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EP2018078A2 - Dispositif auditif doté d'un dispositif de fixation destiné à atteler un manchon audio et manchon audio correspondant - Google Patents

Dispositif auditif doté d'un dispositif de fixation destiné à atteler un manchon audio et manchon audio correspondant Download PDF

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EP2018078A2
EP2018078A2 EP08104464A EP08104464A EP2018078A2 EP 2018078 A2 EP2018078 A2 EP 2018078A2 EP 08104464 A EP08104464 A EP 08104464A EP 08104464 A EP08104464 A EP 08104464A EP 2018078 A2 EP2018078 A2 EP 2018078A2
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audio shoe
hearing
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Holger Kral
Michael Sattler
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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
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/556—External connectors, e.g. plugs or modules

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  • the present invention relates to a hearing device with a housing, which has a receiving surface for the attachment of an audio shoe. Moreover, the present invention relates to a corresponding audio shoe, which is attachable to a hearing device.
  • hearing device is understood in particular to mean a hearing device. In addition, the term includes other portable and non-portable acoustic devices such as headsets, headphones 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), hearing aid with external receiver (RIC: receiver in the canal) and in-the-ear hearing aids (IDO), e.g. Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (ITE, CIC).
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • RIC hearing aid with external receiver
  • IDO in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE 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 principal Construction 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 for receiving the sound from the environment are installed.
  • 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
  • a so-called audio shoe is often used for hearing aids.
  • the audio shoe is attached to the hearing aid, so that the audio signals are transmitted from the audio shoe to the hearing aid by means of electrical contacts.
  • Various methods have been established to attach an audio shoe to a housing of a hearing aid. According to a method originating from the Applicant, the audio shoe is turned onto the housing of the hearing aid with a rotational movement.
  • the publication DE 10 2005 061 795 A1 discloses a hearing aid module which can be mechanically and electrically attached to a corresponding multi-purpose interface of a hearing aid with an electromechanical interface.
  • at least one hearing aid operating element or a display element is provided in the module.
  • the module can be inserted with two laterally projecting collar in a corresponding receptacle of the hearing aid and thus attached to the hearing aid.
  • the object of the present invention is to simplify the recording process of an audio shoe into a hearing device.
  • a hearing device with a housing having a receiving surface for plugging an audio shoe, wherein the receiving surface has at least a first fastening device to which a corresponding second fastening means of the audio shoe can be fastened such that the audio shoe linear and substantially perpendicular is attachable to the receiving surface to the hearing device to establish an electrical connection between the hearing device and the audio shoe.
  • an audio shoe which can be attached to a hearing device, wherein the hearing device has a receiving surface for plugging the audio shoe, wherein a second fastening device is provided which can be fastened to a corresponding first fastening device of the receiving surface of the hearing device such in that the audio shoe can be attached to the hearing device linearly and substantially perpendicular to the receiving surface in order to establish an electrical connection between the hearing device and the audio shoe.
  • the first fastening device has two grooves, which are arranged in opposite edge regions of the receiving surface of the hearing device, and wherein the two grooves are designed to receive corresponding clips of the audio shoe.
  • the second Fastening device preferably on two brackets, which are arranged on opposite sides of the audio shoe substantially parallel to each other, and which are biased by a coil spring, wherein the two brackets are inserted into corresponding grooves of the receiving surface of the hearing such that the two brackets engage the corresponding grooves and that the coil spring effects a tensioning force between the two brackets to stably hold the audio shoe to the hearing aid.
  • the receiving surface of the hearing device preferably has an opening, which is associated with at least one electrical spring contact of the hearing device, and which is designed to receive a corresponding flexibly mounted connection plate of the audio shoe in order to establish an electrical connection between the hearing device and the audio shoe by means of the spring contact.
  • a connection plate including at least one conductor track is provided, wherein the connection plate is inserted into a corresponding opening of the receiving surface of the hearing substantially perpendicular to the receiving surface, and wherein the corresponding opening is associated with at least one electrical spring contact, which is designed to establish an electrical connection between the audio shoe and the hearing device via the conductor track of the connection plate.
  • connection plate and the conductor track arranged thereon and with the corresponding opening in the receiving surface of the hearing device With the connection plate and the conductor track arranged thereon and with the corresponding opening in the receiving surface of the hearing device, a particularly reliable electrical connection between the audio shoe and the hearing device.
  • the spring contact arranged in the opening that a larger tolerance range can be made available with regard to the angle of the slip-on and pull-off movement of the audio shoe onto / from the hearing device.
  • connection plate is flexibly mounted in the audio shoe.
  • the audio shoe according to the invention has at least one socket for connecting an external connection element, wherein the coil spring is further designed to establish an electrical connection between the external connection element and the at least one conductor track of the connection plate.
  • the coil spring can be used not only for attachment, but also for making an electrical contact, which reduces the number of components of the audio shoe. This eliminates additional storage, ordering, and tooling costs.
  • an audio shoe 10 is used to record external audio signals.
  • the audio shoe 10 can be plugged into an end face 11 of the hearing aid.
  • the audio shoe 10 has two brackets 12 and 13 which are arranged on opposite sides of the audio shoe 10 and which engage in corresponding grooves 15 and 16 (cf. FIG. 4 ) of the hearing aid can intervene.
  • the audio shoe 10 is equipped with a connection plate 14, by means of which an electrical connection between the audio shoe 10 and the hearing aid can be produced.
  • the corresponding to the brackets 12, 13 grooves 15 and 16 are, as in FIG. 4 shown, arranged on opposite sides of the end face 11 of the hearing aid parallel to each other.
  • the end face 11 of the hearing aid has an opening 17, which is arranged in the immediate vicinity of an edge of the end face 11 and here perpendicular to the grooves 11 and 15. In this opening 17, the connection plate 14 of the audio shoe 10 can be received and thus the electrical connection between the audio shoe 10 and the hearing aid are made.
  • the brackets 12 and 13 of the audio shoe 10 are movably mounted on the audio shoe 10, so that by pressing both sides of the audio shoe 10 at Side surfaces 18 and 19, the brackets 12 and 13 are opened and a recording of the audio shoe 10 on the front side 11 of the hearing aid is possible.
  • This process is in FIG. 4 shown by arrows A, B and C.
  • the audio shoe 10 can be plugged to the end face 11 of the hearing aid without the pushing movement.
  • the infected audio shoe 10, as in FIG. 5 can then be removed by pressing on the side surfaces 18 and 19 of the audio shoe 10 of the hearing aid again.
  • the audio shoe 10 by default has three sockets 20.
  • the audio shoe 10 consists essentially of two parts, a lid 23 and a plug mechanism 24 which is mounted in the lid 23 and fastened by means of a fastening bolt 22.
  • the fastening bolt 22 extends over the audio shoe 10 between two opposite sides 25 and 26 of the lid 23.
  • the plug mechanism 24 of the audio shoe 10 has a base plate 21, which further has a continuous opening through which the fastening bolt 22 extends in the attached state. Characterized in that the fastening bolt 22 abuts at its two ends 22a and 22b corresponding to the two sides 25 and 26 of the lid 23, a stable attachment of the essential part 24 in the lid 23 is made possible.
  • the plug mechanism 24 of the audio shoe 10 includes three coil springs 31, 32, and 33 that provide a clamping force between the clips 12 and 13.
  • the coil springs 31, 32 and 33 and in that the brackets 12 and 13 are movably mounted, an engagement of the brackets 12 and 13 in the corresponding grooves 15 and 16 of the hearing aid and due to the bias thus achieved a stable posture of Audio shoe 10 allows the hearing aid.
  • two further fastening bolts 29 and 30 are provided, which have the task of pivotally supporting the clamps 12 and 13 on the base plate 21.
  • the base plate 21 has two further continuous openings which extend along the base plate 21.
  • the base plate 21 also has two cutouts 34 and 35. In these two cutouts 34 and 35, the brackets 12 and 13 are received substantially perpendicular to the base plate 21.
  • the brackets 12 and 13 each have a corresponding receptacle for a fastening bolt 29, 30.
  • the plug mechanism 24 of the audio shoe 10 further comprises two guide elements 27 and 28 which are designed to guide or stabilize the coil springs 31, 32 and 33 with respect to the clamps 12 and 13.
  • the base plate 21 is provided with an elongated opening 36 whose longitudinal direction is perpendicular to the fastening bolts 22, 29, 30 and through which the connection plate 14 protrudes from the audio shoe 10.
  • the audio shoe 10 has three sockets 20 which allow the connection of external plugs.
  • the connection plate 14 has three corresponding conductor tracks.
  • the coil springs 31, 32 and 33 continue to have the task to connect the external connector, each with a corresponding trace of the terminal plate by a pin between two turns of a coil spring is clamped. This dual function of the coil springs 31, 32 and 33 makes it possible to dispense with additional components for connecting the sockets 20 to the connection plate 14. This also creates a space-saving design of the audio shoe.

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