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- the invention is in the field of hearing aids and relates to a set, a method and a hearing aid according to the preambles of the corresponding independent claims.
- Set and method according to the invention are used for the production of the hearing aid.
- the hearing aid belongs to the category of hearing aids that are at least partially worn in the ear canal, which have a casting cavity in a provisional state and which are adapted to this auditory canal by pouring the casting cavity into an auditory canal.
- the hearing aid according to the invention has a cast molded body which is precisely adapted to the auditory canal of a wearer.
- the hearing aid according to the invention is preferably a hearing aid, a radio receiver or a device with a different acoustic function.
- the hearing aid according to the invention can also have only one protective function, that is to say it can be, for example, a protective plug against noise or water.
- Hearing aids of the type mentioned are described for example in the publications EP-0821541 (or US-6249587), EP-0821542 (or US-6097826) or EP-0821543 (or US-6052473).
- the hearing aids described in these publications have a stretchable membrane which extends over the lateral surface of the device and on an outer end plate and on the inner end side forming speakers or attached to a speaker holding ring.
- the faceplate, membrane and loudspeaker essentially delimit the casting cavity or the molding molded therein.
- the electronic components of the device are at least partially poured into the molded body quasi-floating, such that their relative positions are also adapted to a certain extent to the shape of the individual auditory canal.
- a pouring template equipped for supplying the casting material and the venting of the casting cavity is placed on the end plate, and optionally a positioning attachment for the exact positioning of the innermost part of the hearing device in the auditory canal on the inner end face.
- the casting template and the positioning attachment are removed, as a result of which the hearing aid is essentially completed and can be worn immediately.
- the problems which must be solved in particular in the development of said type of hearing aids are problems of miniaturization (in particular for appliances to be worn entirely in the ear canal, which have a diameter of less than 12 mm and a length of less than 25 mm) and Problems of safety of the casting process that should be practicable in the ear canal of the person who will be wearing the device (wearer).
- the device should be in a substantially load-bearing condition, such that it can be handed over to the wearer without further processing or at most after a few simple manipulations.
- it should also be able to meet conditions regarding functional adaptation to the needs of the wearer it should offer a high level of comfort and it should be able to be produced in an economically responsible framework.
- the mentioned problems and wishes are addressed or fulfilled with the hearing aids according to the state of the art in various ways.
- the devices according to the publications mentioned above meet the requirements of miniaturization, the minimal rework and the comfort.
- the GiePrint in the distal (inner) area of the device is satisfactory.
- the electronic components must be manipulated to fit the ear canal and are exposed to the casting process, which can damage them.
- the molded body and the electronic components are firmly connected together in the finished device. In other words, if an electronic part is damaged by the casting process, if a faulty molding is cast in a casting process or if it is determined on the finished device that the selected electronics are not optimal for the wearer, the entire hearing aid must be replaced. The device can not be repaired. All of this has an economic burden.
- the invention now has the object of providing a hearing aid to be worn at least partially in the auditory canal, which in a provisional state has a casting cavity and, in a definite state adapted to a specific auditory canal, a molded body having an individual shape cast in the casting cavity.
- the hearing aid is intended to meet the abovementioned requirements with regard to miniaturization, safety, immediate availability, functional adaptability, wearing comfort, reparability and economy at least as well or better than known hearing aids of the same type. Furthermore, it is the object of the invention to provide a set and a method for producing the hearing device.
- the hearing aid according to the invention consists in its provisional state of two or three elements (central and outer Giessraumelement and optionally separate channel element). In this state, it has no components serving the acoustic function (in particular no electronic components).
- the two or three elements are connected by simply detachable connections, in particular positive snap connections. They define the casting cavity, give the provisional device sufficient stability for insertion into the ear canal, and are at least partially plastically deformable (bendable) for a first rough adaptation to the auditory canal.
- the outer casting chamber element and optionally the separate channel element are removed from the molded body cast in the casting cavity, wherein the outer casting chamber element is replaced by a standardized, possibly limitedly deformable, electronic module.
- the electronic module is attached using the same, releasable connection to the molding, as the remote, outer casting chamber element.
- the hearing aid is not to be equipped for an acoustic function
- another module takes the place of the electronic module, which has essentially the same shape as the electronic module, but which serves, for example, a passive protective function and is equipped accordingly.
- the central G manraumelement has an inner and an outer ring, which are interconnected by a tubular, expandable membrane.
- the diaphragm forms a surface of the device that can be adapted to an ear canal thanks to its expansibility, and the two rings essentially determine the shape of the inner and outer faces of the device.
- the outer casting chamber element is matched in its shape to the outer ring of the central casting space element. It holds in the casting room essentially free the space for the electronic module and has an opening (pouring opening) for pressing the casting material and optionally a vent opening.
- an at least partially bendable channel element is provided which extends in the preliminary device from the inside of the outer Giessraum institutes to the inner ring of the central Giessraumiatas.
- the channel element is detachably connected in its one end region or firmly connected to the inside of the outer Giessraumiatas and adjusted in its other end to the inner ring of the central Giessraumiatas and advantageously releasably connected thereto, that it closes the opening substantially and limits its axial mobility , Due to the bendability of the channel element, the reserved loudspeaker channel receives a signal to the individual. Auditory canal adapted, possibly curved shape, wherein the adapted (curved) part of the channel in the finished device either between the output side of the speaker and the inner end of the device or between the input side of the speaker and the outer face of the device.
- the electronic module is based on an outer end plate and optionally has a housing, of which the end plate is a part. It contains all the components that serve the acoustic function (eg microphone, amplifier, loudspeaker, receiver coil, battery compartment and corresponding cabling).
- the speaker is housed in the electronics module so that its output side is directed away from the face plate.
- the speaker is disposed on an extension of the electronic module, wherein the extension is bendable such that the orientation of the speaker relative to the rest of the electronic module is variable to a limited extent.
- elastic positive locking means are arranged with the aid of the outer G manraumelement or the electronic module or other module on the central Giessraumelement snaps and also removable again.
- Equally such positive locking means are advantageously provided on the inner ring of the central Giessraumides and on the channel element or on an attachable to the inner end face of the final device cerumen protection cap.
- the main advantages of the hearing aid according to the invention consist in its simple production or individualization and in the fact that the individualized part (only central casting space element with molded body) and the functional part (electronics module) can be assembled and separated again in an extremely simple manner. This makes it possible to replace one or the other part individually, and it is possible to try the hearing aid in its finished form with differently equipped electronic modules and so even better adapted to the wishes and needs of the wearer.
- the hearing aid is repairable and yet adapted not only with respect to the shape of its lateral surface but also with respect to the relative positions of the inner and outer end face of the specific auditory canal.
- Figure 1 shows very schematically the preparation of the hearing aid according to the invention from a set consisting essentially of a central casting space element 1, an outer casting space element 2, a separate channel element 3 and an electronic module 4 or 4 '.
- the casting space elements 1 and 2 and the channel element 3 are shown on the left in FIG. 1 one above the other.
- the tubular membrane 1.1, the outer ring 1.2 and the inner ring 1.3 can be seen on the outer casting space element, the pouring opening 2.1, the vent opening 2.2 and a connecting means 2.3 (eg, narrowing towards the inside) at the outer pouring space element 2, at the channel element 3 the middle one bendable part 3.1, the first end region 3.2 (eg elastically compressible head piece) equipped as a connection means to the outer casting space element and the second end region 3.3 (eg end plate or thickening, which is larger than the opening of the end piece) adapted to the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting space element 1 inner ring 1.3 and optionally releasably connected to this).
- the first end region 3.2 eg elastically compressible head piece
- the second end region 3.3 eg end plate or thickening, which is larger than the opening of the end piece
- the second end region 3.3 of the channel element 3 and the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting space element 1 are to be designed such that the end region 3.3 tightly closes the opening of the inner ring 1.3 at least for the intended casting material.
- the hearing aid in its provisional state that is to say the elements 1 to 3 mounted together, is shown in FIG.
- the illustrated hearing aid is already adapted by a corresponding bend of the central part 3.1 of the channel element 3 with respect to the relative position of the inner and the outer end side of the ear canal.
- the outer casting chamber element 2 is positioned on or in the outer ring 1.2 of the central casting space element 1
- the second end region (3.3) of the channel element 3 is positioned on or in the inner ring 1.3
- the first end region 3.2 of the channel element 3 is engaged on the outer casting space element 2 (FIG. positive, releasable snap connection).
- At least the outer ring 1.2 and the outer Giessraumelement 2 further cooperating positive locking means, by means of which the outer G manraumelement 2 is fixed in or on the outer ring 2.1 and optionally also the rotational position of the two elements is defined relative to each other.
- the positive-locking means for such a connection are shown in FIG. 1 as depressions in the ring 1.2 and corresponding projections on the outer casting-space element 2, wherein projections and depressions are dimensioned such that they form a snap-fit closure.
- Corresponding connection means can also be provided between the inner ring 1.3 and the second end region 3.3 of the channel element 3. Such a connection can be designed such that it is tight for the casting material. Further measures to increase this tightness are described below in connection with FIG.
- the hearing aid is positioned in its preliminary state in the ear canal of a patient.
- a pouring opening 2.1 a not shown in a suitable manner Press connected with a casting material in the casting cavity 5 is pressed.
- a kind of standpipe is advantageously arranged at the vent 2.2, in which the casting material rises when the G confuseshohlraum 5 is completely filled and in which the rise height of the casting material can be read as an indication of the casting pressure. It is also possible to omit the vent 2.2 and according to the connection between the outer ring 1.2 and outer casting element 2 air-permeable but dense to design for the casting material.
- the outer casting space element 2 and the channel element 3 are removed. It remains the individualized part of the hearing aid, which consists only of the molded body molding 7 and the central casting chamber 3.
- the electronics module 4 or 4 ' is mounted to complete the hearing aid, for example by means of a connection which is identical to the connection with the outer casting space element 2 (for example elastic snap connection).
- the electronics module 4 or 4 ' has, for example, a battery compartment 4.1 with a battery, a microphone 4.2 directed towards the outer front side, an amplifier chip 4.3 and a loudspeaker 4.4 directed against the inner front side, and the corresponding wiring (not shown).
- the loudspeaker 4.4 is tinted, either rigidly integrated in the electronic module (module 4) or arranged in a loudspeaker extension 4.5 (module 4 '), wherein the loudspeaker extension 4.5 can be aligned differently by bending over the rest of the module.
- a protection module must be like the electronic module 4 or 4 'on the outer ring 1.2, for example, snapped and it must seal the speaker channel 8 to the outside.
- the other module must therefore have substantially the same shape on its side facing the cast molded body 7 as one or the other of the electronic modules 4 or 4 'shown in FIG.
- the outer casting space element 2 and the channel element 3 are removed, the outer casting space element is replaced by the electronic module.
- the device 6 has a loudspeaker 4.4, which is rigidly integrated in the electronics module 4, and a loudspeaker channel 8 extending between the inner end surface and the output side of the loudspeaker 4.4, which has a bend which is adapted to the individual auditory canal.
- the device 6 ' also has an individually curved loudspeaker channel 8, into which the corresponding curved loudspeaker extension 4.5 of the electronic module 4' is inserted, such that the output side of the loudspeaker 4.4 is positioned as close as possible to the eardrum.
- FIG. 2 shows another exemplary embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention in the same way as FIG. 1 (left part).
- the elements of the hearing aid are shown in its provisional state, individually (left) and assembled together (right).
- Identical elements are designated by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 2 in which the device in its preliminary form consists of three elements, there are only two elements: a central casting space element 1 and an outer casting space element 2.
- the channel element 3 is fixedly connected in its first end region 3.2 to the outer casting chamber element 2 and has in its second end region 3.3 a to the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting chamber 1 adapted shape such that this end region closes the opening of the ring 1.3 and the ring 1.3 limited in an axial position (definition of the axial length of the device in its definitive form).
- the second end region 3.3 of the channel element is, for example, as shown, a compressible thickening which can be snapped into the ring 1.3, wherein a movement of the ring 1.3 against the outer casting chamber element 2 can be prevented by a further internal thickening. If no other precautions are taken to seal the Giessholraumes, the snap connection between the channel element 3 and inner ring 1.3 for this seal must be designed accordingly.
- FIG. 3 shows in a partially cut-away, three-dimensional representation a further, exemplary embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention in its provisional state.
- the device is of the same type as the device according to FIG. 1.
- the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the device according to FIG. 3 has a double channel element, wherein the loudspeaker channel Part (3.1 / 2) is executed, as shown in the figure 1, and the further part (Ventkanalteil 3.4, also at least partially bendable) is used to keep free a Ventkanales.
- the second end region 3.3 serves both Kalnalelement turnover.
- a corresponding opening is provided in the outer G manraumelement 2 (and correspondingly in the electronic module) or in the outer ring 1.2 and in the inner ring 1.3.
- the central Giessraumelement 1 for receiving the two channel element parts 3.1 / 2 and 3.4 each have a hose 1.4 and 1.5. These are attached to the inner ring 1.3 and have a length which is slightly larger than the corresponding distance to the outer Giessraumelement.
- the hoses 1.4 and 1.5 also make it possible not to form the two channel element parts 3.1 / 2 and 3.4 as shown in Figure 1 bar-shaped but in the form of disk columns. This shape allows a strong bending of the extensions without cross-sectional change of the channel to be kept free.
- hoses 1.4 and 1.5 cause the speaker and the vent channel to be at a minimum distance from the shell surface of the device (in its definitive state) at any point.
- the central casting space element 1 of the embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention must have different material properties at different locations.
- the membrane 1.1 must be highly ductile.
- the outer ring 1.2 and the inner ring 1.3 must be elastic and dimensionally stable.
- the hoses 1.4 and 1.5 must be bendable. It turns out that such a central casting space element 1 is advantageously produced by means of injection molding technology from, for example, three different materials, such that the individual regions are cast together and the Giessraumelement after the last casting step can be removed as a whole from the injection mold.
- the casting material for casting the molding is adapted to the material of the membrane and the hoses so that the two materials form a compound.
- the casting composition is advantageously a cold crosslinking agent Silicone material.
- the Giessmass but can also be a polyurethane or other, as fast as possible curable material.
- FIG. 4 shows the hearing aid according to FIG. 3 in its definitive state.
- the electronic module 4 is snapped in place of the outer Giessraumiatas in the outer ring 1.2.
- the electronic module 4 and the outer casting chamber element are matched to one another in such a way that the output side of the loudspeaker 4.4 is directed into the hose 1.4 in the snap-in electronic module.
- the vent channel 9 kept free by the vent channel part 3.4 of the channel element 3 and the tube 1.5 extends axially through the entire device.
- a wax protection cap 10 adapted in shape to the second end region of the channel element can be placed in the area of the inner end face of the hearing aid according to FIG. 4, a wax protection cap 10 adapted in shape to the second end region of the channel element can be placed.
- corresponding connecting means are provided for this purpose on the inner ring 1.3 of the central casting chamber element 1, by means of which also the said end region of the channel element can be fastened to the inner ring 1.3.
- FIG. 5 shows a further, exemplary embodiment of the hearing aid according to the invention in its provisional state, ie with a casting cavity 5.
- This device differs from the device according to FIGS. 3 and 4 in that the part of the loudspeaker channel 8 facing the inner device side is adapted to the loudspeaker is, that is in particular not bent.
- This is realized with a loudspeaker channel part of the channel element 3, the central region 3.1 of which is not deformable at the corresponding point, but rather on a point facing the outer casting space element 2.
- FIG. 6 shows an electronic module 4 'which can be used after the casting process in the hearing device according to FIG.
- the loudspeaker of this electronics module 4 ' is arranged at the distal end of a loudspeaker extension 4.5 whose proximal region is bendable like the corresponding parts of the channel element 3.
- the loudspeaker 4.4 of the electronic module 4 'inserted in the individualized part is positioned in the loudspeaker channel kept free from the loudspeaker channel part 3.1 / 2 and from the hose 1.4, its output side being in the Regions of the inner ring 1.3 is positioned.
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- Équipement pour la fabrication d'un appareil auditif qui est adapté à un conduit auditif par coulée d'un élément mis en forme (7) dans ce conduit auditif, l'appareil auditif possédant, dans un état provisoire, une chambre de coulée (5) et dans un état définitif adapté, l'élément mis en forme (7) coulé, lequel équipement comprend les éléments suivants :un élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) avec une bague intérieure et une bague extérieure (1.2 et 1.3) et une membrane (1.1) s'étendant entre les deux bagues, en forme de tube et extensible, qui délimite la chambre de coulée (5) vis-à-vis de l'extérieur dans le sens radial,un élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) adapté à la bague extérieure (1.2) et fermant la chambre de coulée vers l'extérieur, avec une ouverture de coulée (2. 1),un élément de canal (3) au moins partiellement flexible avec une première zone d'extrémité (3.2) et une seconde zone d'extrémité (3.3), dans lequel la première zone d'extrémité (3.2) est fixée à l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) ou peut lui être reliée de manière amovible et la seconde zone d'extrémité (3.3) est adaptée à la bague intérieure (1.3) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) de telle sorte que l'ouverture de la bague intérieure (1.3) puisse pour l'essentiel être fermée par cette seconde zone d'extrémité (3.3) et que la mobilité axiale de la bague intérieure (1.3) puisse être limitée ;un module électronique (4 ou 4') assurant une fonction acoustique avec un haut-parleur (4.4) et/ou un autre module servant à une autre fonction,dans lequel le côté intérieur de l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) est adapté au côté intérieur correspondant du module électronique (4 ou 4') et/ou de l'autre module, de telle sorte que la position de la liaison fixe ou amovible entre l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) et la première zone d'extrémité (3.2) de l'élément de canal (3) corresponde à la position du côté de sortie du haut-parleur (4.4) ou d'un épaulement de haut-parleur (4.5) du module d'électronique (4 ou 4') au moins partiellement flexible et portant le haut-parleur (4.4) et/ou à la position d'une pièce de même forme de l'autre module.
- Équipement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de canal (3) est relié de manière fixe, dans sa première zone d'extrémité (3.2), à l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) et en ce que la seconde zone d'extrémité (3.3) de l'élément de canal (3) est formée par un épaississement pouvant être déplacé et compressé par la bague intérieure (1.3) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1).
- Équipement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de canal (3) peut être relié de manière amovible, dans sa première zone d'extrémité (3.2), avec l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) et en ce que la seconde zone d'extrémité (3.3) de l'élément de canal (3) est conformée comme un épaississement qui ne peut pas être déplacé par la bague intérieure (1.3) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1).
- Équipement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la bague intérieure (1.2) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1), d'une part, et l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) ou le module électronique (4 ou 4') et/ou l'autre module, d'autre part, possèdent des moyens de liaison coopérant entre eux pour créer une liaison amovible entre l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1), d'une part, et l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) ou le module électronique (4 ou 4') et/ou l'autre module, d'autre part.
- Équipement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que l'une au moins des liaisons amovibles entre l'élément de canal (3) et l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2), entre la bague extérieure (1.2) et le module électronique (4 ou 4') et/ou l'autre module ou entre l'élément de canal (3) et la bague intérieure (1.3) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) est une liaison amovible par emboitement.
- Équipement selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisé en ce que la liaison amovible entre la bague extérieure (1.2) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) et l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) est perméable à l'air et imperméable à une masse coulée.
- Équipement selon l'une des revendications 3 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu dans la seconde zone d'extrémité (3.3) de l'élément de canal (3) pouvant être relié de manière amovible à l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) une partie de canal de sortie d'air (3.4) également flexible pour maintenir libre un canal de sortie d'air (9).
- Équipement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) présente pour le canal du haut-parleur (8) ou pour le canal du haut-parleur (8) et le canal de sortie d'air (9) un tube (1.4, 1.5) fixé sur la bague intérieure (1.3).
- Équipement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) se compose de plusieurs matériaux.
- Équipement selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que les pièces de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) composées de matériaux différents sont coulées les unes sur les autres au moyen d'un moulage par injection.
- Équipement selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que la bague extérieure et la bague intérieure (1.2 et 1.3) sont faites de polyamide, de polymère de cristaux liquides, de polyétheréthercétone ou d'un matériau silicone et en ce que la membrane (1.1) ou la membrane (1.1) et les tubes (1.4, 1.5) se composent d'un matériau silicone ou d'un élastomère thermoplastique.
- Procédé pour la fabrication d'un appareil auditif à l'aide d'un équipement selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, lequel procédé comprend les étapes suivantes :création de l'appareil auditif dans son état provisoire, par le fait que l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) est posé sur ou dans la bague extérieure (1.2) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1) et l'élément de canal (3) obture pour l'essentiel l'ouverture de la bague intérieure (1.3) de l'élément central de la chambre de coulée (1), limite la mobilité de la bague intérieure (1.3) et est relié à l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) ;positionnement de l'appareil auditif dans son état provisoire dans un conduit auditif ;remplissage de la chambre de coulée (5) avec une matière coulée et durcissement de la masse coulée ;retrait de l'appareil auditif hors du conduit auditif ;retrait de l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2) et de l'élément de canal (3) ;positionnement du module électronique (4, 4') ou de l'autre module à la place de l'élément extérieur de la chambre de coulée (2).
- Appareil auditif à porter au moins partiellement dans un conduit auditif, comprenant une partie personnalisée et un module électronique (4, 4') ou un autre module relié de manière amovible à la partie personnalisée, dans lequel la partie personnalisée comprend un élément mis en forme (7) coulé et adapté au conduit auditif, avec une membrane (1.1) s'étendant sur sa surface d'enveloppe entre une bague extérieure (1.2) et une bague intérieure (1.3) ainsi qu'un canal de haut-parleur (8) à courbure adaptée au conduit auditif, et dans lequel le module électronique (4, 4') contient un haut-parleur (4.4), de telle sorte qu'un côté de sortie du haut-parleur (4.4) intégré dans le module électronique (4, 4') ou disposé sur un épaulement de haut-parleur (4.5) flexible ou une partie de même forme de l'autre module soit positionné dans le canal de haut-parleur (8) de la partie personnalisée lorsque celle-ci est reliée au module électronique (4, 4') ou à l'autre module.
- Appareil auditif selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que la liaison entre la partie personnalisée et le module électronique (4, 4') ou l'autre module est une liaison amovible par emboîtement, un moyen d'assemblage étant disposé sur la bague extérieure (1.2) et un moyen d'assemblage coopérant avec celui-ci sur le module électronique (4, 4') ou l'autre module.
- Appareil auditif selon la revendication 13 ou 14, caractérisé en ce qu'un tube (1.4) entourant le canal de haut-parleur (8) est fixé sur la bague intérieure (1.3).
- Appareil auditif selon l'une des revendications 13 à 15, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un canal de sortie d'air (9) et qu'un tube (1.5) entourant le canal de sortie d'air (9) est fixé sur la bague intérieure (1.3).
- Appareil auditif selon des revendications 13 à 16, caractérisé en ce que la bague extérieure (1.2), la bague intérieure (1.3), la membrane (1.1) et les tubes (1.4, 1.5) sont faits de deux ou trois matériaux différents.
- Appareil selon la revendication 17, caractérisé en ce que la bague extérieure et la bague intérieure (1.2 et 1.3) sont faites de polyamide, de polymère de cristaux liquides, de polyétheréthercétone ou d'un matériau silicone et en ce que la membrane (1.1) ou la membrane (1.1) et les tubes (1.4, 1.5) se composent d'un matériau silicone ou d'un élastomère thermoplastique.
- Appareil auditif selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que l'élément mis en forme (7) est moulé dans un matériau silicone réticulant à froid, qui se lie au matériau silicone de la membrane (1.1) et des tubes (1.4, 1.5).
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