US 12,659,672 B2 · Ear-wearable hearing device

Abstract

An ear-worn electronic device comprises a housing, electronic circuitry, a power source, a microphone, and a receiver or speaker. The housing comprises a nozzle dimensioned for deployment within at least a portion of an ear canal. The nozzle comprises a distal portion, a proximal portion, a cavity within the nozzle, and a terminus surface at the distal portion comprising a sound port through which sound can pass out of the nozzle. The nozzle comprises an acoustical vent arrangement comprising a proximal port provided at the proximal portion, a plurality of distal ports provided at the terminus surface, and at least a portion of the nozzle cavity in fluid communication with the proximal port and the distal ports. Each of the distal ports has a volume smaller than that of the proximal port, and a volume of the proximal port is substantially equal to that of the distal ports cumulatively.

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Dependent claims

An ear-worn electronic device configured for deployment at least partially in a concha and an ear canal of a wearer's ear, the device comprising:

a body configured to house a power source, electronic circuitry, and at least one microphone, the body dimensioned to rest within a portion of the concha when the device is deployed in the wearer's ear and comprising at least one microphone port situated adjacent the at least one microphone, the at least one microphone port comprising a concave region on an outer surface of the body and having one or more apertures, the concave region defining a channel through which sound external to the wearer's ear is communicated to the at least one microphone, the concave region configured to create acoustic leakage between the body and tissue of the wearer's outer ear;
a receiver or a speaker operably coupled to the electronic circuitry;
and
a nozzle extending from the body and dimensioned for deployment within at least a portion of the ear canal, the nozzle comprising:
a distal portion and a proximal portion defined between the distal portion and the body;
and
a terminus surface at the distal portion comprising a sound port through which sound can pass out of the nozzle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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