Concha-fit electronic hearing protection device
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1. An electronic hearing protection device configured to fit in the ear of a human user, comprising:
- an earpiece body configured to fit substantially in the cavum concha of a user'"'"'s ear and configured to receive sound, to process the sound, and to emit processed sound through a speaker port;
and,an eartip configured to fit into the ear canal of the user'"'"'s ear, the eartip being detachably attached to the earpiece body and comprising a through-passage with a first, sound-receiving opening that is acoustically mated to the speaker port of the earpiece body and with a second, sound-emitting opening that faces toward the inner ear of the user,wherein the device is configured so that when the device is fitted in the ear of a user, the eartip externally occludes the ear canal and the earpiece body internally occludes the eartip, andwherein the earpiece body comprises a housing that exhibits an at least generally bilaterally symmetrical shape when viewed along a long axis of the eartip and that comprises at least one contact surface that is configured so that when the device is fitted in the ear of a user, the at least one contact surface of the housing contacts a skin surface of an ear component that defines at least a portion of a radially outer perimeter of the concha of the user'"'"'s ear.
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A concha-fit electronic hearing protection device including an eartip and an earpiece body. When the device is fitted in the ear of a user, the eartip externally occludes the ear canal and the earpiece body internally occludes the eartip.
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1. An electronic hearing protection device configured to fit in the ear of a human user, comprising:
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an earpiece body configured to fit substantially in the cavum concha of a user'"'"'s ear and configured to receive sound, to process the sound, and to emit processed sound through a speaker port; and, an eartip configured to fit into the ear canal of the user'"'"'s ear, the eartip being detachably attached to the earpiece body and comprising a through-passage with a first, sound-receiving opening that is acoustically mated to the speaker port of the earpiece body and with a second, sound-emitting opening that faces toward the inner ear of the user, wherein the device is configured so that when the device is fitted in the ear of a user, the eartip externally occludes the ear canal and the earpiece body internally occludes the eartip, and wherein the earpiece body comprises a housing that exhibits an at least generally bilaterally symmetrical shape when viewed along a long axis of the eartip and that comprises at least one contact surface that is configured so that when the device is fitted in the ear of a user, the at least one contact surface of the housing contacts a skin surface of an ear component that defines at least a portion of a radially outer perimeter of the concha of the user'"'"'s ear. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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