Hearing aid
First Claim
1. A hearing aid for insertion into the auditory canal of a user and having a plurality of components mounted therein, said hearing aid further comprising an outer shell that defines a plug that has an exterior configuration that has been preshaped to snugly fit into the auditory canal of the user'"'"'s ear, an assembly including an outer member, an intermediate member and an innter member in which said components are mounted, said outer, intermediate, and inner members being pre-assembled together prior to being fixed in said shell and being interfitted together such that the connecting portions of the members are initially pivotally movable relative to each other to pre-shape the assembly into a configuration that generally corresponds to the configuration of the auditory canal of the user, and said outer shell being formed around said preshaped assembly to embed said assembly therein.
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Abstract
A hearing aid including a plug that is tailored to snugly fit into the auditory canal of the user'"'"'s ear, and that has a preshaped component assembly embedded therein, the component assembly comprising shell-like members that are interconnected to each other and that have the electrical components of the hearing aid mounted therein, the members being prearranged to achieve a configuration generally similar to the shape of the plug and being secured in end-to-end position for mounting interiorly in a negative impression in a mold as formed from the user'"'"'s auditory canal, the assembled members being embedded in the negative impression in the mold upon pouring of a quick setting plastic material into the negative impression, thereby permanently fixing the preshaped assembly in the plug that is formed as the quick setting plastic material hardens around the assembled preshaped members.
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- 1. A hearing aid for insertion into the auditory canal of a user and having a plurality of components mounted therein, said hearing aid further comprising an outer shell that defines a plug that has an exterior configuration that has been preshaped to snugly fit into the auditory canal of the user'"'"'s ear, an assembly including an outer member, an intermediate member and an innter member in which said components are mounted, said outer, intermediate, and inner members being pre-assembled together prior to being fixed in said shell and being interfitted together such that the connecting portions of the members are initially pivotally movable relative to each other to pre-shape the assembly into a configuration that generally corresponds to the configuration of the auditory canal of the user, and said outer shell being formed around said preshaped assembly to embed said assembly therein.
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