Self-drying hearing aid and method for transporting humidity out of such hearing aid
US10623875B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2460/17
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to a hearing aid comprising at least one electroacoustic transducer; a signal processing circuitry, configured to receive from the at least an electroacoustic transducer an electrical input signal and/or to provide said at least an electroacoustic transducer with an electrical output signal; and power supply means configured to provide power to the electroacoustic transducer and to said signal processing circuitry; wherein the hearing aid further comprises at least one electroosmotic porous membrane configured to transport liquid and/or vapor outside of the hearing aid, or away from a component thereof.
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