Hearing device with detachable speaker unit
AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorsJan Thor Lunddahl LARSEN, Franz TREUE, Bent SEVERIN
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to detachable speaker units for hearing aid devices, and the hearing aid devices having detachable speaker units. The detachable speaker unit have at least an output transducer for providing a signal perceivable as sound to a user. The detachable speaker unit includes a memory unit storing information relating to characteristics of the output capabilities of the detachable speaker unit, such as transfer function of output transducer and/or transfer function of the entire, or parts of, assembly.
Claims20
A hearing aid device comprising:
- a hearing aid device housing to be arranged behind the ear of a user, the hearing aid device including an input transducer, a signal processor adapted to process signal from the input transducer to compensate for the user's hearing loss, a hearing device connector, and
- a detachable speaker unit comprising
- a connector part having a set of contact pins for contacting the hearing device connector,
- a connecting element having an electrically conductive member, the connecting element connected to the connector part,
- a speaker unit housing configured to be positioned at least partly in the ear canal of the user, an output transducer included in the speaker unit housing, the output transducer being configured to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal from the signal processor, the speaker unit housing being connected to the connecting element,
- a memory unit arranged in the connector part, the memory unit configured to store data relating to the acoustic properties of the output transducer and/or speaker unit housing.
A detachable speaker unit configured for use with a hearing aid device having a housing configured to be positioned behind the ear of a wearer, the speaker unit being detachable and reconnectable to the hearing aid device, the speaker unit comprising:
- a connector part having a set of contact pins for contacting to a hearing device connector,
- a connecting element having an electrically conductive member, the connecting element connected to the connector part,
- a speaker unit housing configured to be positioned at least partly in the ear canal of the user, an output transducer included in the speaker unit housing, the output transducer being configured to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal from the signal processor, the speaker unit housing being connected to the connecting element, and
- a memory unit arranged in the connector part, the memory unit configured to store data relating to the acoustic properties of the output transducer and/or speaker unit housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.