Hearing assistance device transducers and hearing assistance devices with same
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1. An electro-acoustic transducer, comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of walls that define an interior volume, with a first interior volume portion, a sealed second interior volume portion, and a sound aperture that extends through at least one of the walls to the first interior volume portion;
a diaphragm that separates the first interior volume portion from the sealed second interior volume portion and that seals the sealed second interior volume portion;
an electrical component within the sealed second interior volume portion and operably associated with the diaphragm; and
an environmental sensor associated with the housing and having an inlet in fluid communication with the first interior volume portion.
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Abstract
An electro-acoustic transducer including a housing having an interior volume with first and second interior volume portions and a sound aperture that extends to the first interior volume, a diaphragm located between the first and second interior volumes, and an environmental sensor associated with the housing and having an inlet in fluid communication with the first interior volume.
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1. An electro-acoustic transducer, comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of walls that define an interior volume, with a first interior volume portion, a sealed second interior volume portion, and a sound aperture that extends through at least one of the walls to the first interior volume portion; a diaphragm that separates the first interior volume portion from the sealed second interior volume portion and that seals the sealed second interior volume portion; an electrical component within the sealed second interior volume portion and operably associated with the diaphragm; and an environmental sensor associated with the housing and having an inlet in fluid communication with the first interior volume portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for use with a hearing device acoustic transducer having a housing, with a sound aperture and an interior volume that is separated by a diaphragm into a first interior volume portion that is in fluid communication with the sound aperture and a sealed second interior volume portion, and an electrical component within the sealed second interior volume portion and operably associated with the diaphragm, the method comprising the step of:
sensing environmental data from within the first interior volume portion of the hearing device acoustic transducer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A hearing device, comprising:
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a microphone including a microphone housing having a plurality of walls that define a microphone interior volume, with a first microphone interior volume portion and a sealed second microphone interior volume portion, and a microphone sound aperture that extends through at least one of the walls to the first microphone interior volume portion, an electret microphone diaphragm that separates the first microphone interior volume portion from the sealed second microphone interior volume portion and that seals the sealed second microphone interior volume portion, and an electrode within the sealed second microphone interior volume portion that is adjacent to the electret microphone diaphragm; a receiver including a receiver housing having a plurality of walls that define a receiver interior volume, with a first receiver interior volume portion and a sealed second receiver interior volume portion, and a receiver sound aperture that extends through at least one of the walls to the first receiver interior volume portion, a receiver diaphragm that separates the first receiver interior volume portion from the sealed second receiver interior volume portion and that seals the sealed second receiver interior volume portion, and an armature that is within sealed second receiver interior volume portion and that is connected to the diaphragm; and an environmental sensor associated with one of the microphone housing and the receiver housing and having a sensor inlet in fluid communication with the first interior volume portion of the associated microphone housing or receiver housing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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