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Apparatus, system and method for drying of hearing aid devices

  • US 9,843,870 B2
  • Filed: 03/17/2016
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for drying a hearing aid, the apparatus comprising:

  • an energy storage device in the hearing aid;

    an energy transfer unit;

    a charging controller configured to charge said energy storage device with energy taken in from said energy transfer unit;

    a temperature sensor connected to said charging controller and disposed for measuring a temperature in the hearing aid;

    said charging controller being configured to closed-loop control a charging process depending on the temperature such that a thermal loss in the apparatus generates a predefinable temperature profile in the hearing aid to thereby dry the hearing aid with heat produced inside the hearing aid.

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