EP2003929A2 - Appareil auditif pour le portage derrière une oreille - Google Patents

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EP2003929A2
EP2003929A2 EP08103804A EP08103804A EP2003929A2 EP 2003929 A2 EP2003929 A2 EP 2003929A2 EP 08103804 A EP08103804 A EP 08103804A EP 08103804 A EP08103804 A EP 08103804A EP 2003929 A2 EP2003929 A2 EP 2003929A2
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hearing aid
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Stefanie Preusche
Holger Kral
Joseph Sauer
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Sivantos Pte Ltd
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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

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  • the invention relates to a hearing aid, in particular for carrying behind an ear, containing electromechanical and / or electronic components, which are housed in a split housing.
  • a hearing aid whose housing is essentially formed of two parts, namely two half-shell shells, which are joined together on a frame, form an approximately crescent-shaped or banana-shaped form of the housing.
  • Each housing shell forms an approximately equal side part of the hearing aid, wherein between the housing shells panels with different receiving openings can be used, which are designed latched against the frame.
  • the receiving openings are different functional or operating parts of the hearing aid, such.
  • As a volume control an on / off switch, a programming jack or a situation switch assigned.
  • the housing shells in different form or color can be fastened. For fixing screws or releasable locking connections can be provided.
  • this structure of the housing essentially consists of two halves, the side elements forming housing shells and at least one Abdeckblende is consuming. So, on the one hand, a complex and therefore expensive framework is necessary. On the other hand, the cultivation of the housing shells in conjunction with the at least one Abdeckblende designed difficult because it is always necessary to take care of the sometimes very sensitive electromechanical and electronic components. A partial or complete color change of the housing is therefore associated with a high cost.
  • the DE 103 42 664 A1 an electronic key for a locking system of a motor vehicle.
  • a design element designed as a separate component is attached to at least two edge regions of the housing, which can be colored.
  • a design element can fasten two housing half-shells of the housing to one another and be permanently connected to the housing of the electronic key at the factory.
  • the WO 00/13330 discloses a protective housing for a functional mobile phone, wherein the protective housing has at least two mutually latchable housing halves made of plastic. As a result, the mobile phone is completely accommodated in the protective housing.
  • the mobile phone with protective housing therefore has two electronic devices of the mobile phone protective, one above the other arranged on - on the one hand a housing for the mobile phone and on the other hand, the overlying protective housing.
  • the object of the invention in contrast, as simple as possible, without using a complex framework, to allow a partial or complete housing change.
  • individual two-color design combinations are to be made possible in a simple manner.
  • a hearing aid in particular for carrying behind an ear, with the features of claim 1.
  • the housing from an upper shell, a first lower shell and a second lower shell which can be detachably fastened to the first lower shell.
  • the shape of the second lower shell largely corresponds to the shape of the first lower shell, so that in the assembled state of the second lower shell to the first lower shell, the second lower shell almost completely covers the first lower shell. This results in an advantageous manner in an extension of the second lower shell almost complete color change of the underside of the housing.
  • the sensitive electronics do not have to be implemented during a housing change.
  • a second lower shell By simply attaching a second lower shell to the first lower shell, a new marketing concept is possible since, psychologically, the hearing aid acoustician is not dealing with a housing conversion but merely with a special lower shell, as it were a color click shell.
  • the "click cover” the hearing aid advantageously also does not become larger optically, since the slim housing part is the upper housing part or the upper shell.
  • the releasable attachment of the second lower shell to the first lower shell takes place by means of frictional engagement. This can be accomplished by elastic deformation of the second lower shell. It is also possible to accomplish the releasable attachment by bracing or pressing or pressing or the like of the existing elastic material, the second lower shell to the first lower shell.
  • the particular advantage is the simple way of mounting and dismounting the second lower shell to the first lower shell.
  • the upper shell and the first lower shell are releasably connected to each other by means of a latching and / or snap connection and / or the like. This is in a simple manner, an exchange of the upper shell possible, whereby a complete color change of the housing is easy to carry out.
  • an end-side housing element which can be inserted into the first lower shell is provided.
  • the housing element has a hook receptacle which hooks with a hook element provided on the first lower shell.
  • the housing color of the hearing aid can be made changeable by replacing the second lower shell. This allows individual two-color design combinations of the housing in a simple manner.
  • the upper shell can also be made interchangeable for variable color design. This makes it very easy to completely change the color of the case.
  • the second lower shell has a shape that can be individually adapted to an ear.
  • the second lower shell for this purpose consists of a soft plastic.
  • the shape of the second lower shell individually, z. B. in accordance with an auricle impression or a Ohrmuschelabscannung, so that pressure points can be avoided for the hearing aid wearer.
  • the second lower shell has a smooth and / or coated surface. This can be counteracted in a very advantageous manner contamination of the housing.
  • the coated surface consists of a nano-coating.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a housing 1 of a behind a human ear to be worn hearing aid shown, which has a dashed lines indicated carrying handle 2, which serves in a known manner for connection of a sound tube, not shown, followed Ohranpass published.
  • the housing has 1 substantially three elements, namely a first lower shell 3, a second lower shell 4 and an upper shell. 5
  • the first lower shell 3 is preferably made of plastic and has a z. B. embedded in plastic frame 7.
  • the partially rail-shaped frame 7 is used for storage and support of not shown, in Fig. 2 Dashed indicated electrical and electro-mechanical hearing aid components 10, such as microphone, handset, amplifier unit, battery, volume control, on / off switch, programming jack, etc.
  • the first lower shell 3 thus represents the main housing component 3 of the hearing aid, which is not interchangeable.
  • the upper shell 5 covers at least partially the electrical and electromechanical hearing device components 10 and has a plurality of openings 12 to z. B. the on / off switch, the volume control, etc. to the outside to release the operation.
  • a releasable connection in particular in the form of a latching and / or snap connection, is provided.
  • a plurality of detents are formed, for example a first group of first detents 14 and a second group of second detents 15.
  • the first detents 14 and second detents 15 are respectively opposed in pairs from an underside 20 of the upper shell 5.
  • the first latching lug group 14 engages in a first latching region 16 recessed by the frame 7 and the second latching lug group 15 engages in a second latching region 17 recessed from the frame 7.
  • the first, non-replaceable lower shell 3 has the front side a mounting bracket connection 6 for the support bracket 2, not shown. Opposite the mounting bracket connection 6, the first lower shell 3 on the inside a pin-like element 21, that corresponding to a in Fig. 4 illustrated formed in the plastic of the upper shell 3 pin receptacle 22 during assembly of the upper shell 5 engages the first lower shell 3 and there, for example, hooked or locked. About the locking lug groups 14, 15 and their corresponding latching areas 16, 17 in the frame 7 then takes the permanent, releasable attachment by locking of the upper shell 5 to the first lower shell 3 and the frame. 7
  • the first lower shell 3 is boot-shaped or angular-shaped and has an elongated base element 8 as a longer leg and a shaft element 9 as a shorter leg.
  • the shaft member 9 is open at the front, so that two, in Fig. 2 highly visible side walls 26, 27 are present, wherein between the side walls 26, 27 a both side walls 26, 27 connecting hook element 25 is provided.
  • the frontally open shaft member 9 is closed by a front-side housing member 30.
  • the housing member 30 has an opening 31 which is bounded by a fork-shaped insertion 32 of the housing member 30.
  • the housing element 30 is inserted with its underside 33 between the side walls 26, 27 of the shaft member 9 of the first lower shell 3 until it comes to a hooking of the hook member 25 in the opening 31 of the housing member 30 and its hook receptacle 31, 32.
  • the first lower shell 3 with the upper shell 5 is preferably already locked.
  • the second lower shell 4 can then be added to the first lower shell 3, after which the housing 1 according to Fig. 5 is present.
  • the second lower shell 4 is made of an elastic plastic and, like the first lower shell 3, has the shape of a boot or an angle and, as a longer leg, has an elongate basic element 35 and a shorter element a shaft element 36.
  • connection between the second lower shell 4 and the first lower shell 3 is made detachable by elastically deforming the second lower shell 4.
  • a frictional connection results which reliably holds the second lower shell 4 against the first lower shell 3 leads.
  • the shape of the second lower shell 4 essentially corresponds to the shape of the first lower shell 3. This means that the first lower shell 3 is almost completely covered by the second lower shell 4. Only the extent of the shaft member 36 of the second lower shell 4 is slightly smaller than the extension of the shaft member 9 of the first lower shell 3. The second lower shell 4 thus forms a kind of shell for the first lower shell 3. Like the Fig. 5 shows in more detail, only minimal areas of the first lower shell 3 are not covered by the second lower shell 4 in the completed state of the housing 1, which in Fig. 5 is indicated by a hatching 37. A repeated attachment and detachment of the second lower shell 4 of the first lower shell 3 is possible.
  • the upper shell 5 is a relatively simple shapable plastic part, the color of the housing 1 to change completely. For this purpose, then only the replacement of the upper shell 5 by a different color possibly to the second lower shell 4 color matched upper shell 5 is necessary.
  • the shape of the second lower shell 4 different from the representation in the figures individually, z. B. according to a pinna or a Ohrmuschelabscannung to make. This is very comfortable for a later hearing aid wearer, as pressure points on the ear can be avoided.
  • the surface of the second lower shell 4 can be made very smooth. It is also possible, in addition to or instead of the smooth design, to coat the surface of the second lower shell 4 in a dirt-repellent manner.
  • the coating can be carried out in nanotechnology, for example as a so-called nano-coating carried out in order to achieve certain surface properties. Such surfaces contain tiny nano-particles, which lead to certain surface properties. Nanocoating refers to the application of nanostructures to surfaces. These surfaces are characterized z. B. superhydrophobic and thus water repellent. This allows easy cleaning. There are also spray coatings that form such nanostructures. If these coatings are applied to already correspondingly microstructured surfaces, a lotus effect can be achieved. Surfaces treated in this way also show off fats, oils and acids and are also chemically resistant (eg to solvents).

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