Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
381324000 | Component mounting | 62 |
20080226108 | Receiver with an additional shielding facility - The magnetic interference fields, which originate from a receiver in a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device, are to be reduced further. To this end, provision is made for a shielding facility to be incorporated into the housing of a receiver in order to magnetically shield between the outer wall with a connecting facility and an electroacoustic converter. The shielding facility can comprise a soft magnetic shielding sheet of high magnetic permeability and/or for instance also a compensation coil. | 09-18-2008 |
20080232626 | Hearing apparatus with removable volume control module - A volume control module of a hearing apparatus and specifically a hearing device is to be easily replaceable. A volume control module including a mounting element, specifically a PCB, and including a volume control mounted on the mounting element, is accordingly provided. The mounting element, e.g. the PCB, features at least one fixing recess. A pin element is inserted in the housing recess and in the fixing recess in a form-fit and removable fashion. Thus the volume control module can be removed from the housing once the pin element has been removed from the fixing recess. Secure mounting of the volume control module in the housing, but also at the same time rapid replacement of the volume control module, is thereby possible. | 09-25-2008 |
20080267437 | Sound transmission apparatus - A sound transmission apparatus that includes an outer component and an inner component, with the outer component surrounding the inner component at least partially and with at least the inner component having a through opening is provided. The sound transmission apparatus also includes a film-type component, which seals the through opening of the inner component on one side. The outer and the inner component here are connected to one another as a single piece in one working step via a multi-component injection molding method. | 10-30-2008 |
20080273729 | Assembly Method For Custom Hearing Aids - A hearing aid and appertaining method of assembly are provided in which a receiver assembly is placed within a shell of the hearing aid, the receiver assembly comprising a left and right stud. A receiver tube is connected to the receiver assembly and extends through a hole in a supporting plate and shell tip respectively. A permanent latch is provided comprising a cavity into which the first stud of the receiver assembly is located when the receiver assembly is in its designated position. An external rail latch slides on the external rail and secures the receiver assembly in its designated position by interfacing with the second stud. | 11-06-2008 |
20080273730 | Hearing device to be worn behind an ear - For individual coloring of the housing of the hearing device, a hearing device containing electromechanical and/or electronic components is provided. The components are accommodated in a divided housing, with the housing being constructed from an upper shell, a first lower shell and a second lower shell which can be releasably fastened to the first lower shell. | 11-06-2008 |
20090016553 | HEARING AID WITH COMPONENT MOUNTED IN THE HOUSING BY A DAMPING CLIP - A hearing aid has at least one converter element which, in order to reduce mechanical vibrations, is flexibly attached inside or at the hearing aid housing. The converter is mounted in the housing by at least one clip that flexibly is moveable or displaceable in its range of action like a spring, in order to damp and attach the converter element. | 01-15-2009 |
20090022348 | Hearing apparatus with a fastening facility for attaching an audio shoe and corresponding audio shoe - A hearing apparatus with a housing, which has a receiving surface for attaching an audio shoe is provided. The receiving surface has at least one first fastening facility, to which a corresponding second fastening facility of the audio shoe can be fastened such that the audio shoe can be attached to the hearing apparatus in a linear and essentially perpendicular fashion in respect of the receiving surface. An electrical and mechanical connection between the hearing apparatus and the audio shoe can thus be established in a simple fashion. According to a further aspect of the invention, a corresponding audio shoe is provided which can be attached to a hearing apparatus. | 01-22-2009 |
20090041277 | Behind-the-ear hearing aid with audio shoe which can be pushed-on linearly, and appropriate mounting method - A behind-the-ear hearing aid is provided, with an elongated housing and an audio shoe, which is affixed to an end face of the housing in such a way that it can be removed, and a coupling device, with which the audio shoe is coupled to the housing by a sliding movement parallel to the end face of the housing. In addition, affixed to the audio shoe there is a securing device which includes a slider which can be moved crossways relative to the direction in which the audio shoe slides, which in a first position permits the sliding movement of the audio shoe and in a second position prevents the sliding movement. It is thus possible to mount the audio shoe on the hearing aid housing, and to make any necessary contacts, with a double linear movement which is easy to realize. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041278 | Hearing apparatus with adjusted components - To minimize an unusable free volume in a housing of a hearing apparatus, a hearing apparatus is proposed, which includes a housing, which has a predetermined form and at least one active, electronic component, which is arranged in the housing, with the component having a form, which is adjusted to the form of the housing and/or to the form of another component of the hearing apparatus. As a result, the unusable residual volume in the hearing apparatus can be minimized and a smaller form of the housing can in general thus be achieved. | 02-12-2009 |
20090060241 | Completely-In-Canal Hearing Instrument With Robust Feedback Stability - A CIC hearing instrument and appertaining method are provided that improve feedback stability. Accordingly, the microphone inlet is located on the faceplate of the instrument at a position of least vibration. Furthermore, the receiver is located in the device such that its vibrating membrane is parallel to a plane calculated to include a line of minimal vibration on the faceplate and a center of gravity for the instrument. | 03-05-2009 |
20090074219 | Hearing Aid - A hearing aid has a housing, in which an electrical heating device is disposed in the housing. Because of the electrical heating device, moisture that occurs inside of the housing can be removed from the housing in a simple way, irrespective of whether a watertight hearing aid or an open system is concerned. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080680 | Hearing apparatus with variably mounted control element - A hearing apparatus is provided with a housing including a first housing mounting element and a control element that is mounted rotatably in the first housing mounting element via a control mounting element. Furthermore the housing has at least one second housing mounting element so that the control element can be optionally mounted rotatably in the first housing mounting element or in the second housing mounting element. Thus the control element can be actuated in a desired position. | 03-26-2009 |
20090087006 | Sound tube for a hearing device - A sound tube is provided for the transmission of sound from a hearing device that can be worn on the ear to the auditory canal of the user with a first tube piece, to whose first end an adapter is secured for connection to the hearing device, and a second tube piece formed in two parts with the first tube piece. A connecting piece serves to connect the two tube pieces. It ensures that the first tube piece can be rotated or pivoted in relation to the second tube piece. In a further embodiment one of the two tube pieces can pushed to a differing degree into or onto the connecting piece. The sound tube can therefore be used for ears of different sizes as well as for the left and right sides. | 04-02-2009 |
20090092270 | Hearing aid - Hearing aid with a first housing part to accommodate an electrical energy source, a second housing part to accommodate an electronic component and a third housing part to transmit an acoustic stimulus into the ear of a user, wherein the housing parts have a detachable, fluid-tight connection to one another and a facility for selecting an operating state is present in the first or second housing part, having an operating element, which is arranged in a fluid-tight manner on the outside of the housing part. | 04-09-2009 |
20090097683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE USING MEMS SENSORS - The present subject application relates to hearing assistance systems and in particular to a method and apparatus for detecting user activities from within a hearing assistance system using micro electro-mechanical structure sensors. Such benefits include the reduction of the ampclusion effect and other excessive sound pressure buildup in the residual air volume of the ear canal for a person wearing a hearing assistance device with an earmold. | 04-16-2009 |
20090123013 | Hearing aid device - A hearing aid device is provided. The hearing aid includes a housing, electrical components arranged within the housing and an adjusting element. The adjustment element is provided to modify a setting value of at least one the electrical components. In one aspect, the adjusting element is operable in a contact-free fashion. | 05-14-2009 |
20090123014 | In-the-ear hearing device housing and the production thereof - A one-piece in-the-ear hearing device housing and a method for producing the in-the-ear housing are provided. The housing is mechanically separable into at least one faceplate and a housing shell. In one aspect, the hearing device housing has an interlayer between the faceplate and the housing shell. Different shrinking of the housing shell and faceplate is avoided in the production. | 05-14-2009 |
20090147978 | Front plate with sealing apparatus - The invention specifies a sealing apparatus for a microphone opening in a front plate. It comprises a sound-permeable covering medium made of a first material and a sound-permeable membrane, with a sealant arranged on the exterior of the covering medium made of a second material being designed so as to produce a tight form fit between the covering medium and the front plate when said covering medium is inserted into the microphone opening. A front plate that is compatible with the sealing apparatus according to the invention is also specified. The advantage here is that the microphone opening can be sealed in a water-tight fashion and as a result protects a microphone positioned beneath it against external influences. | 06-11-2009 |
20090175475 | Assembly device for a component of a hearing apparatus and corresponding method - Hearing apparatuses and in particular hearing devices are to be designed to be smaller. To this end, provision is made for an assembly device for fastening a component in the housing of a hearing apparatus with a first arm for retaining the component and a second arm, which can be plugged at least partially into/onto a corresponding fastening element on the interior of the housing. A hinge connects the two arms in a pivotable fashion. After connecting the assembly device to the fastening element, the two arms are snapped onto one another by pivoting about the hinge and thus adopt a final assembly position. This retractable mechanism also allows the use of space below a cover segment of the housing. | 07-09-2009 |
20090196447 | Assembly Method of Custom Hearing Aids - The present invention relates generally to a method for assembling a hearing aid device, comprised of providing a software system that determines a position for a virtual receiver and a position for at least one component of a virtual faceplate inside a hearing aid shell. The present invention also includes utilizing guides to replicate the position for the receiver and the position for at least one component of the faceplate during construction of the shell, and providing the software system to verify that the receiver and one or more components will not collide with the faceplate and guides. The present invention is further comprised of providing the software system to merge the shell with the guides. | 08-06-2009 |
20090238388 | Hearing Aid With Enhanced Vent - A hearing aid with a microphone for receiving acoustic signals and converting them to electrical signals, electronic circuitry for processing the electrical signals, and a speaker for converting the processed electrical signals into acoustic signals, has a shell that encases at least portions of the microphone, the electronic circuitry, and the speaker, the shell further encasing an inside volume. The hearing aid further has a vent that provides an opening between the inside volume and a region external to the hearing aid. A flexible membrane is provided that covers an opening of the vent and an acoustic resistor that contacts the flexible membrane. The membrane helps prevent wax fumes from entering the inside volume, and the acoustic resistor helps to reduce distortion in the frequency response of the hearing aid. | 09-24-2009 |
20090304216 | RECEIVER IN THE EAR (RITE) COMPONENT FOR A HEARING AID - A receiver in the ear (RITE) component ( | 12-10-2009 |
20090316941 | Hearing aid with capacitive switch - A hearing aid includes at least one capacitive switch for controlling or communicating with the hearing aid by touch. The capacitive switch is an electrode on the inside of the housing coupled to a touch detector. Touching the outside of the hearing aid adjacent the electrode produces a switching operation. The hearing aid includes a programmed microprocessor coupled to the touch detector. The microprocessor is programmed to effect predetermined functions in response to particular touch patterns. | 12-24-2009 |
20100086157 | BTE/CIC AUDITORY DEVICE WITH AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY IN CANAL MODULE HAVING A REMOVABLE CUSHION TIP - In representative embodiments, the present invention is directed to an at least partially in-the-canal module. The module may include a speaker module that generates audio signals from an electrical driving signal. The speaker module has a tubular body with a diameter that is smaller than the ear canal of the user. The speaker module also includes an arcuate raised ridge. A cushion tip of deformable material may be used to enclose the speaker module within a tubular portion that applies an elastic force to the arcuate raised ridge to prevent removal of the speaker from the cushion tip. Also, the tubular portion is longer than the speaker module to cause the cushion tip to deflect during navigation through the canal. Further, the tip portion of the cushion tip possesses sufficient structural rigidity to prevent the speaker from being pushed through the cushion tip during navigation through the canal. | 04-08-2010 |
20100195859 | Hearing Aid - A hearing aid having a BTE (behind the ear) section comprising a microphone and an ITE (in the ear) section comprising a circuit, a receiver and a power supply. The microphone is connected to the body of the hearing aid by means of a connection and attachment tube which comprises a hook portion able to produce a flexible hooking of the hearing aid to the ear. | 08-05-2010 |
20100208926 | HEARING DEVICE WITH INDIVIDUALLY ALIGNED ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD - The equipment size of a hearing device is intended to be reduced. Therefore, a hearing device, in particular an ITE hearing aid, is proposed with a shell having a user-specific shape, a faceplate for closing-off the shell and an electronic component which is attached to the faceplate using a support. The support is individually formed taking into account the shape of the shell, and/or a position of the support on the faceplate is individually determined taking into account the shape of the shell. As a result of the individual support, it is possible to cut down on installation space and therefore the shell can be shortened. In particular, the support can be formed integrally with the faceplate in order to simplify the production method. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208927 | MICROPHONE MODULE FOR A HEARING DEVICE - A better decoupling of the microphones of a hearing device from the housing of the hearing device is achieved by a microphone module having a module housing that is not part of the housing of the hearing device, and at least one microphone including a microphone housing that is arranged in the module housing. Furthermore, the microphone module has a mounting device that elastically supports the module housing in the housing of the hearing device. The microphone module can additionally have an inductive receiver, for example, and/or can be connected with a flexible circuit board to the remaining electronics of the hearing aid or the hearing device. | 08-19-2010 |
20110002492 | BONE CONDUCTION HEARING AID DEVICES AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus for transmitting vibrations via an electronic and/or transducer assembly through a tooth or teeth are disclosed herein. The assembly may include a bracket which is adhered or affixed onto the tooth or teeth and an electronics and/or transducer assembly which may be removably coupled to the bracket. The electronic and/or transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to the bracket for transmission into the underlying tooth or other bone structure. | 01-06-2011 |
20110007919 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTABLE TUBE - An in the ear hearing aid component, acoustically connected to a hearing aid component outside the ear canal, is characterized by adjusting means ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110013796 | RECEIVER TUBE, RECEIVER AND HEARING AID INSTRUMENT WITH A RECEIVER TUBE - A receiver tube for connecting a receiver to a hearing aid instrument and a hearing aid instrument with a receiver tube, include a connection which ensures good acoustic stability and low feedback tendencies, can be produced in an uncomplicated manner and has high impact and shock strength. The receiver tube includes a receiver connector constructed as a cup at least partly holding a receiver when connected together. The receiver connector includes a form-locking mechanism for a receiver and a flexible element for locking the receiver. The form-locking connection simplifies installation of the receiver during production or replacement by requiring neither application of a force, as when pretensioning or expanding force-locking connections, nor establishment of an adhesive connection. The locking mechanism can be opened/closed by the flexible element. The cup-shape of the receiver connector contributes to increased rigidity and reliability of the form-locking connection to the receiver and an acoustic shield. | 01-20-2011 |
20110013797 | HEARING AID WITH AN INTERCHANGEABLE EARPIECE - A hearing aid has an interchangeable earpiece, which, on its own and separately from further components, can be replaced in a simple fashion and without great complexity, and without specialist tools. The hearing aid has a housing of a multi-part design and a receiver and a signal processing device within the housing. The receiver is arranged detachably in a first housing part and the signal processing device is disposed in a further housing part and the two housing parts are detachably interconnected. A detachable locking mechanism connects the housing parts. The receiver is connected to the signal processing device by way of a detachable electrical connector with a receiver-side and a signal-processing-device-side electrical contact. At least one of the electrical contacts is elastic. Due to the fact that the housing parts, the electrical connection and the receiver are detachably assembled, this results in the possibility of, when necessary, interchanging the receiver on its own, separately from further components. It is not necessary to use specific components or even an adhesive. In the process, the elastic electrical contact for electrically connecting the receiver and signal processing device makes it easier to close the electrical connection when assembling the housing parts. | 01-20-2011 |
20110019850 | HEARING AID - In an embodiment, a hearing aid is provided. The hearing aid may include a behind-the-ear component, a sound tube coupled with the behind-the-ear component at its one end, and a loudspeaker coupled with the sound tube at the other end of the sound tube opposite to the behind-the-ear component. The hearing aid may further include a joint connected between the loud-speaker and the sound tube, wherein the joint is moveable or flexible such that a degree of freedom in movement is provided in a direction substantially perpendicular to an insertion direction of the loudspeaker into an ear canal. | 01-27-2011 |
20120237066 | HEARING AID HAVING A BEHIND THE EAR COMPONENT - A hearing aid is provided having a behind the ear component comprising a casing adapted to cover, accommodate or protect electronics components of the hearing aid. Further the hearing aid has at least one through going opening in the casing element and electronic switching elements placed at the through going opening. According to the invention a plate element is provided, which is mountable in the through going opening and adapted to form, when mounted herein, a surface flush with the casing. This plate element which covers the switches is used when the switches has been disabled such as is often the case with hearing aids for small children. | 09-20-2012 |
20120281864 | BEHIND THE EAR HEARING AID WITH RECEIVER IN THE EAR - A behind the ear hearing aid is provided with a casing part comprising electronics adapted for signal processing where the casing is adapted for placing behind the ear of a user and a speaker is provided in or near the ear canal and leads are arranged between the speaker and the casing part. A plug and socket electrical and mechanical interconnection is arranged between the leads and the electronics inside the casing and the mutual motion between the plug and socket parts for establishing connection is in a direction essentially off axis to the axis of the leads at the casing part. | 11-08-2012 |
20130028454 | HEARING AID ADAPTED FOR SUPPRESSION OF WIND NOISE - A hearing aid ( | 01-31-2013 |
20130039519 | TWO PART HEARING AID WITH DATABUS AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE PARTS - A hearing aid comprises a power supply, a microphone and a base part to be arranged outside the ear canal of a hearing aid user, and an ear plug part to be arranged in the ear canal of a hearing aid user. The ear plug part comprises a receiver for transmitting sound into the ear canal, and a transducer generating a signal to be transferred to said base part. A databus connects the ear plug part with the base part. The databus comprises two electrical wires adapted for transmission of signal to the receiver, and for transmission of signal from the transducer to the base part. The databus provides power supply either from the base part to the ear plug part, or, from the ear plug part to the base part. The invention further provides a method for communicating between two parts of a hearing aid. | 02-14-2013 |
20130279728 | HEARING INSTRUMENT WITH PLUG-IN SOUND TUBE CONNECTION, CORRESPONDING CASE AND SOUND TUBE - A hearing instrument contains a case and a sound tube. The instrument has a case/tube connection that is simple, easy to assemble, and can be established and released in a reversible manner. The hearing instrument has a case in which a receiver is disposed, and a sound tube for conveying output signals. Disposed in the case is a mounting insert having a receiver compartment and a socket. The receiver is inserted in the receiver compartment and the socket has a circumferential recess or ridge. The sound tube has a plug with a ridge or recess corresponding to the circumferential recess or ridge of the socket. The socket and plug can be reversibly interconnected and detached. The mounting insert obviates the need for an additional sound-conducting connecting piece between receiver and sound tube. This reduces the component count and improves a seal-tightness of the connection between receiver and sound tube. | 10-24-2013 |
20130315426 | Implantable Microphone - A hearing aid microphone assembly is configured for implantation into a subject and includes a microphone housing, the housing having a generally conical sound gathering portion with a proximal end and a distal end and a microphone support portion with one or more ports configured to receive a microphone and acoustically coupled to the distal end. A diaphragm is disposed over the proximal end of the housing to hermetically seal the sound gathering portion of the housing and create a first chamber. The microphone assembly is configured with either: (1) at least a first and a second port each coupled to a microphone; or (2) at least a first port coupled to a microphone and an accelerometer coupled to the housing. Each of the ports is configured to communicate acoustically with the first chamber. Any unused ports are sealed. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315427 | Implantable Microphone - A hearing aid microphone assembly is configured for implantation into a subject and includes a microphone housing, the housing having a generally conical sound gathering portion with a proximal end and a distal end and a microphone support portion with one or more ports configured to receive a microphone and acoustically coupled to the distal end. A diaphragm is disposed over the proximal end of the housing to hermetically seal the sound gathering portion of the housing and create a first chamber. The microphone assembly is configured with either: (1) at least a first and a second port each coupled to a microphone; or (2) at least a first port coupled to a microphone and an accelerometer coupled to the housing. Each of the ports is configured to communicate acoustically with the first chamber. Any unused ports are sealed. | 11-28-2013 |
20140016808 | USER ADJUSTABLE OPEN-FIT TUBING SYSTEM FOR A HEARING AID AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - An adjustable open-fit thin tubing system for a hearing aid is provided comprising a generally straight flexible thermoplastic tube, a connector tube molded to one end of the generally straight tube, and a connector plug having a hollow bore molded to the opposite end of the connector tube, wherein the generally straight tube is adapted to be fitted at a distal end to the hearing aid, and wherein the connector plug includes an eartip at a proximal end adapted to be inserted into a human ear. The connector tube may be sound conducting thin flexible tubing manufactured from a heat-treated thermoplastic material, and may describe a single curve toward the ear canal having a radius r. The present hearing aid thin tubing system is modular, open-fit and adapted to fit behind the ear (BTE) hearing aid devices, and is adapted to be aligned and adjusted by the individual user. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016809 | MICRO CONVERTER, AUDIO DEVICE AND HEARING AID - An electro-acoustic micro-converter can be applied in an audio device, and in particular in a hearing aid. The micro-converter is at least substantially block-shaped and includes an at least substantially rectangular acoustic membrane tensioned therein transversely of a longitudinal direction. A coil element is carried by the membrane and extends in a magnetic field maintained by magnet elements, including a permanently magnetic magnet body, in a coil gap around the magnet body. | 01-16-2014 |
20140169603 | HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE VENT VALVE - Techniques are disclosed for actuating a valve of a hearing assistance device. In one example, a hearing assistance device comprises a device housing defining a vent structure, a vent valve positioned within the vent, the vent valve having first and second states. The vent valve comprises a magnet, a disk configured to move about an axis, and a magnetic catch. The hearing assistance device further comprises an actuator, and a processor configured to provide at least one signal to the actuator to cause the disk to move to controllably adjust the vent structure. | 06-19-2014 |
20140286512 | HEARING INSTRUMENT ADAPTED TO HOLD AN EXCHANGEABLE RECEIVER INTO THE HOUSING AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT - A hearing instrument includes a housing and an exchangeable receiver. The hearing instrument further includes an opening in the housing for receiving the exchangeable receiver therein, and a coupler for actuating/de-actuating a physical coupling between the housing and the exchangeable receiver and for enabling the housing to hold the receiver. | 09-25-2014 |
20140314262 | EASILY INSTALLABLE MICROPHONE FOR IMPLANTABLE HEARING AID - A microphone for an implantable hearing aid includes a body part having a cylindrical housing installed to pass through a tympanum and a microphone controller installed within the cylindrical housing to convert an acoustic signal into an electrical signal, an acoustic collection part that provides a passage for transmitting external sounds into the body part, the acoustic collection part being disposed on one end of the body part in a direction of an external auditory meatus, and a wire connection part connecting the microphone controller to the hearing aid, the wire connection part being disposed on the other end of the body part in a direction of a middle ear cavity. The microphone is easily installed on the tympanum in a noninvasive manner, and attenuation in sensibility of the microphone is prevented. Thus, the microphone may be significantly utilized for the implantable hearing aid. | 10-23-2014 |
20140321685 | SMALL LOOP ANTENNA WITH SHORTING CONDUCTORS FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for mitigating antenna interference for hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a hearing aid for a wearer including hearing aid electronics and an antenna including a loop segment. According to various embodiments, one or more conductors are connected in parallel with a portion of the loop segment. The conductors electrically short the loop segment to change current distribution in the antenna. The conductors reduce unwanted coupling between the hearing aid electronics and the antenna, according to various embodiments. | 10-30-2014 |
20140348362 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SUBSTRATE FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - A hearing assistance device for a user comprising a housing, a three dimensional electronic substrate disposed in the housing, the substrate adapted to conform to a battery of the hearing assistance device and hearing assistance electronics mounted to the substrate. | 11-27-2014 |
20140355803 | MODULAR CONNECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The present subject matter relates to an improved connection assembly for hearing assistance devices. The improved connection assembly provides a connection system that is reliable, straightforward to manufacture, and easy to use. The present connection assembly provides a rapid replacement option for the cable and/or the receiver or other electronics connected to the cable. The present subject matter provides for a connection assembly that can be extended to provide connections for a variety of applications which are not limited to a speaker (receiver) in the ear. Sensors and new configurations of component placement are supported using the present assembly, including, but not limited to telecoils, and GMR or TMR sensors. Various electromagnetic interference issues are addressed. In some examples a shielded set of wires are included. In some examples a twisted pair of wires is included. Various combinations of wires for different applications are supported with the present connector system. | 12-04-2014 |
20150023539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING CONDUCTIVE TRACES INTO HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE HOUSINGS - Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for embedding a conductive trace for a hearing assistance device housing. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method of forming a hearing assistance device housing. The housing is constructed of plastic including a photo conductive dopant, in various embodiments. According to various embodiments, the housing is laser printed to activate the photo conductive dopant on the surface of the plastic to provide a conductive trace on a surface of the housing. The housing is plated using an electroless process to increase the conductivity of the conductive trace, in various embodiments. | 01-22-2015 |
20150036857 | ATTENUATING TIP FOR HEARING AID - A hearing aid includes a speaker in a tip that is located in an ear canal. The tip includes a coupling, a retainer that mechanically engages the coupling, and a sleeve axially surrounding the retainer. The retainer attenuates lower frequencies than are attenuated by the sleeve. The sleeve is preferably a foam rubber and the retainer is preferably a composite material. A flange on the retainer reflects sound back into the sleeve for additional attenuation. It has been discovered that operation is improved if the outside diameter of the sleeve and the outside diameter of the retainer are in the ratio of approximately 1.75:1. | 02-05-2015 |
20150296314 | RECEIVER/LOUDSPEAKER - A hearing aid includes: a hearing aid housing; a receiver with a receiver housing, wherein the hearing aid housing comprises an internal cavity configured for containing the receiver; and an adapter having first mounting surfaces configured for holding the receiver, and second mounting surfaces configured for releasably attaching the adapter to a part of the hearing aid housing. | 10-15-2015 |
20150365772 | SOUND PROCESSOR HOUSINGS, SOUND PROCESSORS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - Sound processor housings, sound processors and systems including sound processors are disclosed. | 12-17-2015 |
20160037272 | MICROPHONE MODULE LATCHING CONFIGURATION FOR A HEARING INSTRUMENT, MICROPHONE MODULE AND HEARING INSTRUMENT - A microphone module latching configuration for fixing a microphone module in a hearing instrument housing is formed at least partly of elastic material and has a planar extended basic shape, upper side, underside and a fixing device on the upper side to be brought into mutual, form-locking engagement with the microphone module, suppressing movement thereof relative to the latching configuration along its planar extent. A positioning device on the underside is brought into mutual, form-locking engagement with a microphone holder of the housing, suppressing movement of the latching configuration along its planar extent relative to the microphone holder, increasing structural freedom of the connection between latching configuration, microphone module and hearing instrument housing. The connection by fixing and positioning devices on the upper or underside eliminates a lateral holder or connection surrounding the microphone module, making the configuration slimmer. A microphone module and hearing instrument are also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160050503 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING HEARING AID COMPONENTS, AND ELEMENT FOR A HEARING AID - A method for manufacturing an element for a hearing aid and a corresponding element, which has a body and a component. In one step of the method, a relative position of the component on the element is predetermined. A shape and position of a holding device for the component in the predetermined relative position are predetermined as an integral constituent part of the body. A part of the body and of the holding device is manufactured using an additive manufacturing method, such that the component can be positioned in the predetermined relative position in the part of the holding device. The component is positioned in the partially formed holding device. Then the body and/or the holding device is finished using the additive manufacturing method. | 02-18-2016 |
20160088409 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE - This acoustic device can suppress a loss in sense of volume and sense of comfort. The acoustic device includes a vibration unit ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160105752 | HEARING AID DEVICE - A hearing aid device comprising a receiver unit arranged in a compartment in a shell, wherein the shell comprises a venting passage between first and second opposite faces of the shell to provide air passage from one side of the shell to another, and wherein the shell comprises an opening in the first face into the compartment and a closing member positioned to close off the compartment. The opening is shaped to allow the receiver unit to be inserted into the compartment through the opening, and the compartment is acoustically connected to the venting passage to allow the sound to emit through the venting passage. The receiver unit may be releasably mounted in the compartment such that the receiver unit can be retracted from the shell through the opening. | 04-14-2016 |
20160127841 | AUDIO DEVICE - Provided is an audio device, including: a vibrator | 05-05-2016 |
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