RIC assembly with thuras tube

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9807525-B2
Application number	US-201314136496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2013
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A hearing aid assembly comprising a receiver comprising a front chamber and a back chamber being acoustically coupled to respective front and back chamber openings, and acoustical guiding means for guiding air from at least one of the front and back chamber openings to an air mixing zone for mixing air from the front and back chamber openings. The mixing of air from the front and back chambers enhances the low-frequency response of the hearing aid assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hearing aid assembly comprising:
a receiver comprising a front chamber and a back chamber being acoustically coupled to respective front and back chamber openings, and
acoustical guiding means for guiding air from the back chamber opening to an air mixing zone for mixing air from the front and back chamber openings, the acoustical guiding means including a flexible tube having a predetermined length and a predetermined inner diameter, the air mixing zone being acoustically coupled to a sound outlet that includes a dome, the air mixing zone including an area behind the sound outlet dome, the sound outlet dome forming part of the boundaries of the air mixing zone, wherein the predetermined length and the predetermined inner diameter of the flexible tube are within the ranges 20-100 mm and 0.25-0.75 mm, respectively.

2. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the front chamber opening forms part of the air mixing zone.

3. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined acoustical properties comprises a low-pass filter characteristic.

4. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrical connector adapted to connect the receiver to exterior electrical components of the hearing aid assembly.

5. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 4 , wherein one or more electrical wires interconnecting the receiver and the at least one electrical connector are at least partly provided within the acoustical guiding means.

6. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustical guiding means is coupled to the back chamber opening so as to guide air from the back chamber opening to the air mixing zone.

7. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the acoustical guiding means is coupled to the back chamber opening so as to guide air from the back chamber opening to the air mixing zone.

8. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrical connector adapted to connect the receiver to exterior electrical components of the hearing aid assembly.

9. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 2 , further comprising at least one electrical connector adapted to connect the receiver to exterior electrical components of the hearing aid assembly.

10. A hearing aid assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one electrical connector adapted to connect the receiver to exterior electrical components of the hearing aid assembly.

11. A hearing aid according to claim 1 , wherein the air mixing zone is in direct acoustical contact with the dome of the sound outlet of the hearing aid assembly.

12. A hearing aid according to claim 11 , wherein the dome forms parts of the boundaries of the air mixing zone.

Assignees

• Sonion Nederland Bv

Inventors

• Van Halteren Aart Zeger
• Cohen-Stuart Thomas A

Classifications

• H04R25/656

  Non-customized, universal ear tips, i.e. ear tips which are not specifically adapted to the size or shape of the ear or ear canal · CPC title

• H04R25/65

  Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture · CPC title

• H04R25/48 Primary

  using constructional means for obtaining a desired frequency response (H04R25/652 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04R2201/10

  Details of earpieces, attachments therefor, earphones or monophonic headphones covered by H04R1/10 but not provided for in any of its subgroups · CPC title

• H04R25/652

  Ear tips; Ear moulds (hybrid ear moulds or post-processing thereof for their customisation H04R25/659) · CPC title