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BTE/CIC auditory device and modular connector system therefor

  • US 20040010181A1
  • Filed: 08/10/2001
  • Published: 01/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An earpiece auditory device comprising:

  • a behind-the-ear component, the behind-the-ear component being shaped to fit behind an ear of a user, wherein said behind-the-ear component comprises a module including processing circuitry;

    a completely-in-canal component, the completely-in-canal component being shaped to fit into the ear canal of the user in such a manner as to touch the bony portion of the ear canal of the user, wherein said completely-in-canal component comprises an ear mold; and

    a connector physically coupling said behind-the-ear component to said completely-in-canal component, said connector having at least one end detachably physically coupled to said behind-the-ear component or said completely-in-canal component.

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