EP2091271A2 - Prothèse auditive intra-auriculaire avec élément de prise mobile - Google Patents

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EP2091271A2
EP2091271A2 EP09151001A EP09151001A EP2091271A2 EP 2091271 A2 EP2091271 A2 EP 2091271A2 EP 09151001 A EP09151001 A EP 09151001A EP 09151001 A EP09151001 A EP 09151001A EP 2091271 A2 EP2091271 A2 EP 2091271A2
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Roland Weigert
Benjamin Schmidt
Erwin Singer
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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
    • 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
    • H04R2225/025—In the ear hearing aids [ITE] 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
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/31—Aspects of the use of accumulators in hearing aids, e.g. rechargeable batteries or fuel cells
    • 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
    • H04R2225/61—Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements, e.g. functioning
    • 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
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements

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  • the present invention relates to an in-the-ear hearing aid with a housing having a housing surface facing outwardly in the worn state of the in-the-ear hearing aid, a rechargeable battery in the housing, at least one charging contact for charging the rechargeable battery and a handle member disposed on the housing surface.
  • 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
  • IdO hearing hardnesses with a battery usually have a swiveling battery charger to change the battery.
  • the battery charger can advantageously be designed so that it also serves as a grip element for removing the ITE hearing aid from the ear canal.
  • rechargeable hearing aids do not have a battery charger, as the battery remains permanently in the ITE hearing aid.
  • an auxiliary device for example, a grip element on the outside of the hearing aid, usually on the faceplate, necessary.
  • the rechargeable IdO hearing aid requires galvanic contacts on the surface.
  • the contacts are arranged in the faceplate so that they do not come into contact with the skin in the worn state of the ITE hearing aid. But even if they are provided in the faceplate, certain regulations require that they be de-energized when using the hearing aid. This often requires complex electrical or mechanical solutions.
  • the extraction threads and stirrups are for the sole purpose of extracting the IDO hearing aid from the ear.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a rechargeable ITE hearing aid that is smaller in size and in which a charging contact is protected against unintentional contact.
  • an in-the-ear hearing device having a housing which has a housing surface, which faces outwardly in the worn state of the in-the-ear hearing device, an accumulator in the housing, at least one charging contact for charging the accumulator and a handle member which is arranged on the housing surface, wherein the handle member is movable from a non-use position to a use position and the charging contact is concealed in the non-use position of the handle member by the handle member or the housing and is not hidden in the position of use of the handle member.
  • the grip element receives the additional function of covering the charging contact directly or indirectly in the non-use position of the grip element.
  • multiple functionality can be dispensed with additional means for protecting or hiding the contact.
  • the outwardly facing housing surface is part of a faceplate on which the grip element is also movably mounted.
  • the faceplate including the handle element can be manufactured as a standard component.
  • the at least one charging contact is arranged on the grip element.
  • the handle element can then be formed as a plug. This makes it possible to realize a hearing aid system with such an ITE hearing aid and a charger, wherein the grip element with the charging contact represents a charging plug which can be plugged into a corresponding charging socket in the charger for charging the ITE hearing aid. This also makes the corresponding charger relatively easy be constructed, since only a suitable socket is provided.
  • the housing surface of the ITE hearing device may have an opening which is closed by a sealing plug attached to the gripping element in the non-use position of the gripping element. If necessary, the hearing aid can be ventilated through the opening and the handle element is in this case also assigned the function of opening and closing the opening.
  • the grip element between the use position and the non-use position can be pivoted or linearly pulled. In both cases, the hearing aid wearer can bring the handle element so by a simple movement in the position of use.
  • the handle element may be formed bow-shaped. In this shape of the handle element, the ITE hearing aid can usually grab well and remove from the ear.
  • the gripping element can be coupled to a switch in such a way that the ITE hearing device is switched off in the non-use position of the gripping element and switched on in the position of use of the gripping element. This gives the grip element additionally the function of a shift lever.
  • the grip element may be coupled to a button such that a scanning pulse can be generated by moving the grip element.
  • the handle element can be used, for example, as a program button for selecting a desired hearing aid program.
  • This in FIG. 2 reproduced ITE hearing aid has a custom-made shell 10 and a faceplate glued thereto 11. On the faceplate 11, a bracket 12 is pivotally mounted as a handle element.
  • the handle member ie the bracket 12
  • the handle member can be pivoted from a non-use position to a use position.
  • the non-use position in which the bracket 12 is not needed to remove the ITE hearing aid corresponds to a position in which the bracket 12 rests flat on the faceplate.
  • FIG. 3 the use position of the bracket 12 is shown. In this position, the hearing aid wearer can grab the bracket 12 with his fingertips to remove the hearing aid from the ear.
  • an intermediate position between the non-use position and the position of use is shown.
  • the shape of the bracket 12 is better recognizable. He is here U-shaped or dreischenklig trained.
  • charging contacts 13 are arranged. They are located on the underside of the bracket 12, ie the side which faces the faceplate 11 in the non-use position of the bracket 12. So they are out through the bracket 12 in the non-use position concealed and protected.
  • the contact surfaces of the charging contacts 13 are covered by the housing or faceplate 11. They are in fact pivoted upon reaching the non-use position by the grip element to the surface of the faceplate 11, so that their contact surfaces are covered. It can not come in this position to unintentional contact of the charging contacts 13 with metallic objects, which could result in unintentional discharging of the accumulator of the ITE hearing aid.
  • the bracket 12 preferably has the contour of a plug.
  • it can be used as a charging plug of the hearing aid and in a corresponding socket of a charger, which is for example slit-shaped plugged. By plugging into the charging socket and a certain mechanical retention of the hearing aid can be ensured. If the charger also serves as a storage box, the charging plug can bring the necessary hold in the storage box.
  • the ITE hearing device has an opening 14 in the faceplate. Through this opening 14, the interior of the hearing device can be ventilated and dried. After a battery charge, which allows an exchange of air between the hearing aid interior and external environment in the open state, is not provided in rechargeable hearing aids, such opening 14 is low in order to ensure the necessary exchange of air.
  • a sealing plug 15 is attached to the bracket 12. It seals the opening 14 in the non-use position of the bracket 12 waterproof.
  • the opening 14 may also serve for metering or programming purposes.
  • the opening can also be closed in the position of use, if, for example, in the interior of the hearing aid a lever is arranged perpendicular to the bracket 12, and the sealing plug is mounted on the lever.
  • the bracket 12 is according to FIG. 2 pivotally mounted on the ITE hearing aid.
  • the movement of the bracket 12 or of the grip element can be used to switch the ITE hearing aid on and off. Therefore, here is an on / off switch 16 connected to the bracket 12 in the vicinity of its pivot bearing.
  • a contact arm 17 of the on / off switch 16 is moved or pivoted with the bracket 12. He is in communication with a corresponding mating contact 18 in the position of use of the bracket 12. Only in the non-use position of the bracket 12, the two contacts 17 and 18 are no longer in communication, so that the ITE hearing aid is turned off.
  • the bracket 12 may also be connected to a button 19, which also has a contact arm 20 and a mating contact 21.
  • a button 19 By moving the bracket 12 to which the contact arm 20 is attached, the two contacts 20 and 21 can be brought into connection. Under certain circumstances, they also come in contact with overpressing the position of use.
  • the bracket 12 thus also represents the operating element of the pushbutton 19, via which a touch pulse can be emitted in order, for example, to select a hearing aid program, an amplification stage, etc.
  • the bracket 12 or the handle element has the following multiple functionality. It serves to remove the IDO hearing aid from the ear, to close the opening 14, as a charging plug, as an on / off switch and as a button. Thus, it can be dispensed with numerous elements, each of which only fulfill a single function, so that overall the IdO hearing aid can be built smaller.
  • the grip element can also be pulled out of the ITE hearing aid. in the pulled out state, the handle member is then in the use position, while it is in the inserted state in the non-use position.
  • the charging contacts would be recessed on the handle member in the inserted state inside the hearing aid housing. This "sinking" of the charging contacts is understood in the present application as “covering" the charging contacts through the housing.
  • the charging contacts 13 can also be switched off in the non-use position.
  • a similar mechanism as in the on / off switch 16 can be used.
  • the charging contacts 13 may be arranged on the faceplate and the handle element or the bracket 12 covers the charging contacts 13 in the non-use position, while they are accessible in the position of use of the bracket 12 open on the faceplate 11.

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