Canal hearing devices and batteries for use with same
First Claim
1. A hearing device, comprisinga hearing device core including a battery, a microphone, a receiver having a sound port that is adjacent to a portion of the battery, and circuitry, and defining a medial-lateral axis dimension of about 10-12 mm, a minor axis dimension of 3.75 mm or less, and a major axis dimension of 6.35 mm or less;
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Abstract
Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same. One such hearing device includes a hearing device core, defining a size and a shape, and including a battery and an acoustic assembly, with a microphone and a receiver with a sound port that is adjacent to a portion of the battery, and a flexible seal apparatus on the hearing device core. The size, shape and configuration of the hearing device core, and the flexibility of the seal, are such that the hearing device is positionable within the ear canal bony region with the entire microphone medial of the bony-cartilaginous junction.
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17 Claims
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1. A hearing device, comprising
a hearing device core including a battery, a microphone, a receiver having a sound port that is adjacent to a portion of the battery, and circuitry, and defining a medial-lateral axis dimension of about 10-12 mm, a minor axis dimension of 3.75 mm or less, and a major axis dimension of 6.35 mm or less; - and
a seal apparatus on the hearing device core. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A hearing device for use in an ear including a tympanic membrane, an ear canal bony region, an ear canal cartilaginous region, and bony-cartilaginous junction, the hearing device comprising:
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a hearing device core defining a size and a shape, and including a battery defining a length and an acoustic assembly, with a microphone and a receiver with a sound port that is adjacent to a portion of the battery; and a flexible seal apparatus on the hearing device core; wherein the size, shape and configuration of the hearing device core, and the flexibility of the seal, are such that the hearing device is positionable within the ear canal bony region with the entire microphone medial of the bony-cartilaginous junction and the receiver sound port either communicating directly with an air volume between the hearing device and the tympanic membrane or communicating with the air volume through a sound tube defining a length that is less than the length of the battery. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A hearing device, comprising:
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a hearing device core including a battery, a microphone, a receiver having a sound port that is adjacent to a portion of the battery, and circuitry, and defining a medial-lateral axis dimension (DML), a superior-inferior dimension (DSI), and an anterior-posterior dimension (DAP), where DAP/DML≦
0.38 and DSI/DML≦
0.64 when DML=10-12 mm; anda seal apparatus on the hearing device core. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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