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EP2360946B1
EP2360946B1 EP10193407A EP10193407A EP2360946B1 EP 2360946 B1 EP2360946 B1 EP 2360946B1 EP 10193407 A EP10193407 A EP 10193407A EP 10193407 A EP10193407 A EP 10193407A EP 2360946 B1 EP2360946 B1 EP 2360946B1
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Uwe Rass
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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
    • 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
    • H04R2225/023—Completely in the canal [CIC] hearing aids
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2460/17—Hearing device specific tools used for storing or handling hearing devices or parts thereof, e.g. placement in the ear, replacement of cerumen barriers, repair, cleaning hearing devices

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  • the present invention relates to a hearing system with a hearing device that can be completely inserted into a human auditory canal.
  • 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 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 for receiving the sound from the environment are installed.
  • a signal processing unit 3 also 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 the signal processing unit 3 is effected by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
  • the CIC hearing aids are fully worn in the ear canal, d. H. no section of the hearing aid protrudes from the entrance of the ear canal.
  • the challenge with such CIC hearing aids is that they are placed very deep in the ear canal or ear canal, ie as close as possible to the eardrum.
  • the hearing aid In this operating position, not only is the hearing aid almost invisible from the outside, but it also provides improved acoustic performance and less amplification, ultimately leading to lower energy consumption.
  • the problem that it is not easy to use the hearing aid very deep into the ear canal. There is always a considerable risk of injuring the eardrum when inserting the hearing aid.
  • EP 2 040 488 A2 is a tool for inserting a receiver of a hearing device into an auditory canal known.
  • the tool has tweezers with first and second tweezer arms attached at one end.
  • the first tweezer arm has at its free end a receiving device by which the male listener is to inhibit movements in at least three directions.
  • at least one of the two tweezer arms has a stop which projects substantially perpendicularly from the tweezer arm and serves to abut against a user's cone when inserting the receiver. This makes it possible for the external listener, on the one hand, to grab well and, on the other hand, to insert it into the auditory canal with a defined depth.
  • a magnetic attachment device for inserting and removing a hearing device.
  • the device comprises a pin which is magnetizable at its one end by a rotatable magnet. Depending on the rotational position of the magnet then the other end of the pen is magnetized, so that a CIC hearing aid can be held with magnetic force.
  • the device also has a stop which strikes the outer ear during insertion of the hearing device into the ear canal.
  • the object of the present invention is to be able to use a hearing device as deeply as possible in an ear canal, without a great effort would be necessary here and without a high risk of injury to the eardrum exists.
  • this object is achieved by a hearing system according to claim 1.
  • the positioning device advantageously constitutes a positioning aid in order to press the hearing device and in particular the hearing device completely into the auditory canal.
  • the fact that it has a stop it can be ensured that the hearing aid is not pressed too far into the auditory canal, whereby the risk of injury to the eardrum is eliminated.
  • the hearing device is individually adapted to the ear canal. It can thus be achieved that the used hearing device has an optimum position in the auditory canal at a predetermined location.
  • the positioning device is individually adapted to the shape of the entrance of the ear canal.
  • a very individual stop of the positioning device can be realized, whereby ultimately the insertion depth of the hearing device in the auditory canal can be precisely determined and easily reproducibly achieved.
  • the positioning device has a tube, and the hearing device is detachably arranged at one end of the tube. With the length of the tube or a pin in the tube, the individual depth of insertion into the ear canal can be easily adjusted.
  • a pin is arranged, which is displaced for releasing the hearing device from the positioning device in the tube axially or rotated about its axis. This can be solved by a simple gesture, the positioning of the hearing device.
  • the pin in a first position, partially radially pushes a ball located in the tube out of the tube and provides sufficient space in a second position in the tube such that the ball is completely within the circumference of the tube.
  • the pin of the positioning device on a portion which engages behind a projection of the hearing in the attached state of the positioning device on the hearing, wherein for releasing the positioning of the hearing device, the rear handle is released.
  • the tube is placed in a recess of the hearing device under magnetic guidance for mounting in the hearing device.
  • the aim of the present invention is to make the penetration of the hearing device or another hearing device into the auditory canal as simple and secure as possible.
  • the basic idea is to temporarily fix a positioning device or a positioning adapter for the introduction of the hearing aid to this.
  • the two components are then attached to each other self-holding, so that no force has to be applied from the outside for their connection.
  • FIGS. 2 to 5 is the onset of a CIC hearing aid, which no longer protrudes in the inserted state from the ear canal, shown in phantom on the basis of the hearing system according to the invention.
  • the entire hearing system consists in the present example of two individually manufactured parts: the actual hearing aid 10 with its custom-made shell and the positioning device 11, which also has an individually made outer contour.
  • the two components are according to FIG. 2 attached to each other. You can after that Insertion of the hearing aid 10 in the ear canal 12, however, be decoupled from each other.
  • the positioning device 11 consists here of a molded body 13 and a bolt or connecting rod 14 which connects the molded body 13 with the hearing aid 10.
  • the connecting rod 14 the two components 10 and 11 are fixed, but detachable, connected. This means that from the outside, no force must be exerted to keep the two components attached to each other. Only for insertion of the hearing device 10 in the ear canal 12, the positioning device 11 is temporarily attached to the hearing aid 10.
  • the hearing system 10, 11 is now inserted into the ear canal 12. It is inserted so far until the molded body 13 of the positioning device 11 abuts against a portion 16 of the outer ear 17 (see. FIG. 3 ).
  • the molded body 13 has a slightly larger diameter than the auditory canal 12, so that a secure stop around the entrance of the ear canal is ensured.
  • the length of the connecting rod 14 between the molded body 13 and the hearing aid 10 is selected so that the hearing aid 10 is seated in the desired depth in the ear canal 12 when the fitting 13 abuts the entrance of the ear canal 12.
  • the hearing device 10 then sits so low that there is a predetermined distance between the eardrum 18 and the side of the hearing device 10 facing the eardrum 18.
  • this distance and thus the space between the eardrum 18 and the hearing aid 10 is as small as possible, so that the acoustic transmission between the hearing aid 10 and eardrum 18 is as efficient as possible.
  • the positioning device 11 is according to FIG. 4 decoupled from the hearing aid 10. This is achieved in that the connecting rod 14 is unlocked by the hearing aid 10 so that it in the axial direction according to arrow 19 can be removed from the hearing aid 10 and further from the ear canal 12. Finally, the hearing aid 10 remains in accordance FIG. 5 in the desired position in the ear canal 12.
  • FIG. 6 has the hearing aid, here a CIC hearing aid (as well as in the FIGS. 2 to 5 ), an individually shaped shell. It is thus adapted to the auditory canal of the hearing aid wearer.
  • the hearing aid 10 has a bore or a blind hole 20 into which the connecting rod 14 of the positioning device 11 is inserted.
  • the connecting rod 14 is an integral part of the positioning device 11, and on it the molded body 13 is formed.
  • the molded body 13 is also individually shaped. In particular, as already indicated above, it is adapted to the input region of the auditory canal of the hearing device wearer. It serves as a stop and therefore has a larger maximum diameter than the hearing aid 10th
  • the connecting rod 14 has a tube 21 in which a pin 22 is guided axially.
  • the molded body 13 is arranged at one end of the tube 21, while the tube 21 is inserted with its other end in the blind hole 20 of the hearing aid 10.
  • the end portion of the tube 21, which is located in the blind hole 20 of the hearing aid 10, has a radially outwardly directed bore 23 through which a ball 24 projects partially outwards. Ie. a part of the sphere protrudes in the position of FIG. 6 beyond the circumference of the tube 21 into a Kalottenab réelle 25 in the blind hole 20.
  • the connecting rod 14 is in this position of the ball 24 form-fitting with the hearing aid 10 connected.
  • the Kalottenab réelle 25 is the negative form of a spherical cap, represents an undercut in the blind hole 20 and thus allows a locking of the connecting rod 14 in the blind hole 20 of the hearing aid 10th
  • the ball 24 is due to the special shape of the pin 22 in the locking position of FIG. 6 held.
  • the pin 22 has for this purpose a support portion 26 which, if it is under the ball 24, presses them out of the bore 23 of the tube 21 in the Kalottenab réelle 25.
  • the support section 26 is followed by a recess 27 in the pin 22, the function in connection with the unlocking (see. FIG. 7 ) unfolds.
  • the pin 22 is, for example, by spring force (in FIG. 6 not shown in detail) held in its locking position. It protrudes, as mentioned, axially from the tube 21 and the molded body 13 and on the other hand supports the ball 24, so that positive engagement with the hearing aid 10 is ensured.
  • the connection mechanism between the two components is to be unlocked.
  • the pin 22 is pressed against the spring force by hand, for example, into the tube 21.
  • the axial displacement of the pin 22 relative to the tube 21 causes the ball 24 falls into the recess 27 and is thus taken from the Kalottenabdruck 25.
  • the connecting rod 14 of the positioning device 11 can be pulled out of the blind hole 20 of the hearing device 10.
  • the positioning adapter or the positioning device 11 is therefore to be firmly coupled to the hearing aid 10 to be removed.
  • a spring presses it outwards and the special shape of the pin 22 converts this axial movement into a radial movement of the ball 24, so that it is pressed into the calotte impression 25, whereby positive engagement with the hearing aid 10 is created.
  • the hearing aid 10 can now be pulled out of the ear canal on the positioning device 11.
  • the connecting rod 14 or the material surrounding the blind hole 20 can be magnetized.
  • the connecting rod 14 is guided magnetically into the blind hole 20, which is of particular advantage, because the coupling process of the hearing aid 10 and the positioning device 11 can not be observed by the hearing aid wearer.
  • the coupling between the hearing aid 10 and the positioning device 11 can also take place, for example, by means of a bayonet catch or a pivotable hook.
  • the pin 22 has, for example, a radially projecting portion which can be pivoted by rotation of the pin 22 about its axis in an undercut of the hearing aid 10.
  • the positioning device has a hook or a self-locking gripper, with which it can be releasably attached to the hearing aid. It is also conceivable to attach the positioning device by magnetic force or by negative pressure to the hearing aid.
  • the pin 22 may also be eccentrically shaped in the region of the ball 24, so that the ball 24 is partially pressed out of the bore 23 by rotating the pin 22 about its axis.

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  1. Système auditif comprenant
    - une prothèse ( 10 ) auditive pouvant être introduite complètement dans un conduit ( 12 ) auditif humain et
    - un dispositif de mise en position, qui est fixé en se tenant de soi-même sur la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive, qui, lorsque la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive est dans l'état inséré dans le conduit ( 12 ) auditif, peut s'en détacher, qui peut ne pas être introduit ou qui peut ne l'être qu'en partie dans le conduit ( 12 ) auditif et qui sert, lors de la mise en position de la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive, de butée sur une partie ( 16 ) d'une oreille ( 17 ) extérieure,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - le dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position comporte un petit tube ( 21 ) et la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive est montée de manière amovible à une extrémité du petit tube ( 21 ) et cela de manière à ce qu'une barre ( 14 ) de liaison du dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position, qui possède le petit tube ( 11 ), soit reliée à complémentarité de forme avec la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive,
    - dans le petit tube ( 21 ) du dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position est disposée une tige ( 22 ), qui pour détacher la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive du dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position, est déplacée axialement dans le petit tube ( 21 ) ou est tournée autour de son axe, et
    - le petit tube ( 21 ) est, pour la fixation de la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive, enfilé avec guidage magnétique dans un évidemment ( 20 ) de la prothèse auditive.
  2. Système auditif suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel la prothèse auditive est adaptée individuellement au conduit ( 12 ) auditif.
  3. Système auditif suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel le dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position est adapté individuellement à la forme de l'entrée du conduit ( 12 ) auditif.
  4. Système auditif suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel la tige ( 22 ) pousse, dans une première position, une bille ( 24 ) se trouvant dans le petit tube ( 21 ) en partie radialement hors du petit tube ( 21 ) et, dans une deuxième position, ménage dans le petit tube ( 21 ) suffisamment de place pour que la bille ( 24 ) se trouve complètement à l'intérieur du pourtour du petit tube.
  5. Système auditif suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel la tige ( 22 ) du dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position a un tronçon qui, lorsque le dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position est à l'état fixé à la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive, s'accroche derrière une saillie de la prothèse auditive et il est mis fin à l'accrochage pour détacher le dispositif ( 11 ) de mise en position de la prothèse ( 10 ) auditive.
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