Hearing device with a space-saving arrangement of microphones and sound openings
AssigneeSiemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
InventorsUwe Flaig, Volker Gebhardt, Holger Kral, Dietmar Lommel, Herve Schulz
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Abstract
A behind-the-ear hearing device has a hearing device housing and a user-operable switch. At least two microphones are disposed below the switch in the hearing device housing, and the housing is formed with first sound openings that are arranged directly below the switch. The switch is preferably a rocker switch. The microphones can be positioned below a switch in a space-saving fashion and the installation space of the hearing device housing can thus be used optimally.
Claims11
A behind-the-ear hearing device, comprising:
- a hearing device housing;
- a switch partially disposed within said hearing device housing;
- at least two microphones disposed in said hearing device housing underneath said switch;
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- said hearing device housing having sound openings formed therein underneath said switch.
A behind-the-ear hearing device, comprising:
- a hearing device housing formed as a behind-the-ear hearing device housing to be worn behind the ear;
- a switch partially disposed within said hearing device housing;
- at least two microphones in said hearing device housing and disposed underneath said switch;
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- said hearing device housing having sound openings formed therein adjacent said switch to enable ambient sound to reach said microphones through said sound openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.