EP1517584A3 - Hearingaid with not separate microphone casing - Google Patents

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EP1517584A3
EP1517584A3 EP04021597A EP04021597A EP1517584A3 EP 1517584 A3 EP1517584 A3 EP 1517584A3 EP 04021597 A EP04021597 A EP 04021597A EP 04021597 A EP04021597 A EP 04021597A EP 1517584 A3 EP1517584 A3 EP 1517584A3
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hearingaid
separate microphone
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hearing aid
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Torsten Dr. Niederdränk
Christian Dr. Weistenhöfer
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Sivantos GmbH
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Siemens Audioligische Technik GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/405—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic by combining a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/607—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of earhooks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Electrostatic, Electromagnetic, Magneto- Strictive, And Variable-Resistance Transducers (AREA)
  • Details Of Audible-Bandwidth Transducers (AREA)

Abstract

Der Raum in Hörgerätegehäusen (1, 2) soll intensiver ausgenutzt werden können. Dazu wird vorgeschlagen, auf separate Mikrofongehäuse zu verzichten und diese einteilig mit dem Hörgerätegehäuse zu gestalten. Zur Reduzierung der Körperschallempfindlichkeit der Mikrofone können entsprechende Dämpfungen in der Hörgeräteschale vorgesehen oder aber körperschallunempfindliche Siliziummikrofone (5) eingesetzt werden.

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The space in hearing aid housings (1, 2) should be able to be exploited more intensively. For this purpose, it is proposed to dispense with separate microphone housing and to make this one-piece with the hearing aid housing. In order to reduce the structure-borne noise sensitivity of the microphones, corresponding attenuations can be provided in the hearing device shell or else silicon microphones (5) that are insensitive to structure-borne sound can be used.
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EP04021597A 2003-09-18 2004-09-10 Hearingaid with not separate microphone casing Ceased EP1517584A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE10343292A DE10343292B3 (en) 2003-09-18 2003-09-18 Hearing aid e.g. for hearing impaired people, without separate microphone housing, has hearing aid housing and a microphone housing which are formed from a one-piece with housing having cover for acoustic isolation
DE10343292 2003-09-18

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EP1517584A2 EP1517584A2 (en) 2005-03-23
EP1517584A3 true EP1517584A3 (en) 2007-04-18

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US7263194B2 (en) 2007-08-28
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US20050105749A1 (en) 2005-05-19

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