Hearing aid

• US 6,700,983 B1
• Filed: 05/17/2001
• Issued: 03/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Oticon A/S (William Demant Fonden)
• Original Assignee: Oticon A/S (William Demant Fonden)
• Inventors: Bøgeskov-Jensen, Tom, Severin, Bent, Nørgård, Jesper Bach
• Primary Examiner(s): Ni, Suhan
• Application Number:
  US09/806,998
• Time in Patent Office: 1,020 Days
• Field of Search: 381/312, 381/322, 381/324, 381/327, 381/330, 381/381
• US Class Current: 381/322
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/0213 Constructional details of earhooks, e.g. shape, material
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/60 Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles ear wax retarders, e.g. mounting thereof H04R25/654
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/603 of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/604 of acoustic or vibrational transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/607 of earhooks
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/609 of circuitry of electronic switches or control elements H04R25/603
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/658 Manufacture of housing parts

Abstract

A hearing aid includes a housing and a hook, the housing defining a top area and a bottom area, a front end and a rear end, and contains a microphone, an amplifier, a receiver, and a battery for power supply, and the hook is attached to the housing and transmits acoustic signals from the receiver into the ear of the user. The housing is provided by two connectable and detachable parts having lines of separation extending at least partly between top and bottom at both sides of the housing between the front end and the rear end, and means are provided in the front part for holding an amplifier circuitry board at one edge.

Claims

1. A hearing aid comprising

a housing which defines a top area, a bottom area, a front area and a rear area and is formed of a first shell part and a second shell part, said first and second shell parts being detachably connected, along lines of separation extending at least partly between said top and bottom areas and along lateral sides of said housing between said front and rear areas, said first and second shell parts defining respective internal slots which are aligned along a plane,

a microphone mounted within said housing,

a receiver mounted within said housing,

a means connected to said housing for containing a battery,

an amplifier mounted within said housing, said amplifier including a circuit board which fits within said slots defined by said first and second shell parts, and

a hook attached to said top area of said housing for transmitting acoustic signals from the receiver into an ear of a user.

2. A hearing aid according to claim 1, including means in one of said first and second shell parts for holding the microphone.

3. A hearing aid according claim 2, wherein said means for holding the microphone comprise a microphone suspension.

4. A hearing aid according to claim 1, including means in one of said first and second shell parts for holding the receiver.

5. A hearing aid according to claim 4, wherein said means for holding the receiver comprises a receiver suspension.

6. A hearing aid according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the amplifier, the circuitry board, the microphone and the receiver is received in the first shell part.