Hearing aid to be worn completely in the auditory canal and individualized by a cast body
US6249587A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 19, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R25/656
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hearing aid is worn completely in the auditory canal to the individual form of which it is precisely adapted and it has element a body consisting of a soft material (Shore hardness A from 5 to 70). This body is the supporting element of the appliance and the components (10, 11, 12) serving the hearing function are cast into the body substantially floating. In its general condition, i.e. in a condition not yet adapted to an individual auditory canal, the hearing aid comprises an element which limits its axial length, this length-limiting element is e.g. a bar-shaped, provisional supporting element (18) protruding from the hearing aid on the inner and on the outer face and being fixed by a locking arrangement (25). After casting the body by filling the casting cavity (31) with a casting material when the general hearing aid is placed in an auditory canal or in a model of an auditory canal, the provisional supporting element (18) is removed leaving a ventilation channel (43) through the cast body.
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