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EP1993323B1 - Pièce d'oreille pour un dispositif auditif doté d'une fermeture à baïonnette - Google Patents

Pièce d'oreille pour un dispositif auditif doté d'une fermeture à baïonnette Download PDF

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EP1993323B1
EP1993323B1 EP08103972A EP08103972A EP1993323B1 EP 1993323 B1 EP1993323 B1 EP 1993323B1 EP 08103972 A EP08103972 A EP 08103972A EP 08103972 A EP08103972 A EP 08103972A EP 1993323 B1 EP1993323 B1 EP 1993323B1
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earpiece
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bayonet fitting
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Anton Gebert
Markus Hörnig
Hartmut Ritter
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Sivantos Pte Ltd
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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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/021—Behind the ear [BTE] hearing aids
    • H04R2225/0213—Constructional details of earhooks, e.g. shape, material
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/57—Aspects of electrical interconnection between hearing aid parts
    • 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
    • H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds

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  • the present invention relates to an ear piece for a hearing device that can be worn in the ear canal, with a handset including a earpiece at the sound outlet and an ear cup in which the handset is fixed, which holds the earpiece in the ear canal and the inner ear when worn in the ear canal Side, which faces the eardrum, and has an opposite outer side, to which the earpiece is removably attached.
  • a hearing device is understood here to mean in particular a device that can be worn on the ear, such as a hearing aid, a headset, a headset and the like.
  • Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE) and in-the-ear hearing aids (IDO), e.g. also Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (CIC), provided.
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • IDO in-the-ear hearing aids
  • CIC canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually a sound receiver, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit. This basic structure is in FIG. 1 shown using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing aid. In a hearing aid housing 1 for Carrying behind the ear, one or more microphones 2 are installed for recording the sound from the environment.
  • a signal processing unit 3 which is also integrated in the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them.
  • the output signal of the signal processing unit 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or earpiece 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier.
  • the power supply of the hearing device and in particular of the signal processing unit 3 is carried out by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
  • RIC devices receiver in canal
  • a receiver unit to be inserted into the auditory canal.
  • the earphones are plugged into the respective, standardized or individual ear shell.
  • the receiver module consists of an earmold to which a handset is attached.
  • the attachment is made with a specially shaped fastener that holds the hand on the one hand and on the other hand screwed to the earmold.
  • the publication EP 1684 544 A2 describes the attachment of an electroacoustic transducer in a hearing aid.
  • the transducer is removably attached to the housing.
  • the attachment can be done for example by means of a bayonet closure.
  • US 2006/137934 A1 an ear protection ear plug, which can optionally be equipped with an active unit.
  • This active unit may include a microphone and a handset. It can be fastened in an ear cup with the help of a bayonet-like closure.
  • EP 1 569 499 A1 an ear piece for hearing aids.
  • the ear insert has an earmold, which can be used as a molded body in the ear canal.
  • a handset including an adapter is inserted into a recess of the earmold.
  • the adapter may be formed as a component for a bayonet connection.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to provide an ear piece for a hearing device and in particular a hearing aid, in which the handset is fastened on the one hand with high holding power and on the other hand easily replaceable in an ear cup.
  • the bayonet lock ensures on the one hand a much higher holding force than, for example, a detachable Snap connection.
  • a detachable Snap connection On the other hand, when closing the bayonet closure no closure components are bent or strongly rubbed against each other, which is why it hardly comes to wear.
  • an adapter is mounted in the ear cup, in which the second part of the bayonet lock is rotatably mounted.
  • the second part of the bayonet catch protrudes from the surface of the ear shell on its inside, ie the side facing the eardrum when worn, and has at least two surfaces parallel to one another and to the axis of the bayonet closure. This makes it possible to use a simple tool, such as a small pair of pliers, to open the bayonet lock without destroying a wax guard located in the second part of the bayonet closure.
  • the first part of the bayonet lock may have a cone-shaped portion which is cut off on two opposite sides of the parallel surfaces of the second part of the bayonet closure accordingly.
  • the cone ensures a seat of the listener in the ear cup coaxial with the sound channel of the ear cup or the adapter and is at the same time a part of the bayonet with the cut sides.
  • a seal may be arranged between the first and second part of the bayonet closure. With it, the closure is sealed against contamination and noise.
  • FIG. 3 shows this earphone 20 from the sound output side.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show this earpiece 20 each in cross section, the sections are rotated by 90 ° relative to each other.
  • the earpiece 20 consists essentially of a conical portion 21 and a subsequent to the wide portion of the cone tubular portion 22.
  • a sound channel 23 penetrates the conical portion 21 and the tubular portion 22nd
  • the cone-shaped portion 21 is cut off on two opposite sides parallel to the cone axis, resulting in two parallel side surfaces 24 and 25. These are both in the top view of FIG. 3 as well as in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 but not in the 90 ° rotated view of FIG. 5 to recognize.
  • the nozzle 20 is preferably made of a hard plastic.
  • the second part 31 of the bayonet lock is according to FIG. 6 a part of the earmold adapter 12. This second part 31 is rotatably mounted in a hard outer shell 32 of the adapter 12.
  • the adapter cup 32 has an inner side 33 which, when the earpiece is carried in the ear canal, faces the eardrum. A piece of the second part 31 of the bayonet lock protrudes from this inner side 33. This is also in FIG. 7 to see which is a plan view of the adapter 12 from this inside.
  • the second part 31 In the usual manner for bayonet fitting the second part 31 is after inserting the earpiece 20 by a certain angle, here 90 °, rotated. To easily rotate the second part 31, it has at least two flattened sides 37, 38 projecting from the inside 33. This allows the second part 31 of the bayonet lock, for example, with the help of a simple pliers or mounting aid easily grab and turn.
  • the rotated state of the bayonet lock is in the FIGS. 8 and 9 shown.
  • the recess 36 is engaged behind by the cone-shaped portion 21.
  • the earpiece 20 is now firmly anchored in the adapter 12.
  • this anchorage is shown schematically in the plan view. Namely, a rounded portion 39 of the cone-shaped portion 21 protrudes beyond the recess 36, so that the bayonet closure is closed and the earpiece 20 is anchored in the adapter 12.
  • Another alternative design of the external listener i. the ear piece according to the invention, is that no separate adapter 12 is used, but the second part 31 of the bayonet lock is mounted rotatably directly in the ear cup.
  • the handset 11 can be removed from the ear shell or the ear mold piece 10 with much less effort. This leaves the earphone undamaged.
  • a wax guard 35 can be inserted into the ear piece or the adapter 12 without it having to be replaced at each earpiece removal. A daily cleaning of the unit "earpiece and ear piece" is thus possible.

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Claims (6)

  1. Pièce d'oreille pour une prothèse auditive qui peut être portée dans le canal auriculaire, comprenant
    - un écouteur ( 11 ), et
    - une coquille ( 10 ) d'oreille, dans laquelle l'écouteur ( 11 ) est fixé, qui maintient l'écouteur ( 11 ) dans le canal auriculaire et qui a un côté intérieur, lequel, lorsque la pièce d'oreille est portée dans le canal auriculaire, est tourné vers la membrane du tympan, ainsi qu'un côté extérieur opposé auquel l'écouteur ( 11 ) est fixé en pouvant être retiré, dans laquelle
    - l'écouteur (11 ) est fixé à la coquille ( 10 ) d'oreille par une fermeture à baïonnette,
    caractérisée en ce que
    - l'écouteur ( 11 ) a une tubulure ( 20 ) d'écouteur à la sortie du son,
    - une première partie de la fermeture à baïonnette est reliée de manière fixe à la tubulure ( 20 ) d'écouteur, et
    - une deuxième partie ( 31 ) de la fermeture à baïonnette est, pour l'ouverture et la fermeture à baïonnette, montée tournante dans la coquille d'oreille et peut être tournée sur la première partie de la fermeture à baïonnette par le côté intérieur de la coquille ( 10 ) d'oreille.
  2. Pièce d'oreille suivant la revendication 1, dans laquelle un adaptateur ( 12 ), dans lequel la deuxième partie ( 31 ) de la fermeture à baïonnette est montée tournante, est fixé dans la coquille ( 10 ) d'oreille.
  3. Pièce d'oreille suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle la deuxième partie ( 31 ) de la fermeture à baïonnette dépasse du côté intérieur de la surface de la coquille ( 10 ) d'oreille et a au moins deux surfaces ( 37, 38 ) qui sont parallèles entre elles et à l'axe de la fermeture à baïonnette.
  4. Pièce d'oreille suivant l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle un canal ( 34 ) pour le son, dans lequel est insérée une protection ( 35 ) vis-à-vis du cérumen, passe dans la deuxième partie ( 31 ) de la fermeture à baïonnette.
  5. Pièce d'oreille suivant la revendication 3, dans laquelle la première partie de la fermeture à baïonnette a un segment ( 21 ) en forme de cône, qui est coupé sur deux côtés ( 24, 25 ) opposés de manière à correspondre à un évidement ( 36 ) de la deuxième partie ( 31 ) de la fermeture à baïonnette.
  6. Pièce d'oreille suivant l'une des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle un joint ( 13 ) est disposé entre la première et la deuxième partie de la fermeture à baïonnette.
EP08103972A 2007-05-16 2008-05-15 Pièce d'oreille pour un dispositif auditif doté d'une fermeture à baïonnette Not-in-force EP1993323B1 (fr)

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