Ear-worn hearing device with in-ear sensor
AssigneeKnowles Electronics, LLC
InventorPAULO NALAGAY DIPUS
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Abstract
A hearing device including a spout configured for wearing on a user's concha or at least partially in a user's ear canal is disclosed. The hearing device includes a speaker having a sound outlet acoustically coupled to an opening of a spout by a speaker sound path, and a sensor having a signal input coupled to the spout opening by a sensor signal path. A partition disposed in the passage of the spout is located between the speaker sound path and the sensor signal path, wherein the partition isolates the sensor signal path from the speaker sound path along at least a portion of the spout passage.
Claims20
An ear-worn hearing device comprising:
- a housing comprising a spout configured for wearing on a user's concha or at least partially in a user's ear canal, the spout comprising a passage extending to an opening of the spout,
- a speaker disposed in the housing and comprising a sound outlet acoustically coupled to the opening of the spout by a speaker sound path;
- a sensor disposed in the housing and comprising an input coupled to the opening of the spout by a sensor signal path;
- a partition disposed in the passage of the spout and located between the speaker sound path and the sensor signal path,
- wherein the partition isolates the sensor signal path from the speaker sound path along at least a portion of the passage of the spout.
An ear-worn hearing device comprising:
- a housing comprising a spout for wearing on a user's concha or at least partially in a user's ear canal, the spout comprising a passage extending to an opening of the spout,
- a speaker disposed in the housing and comprising a sound outlet acoustically coupled to the opening of the spout by a speaker sound path;
- a microphone disposed in the housing and comprising a sound port acoustically coupled to the opening of the spout by a microphone sound path;
- a partition disposed in the passage of the spout and separating the speaker sound path from the microphone sound path along at least a portion of the passage,
- wherein the partition acoustically isolates the speaker sound path from the microphone sound path.
An ear-worn receiver-in-canal (RIC) hearing device comprising:
- a housing comprising a spout configured for at least partial insertion in a user's ear canal, the spout comprising a passage extending to an opening of the spout;
- an electrical cable connected to the housing opposite the spout and electrically connected to an electrical component in the housing;
- a speaker disposed in the housing and comprising a sound outlet acoustically coupled to the opening of the spout by a speaker sound path extending through the passage of the spout;
- a microphone disposed in the housing between the speaker and the opening of the spout, the microphone comprising a sound port acoustically coupled to the opening of the spout by a microphone sound path extending through the passage of the spout;
- a partition disposed in the passage of the spout and separating the speaker sound path from the microphone sound path along at least a portion of the passage,
- wherein the partition acoustically isolates the speaker sound path from the microphone sound path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.