Split shell system and method for hearing aids
AssigneeGN ReSound A/S
InventorsRobert Stinauer, Erik Lindberg, Michael Haberman, Roman Klyachman, Russell Lee Schreiner, James R. Anderson
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Abstract
An in-the-ear hearing aid has a housing with an audio input end and an audio output end. The housing is formed of two sections which are coupled together along a seam which extends between the two ends. An elastomeric sheath can enclose the housing.
Claims49
A hearing aid comprising:
- first and second housing sections each elongated along a common centerline wherein the sections engage one another generally along the centerline to form a substantially closed housing insertable, at least in part, into a user's ear canal, the sections each close, at least in part, a first end of the housing, wherein the housing defines an interior component receiving region.
A hearing aid comprising a hollow housing, with first and second displaced ends, one of which is insertable at least in part into a user's ear canal, the housing has first and second elongated, separate, housing segments, each segment engages the other along a seam that extends through the ends.
A hearing aid as in clam 16 wherein the segments each carry locking elements, the locking elements engage one another as the segments come together.
A hearing aid as in clam 19 which includes a receiver in the housing carried by the component support feature.
A hearing aid comprising:
- a two-part, elongated housing insertable into a user's ear canal, the parts of the housing engage one another generally along a plane oriented axially relative to the housing to form an internal component supporting region.
A hearing aid comprising:
- a first housing part and a second, separate, housing part;
- a receiver, the receiver installable on a housing part prior to joining the housing parts together;
- a microphone installable on the housing part prior to joining the two parts together;
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- an ear canal vent formed in only one of the housing parts.
A hearing aid comprising:
- a first housing part and a second, separate housing part, the two housing parts engaged one another to form a substantially closed housing with a seam therebetween;
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- an extractor element for applying an extraction force generally parallel to the seam.
A hearing aid insertable at least in part into a user's ear canal, the aid comprising:
- an elongated housing with a longitudinal axis and an end insertable into the user's ear canal, the housing substantially bounding an internal component receiving region, the housing formed of first and second sections joined along an elongated seam line that extends generally along the longitudinal axis.
A housing adapted to be insertable, at least in part, into an ear canal of a user, the housing comprising:
- first and second matable housing sections, when mated the sections define a substantially closed interior region and first and second spaced apart ends, one of the ends defines an audio output port, the other end carries an audio input port, an exterior periphery of the one end is configured to slidably engage a portion of the user's ear canal with a seam formed by the mated sections extending generally between the ends.
A housing for an in-the-ear, or, an in-the-canal hearing aid, the housing comprising:
- first and second separate, matable housing sections, when mated the sections define an exterior periphery insertable into a user's ear canal, first and second, spaced apart, internal component receiving regions are separated by an isolating wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.