Hearing aid system
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1. A hearing aid, comprising:
- a receiver unit positioned in an open-ear configuration within the ear canal of a user, wherein such receiver unit is dimensioned so as to reduce insertion loss and/or occlusion effects.
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Abstract
An exemplary hearing aid system includes a receiver unit configured and positioned within the user'"'"'s ear canal so as to minimize insertion loss and/or occlusion effect.
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1. A hearing aid, comprising:
a receiver unit positioned in an open-ear configuration within the ear canal of a user, wherein such receiver unit is dimensioned so as to reduce insertion loss and/or occlusion effects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A hearing aid, comprising:
a receiver unit, configured to be at least partially positioned within a user'"'"'s ear canal, the receiver unit having a maximum lateral dimension that is less than fifty percent of the maximum lateral dimension of a user'"'"'s ear canal. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A hearing aid, comprising:
a receiver unit at least partially positioned within the ear canal of a user, the receiver unit generating no more than about eight decibels of insertion loss over human audible frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A hearing aid, comprising:
a receiver unit at least, partially positioned within the ear canal of a user, the receiver unit generating less than about eight decibels of occlusion effect over human audible frequencies. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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97. A hearing aid, comprising:
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a sound processing unit;
a receiver unit, configured to be positioned within a user'"'"'s ear canal; and
an intermediate connecting portion between the sound processing unit and the receiver unit, wherein the receiver unit is dimensioned so as to minimize insertion loss upon positioning of the receiver unit within the ear canal, and wherein said positioning of said receiver unit is facilitated by one or both of a stiffening device provided at least partially in or on the intermediate connecting portion and a supported surface provided on the receiver unit and/or the intermediate connecting portion, the supported surface configured to distance the receiver unit from a portion of the user'"'"'s ear canal. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130)
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131. A hearing aid, comprising:
a receiver unit positioned within the ear canal of a user, the receiver unit generating no more than about three decibels of insertion loss over audible frequencies, wherein the receiver unit comprises a speaker, at least partially enclosed within a casing having first and second end portions, the first end portion communicating with an intermediate connecting portion, the speaker communicating with a port provided at the second end portion of the casing, and wherein the port is at least partially sealed to fluids by a membrane or mesh material. - View Dependent Claims (132, 133)
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