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Hearing device with a detachably coupled earpiece

US8718306B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd. · SG

Inventors

Uli Gommel · Erlangen, DE
Thomas Lotter · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 11, 2011
Grant date	May 6, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 25, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2225/57
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a hearing device or hearing aid, provision can be made for a sound tube or an in-the-ear loudspeaker to be held in an auditory canal of a user by an earpiece. To couple a sound tube to an earpiece, a connection element can be provided on the sound tube, which connection element can be connected to a connection element for the earpiece. This connection must be detachable so that a user can remove the earpiece from the sound tube. Nevertheless, it must be possible to transmit such a large force over the connection that the earpiece can once again be pulled out of the auditory canal. The object is to simplify a detachable connection for coupling an earpiece to a sound tube or an in-the-ear loudspeaker. Accordingly, the connection element for the earpiece is provided as an independent component, which is attached in or on the earpiece.

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