BTE/CIC auditory device and modular connector system therefor
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Abstract
An inventive earpiece auditory device is provided. In one embodiment, the earpiece auditory device includes a behind-the-ear component, the behind-the-ear component preferably being shaped to fit behind an ear of a user. In some embodiments, the behind-the-ear component includes a module that includes processing circuitry. In a preferred embodiment, the earpiece auditory device also includes a completely-in-canal component, the completely-in-canal component preferably 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. In some embodiments, the completely-in-canal component includes an ear mold. Moreover, in one embodiment, the earpiece auditory device includes a connector physically coupling the behind-the-ear component to the completely-in-canal component. In a preferred embodiment, the connector includes at least one end detachably coupled to the behind-the-ear component or the completely-in-canal component.
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74 Claims
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1-60. -60. (canceled)
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61. A hearing aid system, comprising:
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a receiver comprising a housing to be positioned in an open ear configuration within an ear canal, said housing comprising a speaker and having an arm extending from said housing, and a portion of said arm contacting said ear canal to suspend the receiver in the ear canal and away from the ear canal walls; and
a microphone sampling position, said sampling position located remote from the ear canal and the speaker positioned therein, wherein sound from the microphone sampling position is amplified and passed via electrical connection around a portion of the external ear and through the ear canal opening to the speaker that is positioned within the ear canal in an open ear configuration wherein said microphone sampling position and an amplifier are positioned within a behind the ear unit. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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- 67. A hearing aid system comprising a microphone sampling position located externally of an ear canal of a user, a receiver comprising a speaker positioned in an open ear configuration and suspended within said ear canal and away from the ear canal walls, wherein sound from the microphone sampling position is amplified and passed via electrical connection around a portion of the external ear and through the ear canal opening to the speaker that is positioned within the ear canal in an open ear configuration wherein said microphone sampling position and an amplifier are positioned within a behind the ear unit.
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