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Auditory canal insert for hearing aids

  • US 5,654,530 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1995
  • Issued: 08/05/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sealing and mounting element for an in-the-ear hearing aid adapted for insertion into an outer auditory canal leading to an inner ear of a wearer of the hearing aid, said hearing aid having an acoustic channel therein for acoustic communication between the outer auditory canal and a tympanic membrane in the inner ear, there being an annular gap between an outside surface of said element and a wall of the outer auditory canal, said sealing and mounting element comprising:

  • a member having an annular retainer groove therein; and

    a positioning and seal ring disposed in said retainer groove consisting of a disk of soft elastic material having a slotted outer circumference divided into a plurality of fan-like circumferential segments fittable against and adapted to a shape of said wall of said outer auditory canal and said segments together forming means for sound-damping and for positioning and for sealing said member in said auditory canal.

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