different ways. For one thing, there are so-called snap-ear hooks. They can be attached to the hearing aid housing and snap in there. Due to the mechanical tolerances such a connection ensures no tight fit and is therefore usually used only in hearing aids in the lower price segment. In addition, a fixed angular position of the earhook against the hearing aid housing is usually given in this connection. He can not turn around his longitudinal axis.
  • connection for the attachment of earhooks on hearing aid housings connections are known in which the earhook is screwed and unscrewed, or in which it is snapped and unscrewed.
  • the user will have to loosen or over-tighten the screw of the earhook.
  • this will affect the functionality of the earhook, since the connection between earhook and hearing aid housing is then not tight.
  • a threaded earhook can not be reused.
  • the reason for this is that the thread is cut directly by a metal connector of either the hearing aid housing or the earhook. Ie. the screw thread is formed only during the screwing or unscrewing process.
  • the hearing aid has a housing that encloses the electrical components of the hearing aid including the accumulator. On the housing a carrying hook is attached.
  • the document discloses DE 1 909 658 U a hearing aid device to be worn behind the ear.
  • the carrying hook is also rotatably attached to a socket.
  • a hood is arranged above the carrying hook.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to attach the ear hooks to a housing of a behind-the-ear hearing aid simply and tightly.
  • this object is achieved by a behind-the-ear hearing device with a hearing aid housing and an ear hook, which is attachable to the hearing aid housing and which serves for attaching the behind-the-ear hearing device to an ear of a hearing aid wearer, wherein one of the both parts: hearing aid housing and earhook having a sound outlet tube, which is inserted into a corresponding opening in the other part, and the two parts are detachably secured to each other by a magnetic connection in the axial direction with respect to the sound outlet tube.
  • the magnetic connection provides a very tight fit of the ear hook on the hearing aid housing, so that the desired tightness can be ensured.
  • the attachment is possible by simply plugging without a screw.
  • the magnetic connection is realized with an annular magnet which is arranged at the edge of the opening or around the sound outlet tube. This is just in the area of the sound outlet tube in which just one possible dense connection is desired to encounter the highest magnetic force of the connection.
  • a ferromagnetic portion of the magnetic ring not carrying part of the two parts can serve as a magnetic counterpart for the magnetic connection. This does not require the use of two expensive ring magnets. In addition, a ferromagnetic part does not attract dirt particles, which is the case with a magnet.
  • the two parts: hearing aid housing and earhook are rotatable relative to each other about the axis of the sound outlet tube in the attached state.
  • the mounting angle of the earhook on the hearing aid housing can be adjusted individually.
  • hearing aid housing and earhook in the joined state. This not only ensures an acoustically dense transition from the hearing aid housing to the ear hook, but it can also be prevented that dirt gets between the two parts.
  • a nose can be arranged on one of the two parts and on the other part a recess which engage in one another in the joined state of the two parts.
  • a hearing aid housing 10 is provided with a sound outlet tube 11.
  • This nozzle is purely tubular and carries no thread.
  • an ear hook 12 is also shown, which is to be attached to the hearing aid housing 10.
  • the ear hook 12 On its end face 16, which is intended to abut the hearing aid housing 10, the ear hook 12 has a sound opening 13 into which the sound outlet pipe socket 11 is to be inserted.
  • a ring magnet 14 is arranged to this sound opening 13. It interacts with a magnetic or ferromagnetic ring, which is arranged around the sound outlet pipe socket 11 and in FIG. 2 not in FIG. 4 however already) is visible.
  • the ring magnet 14 causes the ear hook 12 is pulled in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the Schallausbergsrohrstutzens 11 on the hearing aid housing 10 and fixed there.
  • a nose 15 is formed on the front side 16 of the ear hook 12, which also has the sound opening 13, in this embodiment. It is in mechanical interaction with a correspondingly shaped depression on the contact surface (ie end face 17) of the hearing aid housing 10. Due to the double mechanical meshing using the sound outlet pipe socket 11 and the nose 15 of the earhook 12 and the hearing aid housing 10 can be joined together against rotation.
  • FIG. 3 In FIG. 3 is the front side 16 of the ear hook 12, with which it is attached to the hearing aid housing 10, shown in frontal view. It can be seen there the ring magnet 14 which surrounds the sound opening 13. Of course, in place of the ring magnet 14 and a ferromagnetic ring occur, provided that a corresponding ring magnet is provided on the hearing aid housing 10. Furthermore, in FIG. 3 To recognize the nose 15, which represents the rotation against rotation about the axis of the circular sound opening 13.
  • FIG. 4 finally shows the two parts: the ear hook 12 and the hearing aid housing 10 during the joining.
  • a perspective is selected which shows the end face 17 of the hearing aid housing 10, to which the ear hook 12 is attached. It is also the sound outlet pipe socket 11 can be seen, which is surrounded by a ferromagnetic ring 18.
  • the ring 14 of the ear hook 12 is ferromagnetic, the ring 18 is of course made of a magnetic material.
  • hearing aid housing 10 and ear hook 12 takes place in the in FIG. 4 drawn direction 19. It runs parallel to the sound outlet pipe socket 11, which represents a mechanical guide when joining.
  • FIG. 4 has the end face 17 no recess and the end face 16 (in FIG. 4 not shown) of the ear hook 12 no nose 15.
  • the ear hook 12 can rotate according to the arrow 20 in the attached state relative to the hearing aid housing 10 about the axis of the Schallaustrittsrohrstutzens 11. This makes it possible to set an individual angle of rotation between the hearing device housing 10 and the ear hook 12, which accommodates the anatomical conditions of a hearing device user.
  • the magnetic connector also has the advantage that they in principle as often as desired can be solved and restored, since when joining together no cutting takes place in the material.
  • the individual interlocking components of the connection are therefore not changed when joining.
  • the user can therefore remove and re-attach the ear hook at any time if, for example, he sporadically wears glasses to which the hearing aid housing can be attached, or if he wants to use a longer or shorter ear hook.
  • this simple connection technique can also be used for hearing aids of the lower price category.

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EP08101777A 2007-02-22 2008-02-20 Appareil auditif derrière l'oreille doté d'un crochet d'oreille fixé magnétiquement Withdrawn EP1962555A3 (fr)

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