Arrangement in a hearing aid device

• US 4,904,233 A
• Filed: 12/21/1987
• Issued: 02/27/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hangkansson Bo, Peder Carlsson
• Original Assignee: Hangkansson Bo, Peder Carlsson
• Inventors: H.ang.kansson, Bo, Carlsson, Peder
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg, Max
• Assistant Examiner(s): LACYK, JOHN P
• Application Number:
  US07/136,456
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 128/1 R, 128/421, 128/422, 128/419 R, 128/785, 179/107 BC, 600/25, 381/68, 381/68.3, 381/69, 151/129, 151/130, 151/134, 151/135
• US Class Current: 600/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/13 Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/606 acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window

Abstract

The present invention relates to an arrangement in a hearing aid comprising an oscillator apparatus, which via a coupling portion can be connected and anchored to the skull bone of a person with impaired hearing ability, said apparatus serving the purpose of an emitter for mechanical transmission of sound information to the skull bone.

Claims

1. Hearing aid apparatus for mechanical transmission of sound information from a sound-generating apparatus to the skull bone of a hearing impaired person, comprising

a fixture means (1) made of a material compatible with the body of a person,

means adapted for anchoring said fixture means to the skull bone of the wearer,

a housing means including an interior cavity (6) anchored to said fixture means and extending in a direction away from the skull bone through the skin of the wearer,

an oscillator means (7) releasably disposed within said interior cavity of said housing means for producing mechanical vibration of said information to the skull of the wearer in response to electrical signals,

a lid for said housing means,

a first electrical connecting means in said lid for connecting to said oscillating means, and

a casing, having

a microphone, and

an amplifier, and

a battery power supply interconnected and disposed within said casing and being connected to a second electrical connecting means,

said first and said second electrical connecting means being adapted to be releasably interconnected.

2. Hearing aid apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second electrical connecting means are of a plug-in type.

3. Hearing aid apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said oscillator means is disposed to transmit vibrations toward the bottom (8A) of said housing means (6).

4. Hearing aid apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said oscillator means (7) comprises a magnet suspended by a spring means (9).

5. Hearing aid apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fixture means is formed of titanium.

6. Hearing aid apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lid (16) of said housing means (6) is disposed outside of the body of the user and it not covered by the user'"'"'s skin, when the apparatus is properly installed.