Hearing aid with an elongate member
AssigneeGN ReSound A/S
InventorHenrik Nielsen
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Abstract
A hearing aid includes a housing for accommodation of a signal processor for processing an audio signal into a processed audio signal compensating a hearing loss, and a receiver that is connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the processed audio signal into a sound signal, wherein the housing extends through a central part of an earpiece part, and is coupled to the earpiece part, the earpiece part configured to be placed in an ear canal of a user.
Claims32
A hearing aid comprising:
- a housing for accommodation of
- a signal processor for processing an audio signal into a processed audio signal compensating a hearing loss, and
- a receiver that is connected to an output of the signal processor for converting the processed audio signal into a sound signal;
- and
- an elongate member;
- wherein the housing extends through a central part of an earpiece part, and is coupled to the earpiece part, the earpiece part configured to be placed in an ear canal of a user;
- and
- wherein the housing is coupled to the elongate member, and the elongate member is configured to be placed in contact with a pinna and outside the ear canal of the user, and wherein the elongate member is shaped to abut at least a lower part of a concha that is next to an antitragus when the earpiece part to which the housing is coupled has been inserted in the ear canal.
The hearing aid according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising a tinnitus relieving circuit that is provided with the housing.
A hearing aid, comprising:
- a hearing aid housing;
- a flexible earpiece part for positioning completely in an ear canal of a user, comprising
- a base with a first opening for accommodation of the hearing aid housing that extends through the first opening, the hearing aid housing accommodating a processor and a receiver, and
- at least one sidewall that is attached to the base and has an edge that extends substantially from the base to a second opening of the earpiece, the width of the second opening being less than a width of the ear canal of the user when the at least one sidewall is inside the ear canal;
- and
- an elongate member coupled to the housing, the elongate member configured to be placed in contact with a pinna and outside the ear canal of the user, wherein the elongate member is shaped to abut at least a lower part of a concha that is next to an antitragus when the earpiece part is coupled to the housing and has been inserted in the ear canal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.