EP0671115B1 - Method for the securing of an electro-acoustic device in or partly in the human ear - Google Patents
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- EP0671115B1 EP0671115B1 EP93901692A EP93901692A EP0671115B1 EP 0671115 B1 EP0671115 B1 EP 0671115B1 EP 93901692 A EP93901692 A EP 93901692A EP 93901692 A EP93901692 A EP 93901692A EP 0671115 B1 EP0671115 B1 EP 0671115B1
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
- H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
- H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
- H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
- H04R25/652—Ear tips; Ear moulds
- 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
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- the invention relates to a method as presented in the preamble of claim 1.
- Electro-acoustic devices to be placed at or in the ear have been known for several decades. Such devices are usually secured by means of a securing member, for example a carrying device in a headset, or by the electro-acoustic device being designed so that it is individually adapted to the ear to be mounted either externally on the ear or internally in the auditory canal or in the outer ear, like for example an electronic hearing aid.
- a securing member for example a carrying device in a headset
- the electro-acoustic device being designed so that it is individually adapted to the ear to be mounted either externally on the ear or internally in the auditory canal or in the outer ear, like for example an electronic hearing aid.
- Such a hearing aid requires both mechanical and acoustic adaptation to the ear on or in which it is to be mounted. This adaptation is time consuming and involves periods of waiting for the user, so that often several weeks pass from the first hearing test until the hearing aid is delivered.
- the known hearing aids moreover require a certain period of "getting-used-to", both in respect of carrying a device being individually adapted to the ear and in respect of hearing in a new way.
- In-the-ear hearing aids are moreover secured by individual adaptation only, without particular securing members.
- the use of devices with ear-plugs or in-the-ear devices may also result in various side effects, such as increased cerumen production, due to the fact that the auditory canal is closed off for long periods of time.
- a method of securing a hearing aid as presented in the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in US A 4,532,649.
- This document concerns an in-the-ear hearing aid which is designed to be located in the auditory canal of the user.
- a body portion of the hearing aid is custom-shaped to fit in the auditory canal, leaving only a cover member of the hearing aid exposed.
- the hearing aid has a sound vent tube.
- the hearig aid is secured in the auditory canal by the interfitting relation between the custom-shaped body portion and the auditory canal.
- a method of securing a part of a hearing system, e.g. a hearing aid, by the use of adhesion in the auditory canal of a user is disclosed in WO A 92/09181.
- a transducer which is a part of a hearing system can be located on the tympanic membrane by the use of surface adhesion.
- the remaining parts of the hearing system e.g. a signal producing means, can be placed at different locations within the ear canal or external to the ear canal.
- a hearing aid secured according to the invention does not need to be individually adapted to the ear, and the possibility is provided of achieving "open hearing", i.e. the user can hear sounds both from the surroundings and from the device, and thus a much more natural hearing perception is achieved in this manner compared to the known devices. Consequently, the time passing from the hearing test until the hearing aid is delivered can be drastically reduced.
- the consumption of time can actually be reduced to the time it takes to adjust the hearing aid to have it compensate for the hearing disability.
- a very inconspicuous hearing aid is achieved, which can be designed or ornamented as a piece of jewellery or the like, if so desired, in order hereby to disguise the presence of a hearing aid.
- the coupling system may be a glue or an adhesive of a type being compatible with human skin; an electrostatic or an electrodynamic device; a system based on a surface tension or a change of the surface tension, or another means or system being applicable for securing items to the skin.
- the coupling system may also be a combination of two or more securing methods.
- the adhesive may be used different known types of adhesive being acceptable to the skin.
- the adhesive may be fluent or pastelike; it may be double-faced tape; plaster cut out or punched out in advance, or plaster being cut out into suitable pieces, and similar adhesives. This is the reason why in some cases it may be advantageous to proceed as present-ed and characterized in claim 4.
- the application aid may be a means for applying the adhesive, or it may directly carry the adhesive.
- the drawing shows a hearing aid 1 designed according to the invention and secured by means of an adhesive 2 to the tragus 3 of the ear 8.
- the hearing aid is oblong and slightly curved so that it fills about half of the auditory canal 5. It is naturally placed in such a manner that the sound reproducer 6 is directed towards the tympanic membrane, and the sound receiver 4 is directed towards the surroundings.
- the hearing aid is moreover designed with rounded edges and has such a form and size that it can be placed in the human ear without any further mechanical adaptation to the auditory canal being required.
- hearing aid 1 fills about half of the auditory canal 5 is only an example, as the form and size of the auditory canal as it will be recalled is highly individual.
- the shown oblong hearing aid is slightly curved, for example bean-shaped, allowing it to fit into most persons' auditory canal.
- the hearing aid consists of an outer thin shell of plastic, for example acrylic plastic, surrounding the necessary electronic components, i.e. an amplifying circuit with a battery, a sound receiver and a sound reproducer, and possibly further circuits, for example a telecoil or the like, and means for receiving signals from a master (remote control unit).
- a master remote control unit
- the hearing aid 1 is secured by applying an adhesive to the plastic shell in a selected place.
- the adhesive may be applied directly or using the application aid.
- the aid may be arranged to carry the adhesive and any means for cleaning the skin area to which the device is to adhere, for example the tragus.
- the cleaning means may be based on absorbtion or adsorbtion of skin secretion, for example cerumen.
- the hearing aid shown in the drawing is only an example of how such a device can be designed and secured according to the invention. It will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that many other embodiments may be conceived also providing the possibility of securing the hearing aid in or at least partly in a person's auditory canal by means of a coupling system according to the invention, for example by adhesion as shown.
- the hearing aid or any other electro-acoustic device, is secured to the tragus of the ear should only be regarded as an example of a place where the device according to the invention can be secured.
Abstract
A method for the securing of an electro-acoustic device on or in the human ear (8) is applied by securing the device, for example a hearing aid (1), to the skin on or in the ear, for example on the tragus (3), by means of an adhesive (2).
Description
The invention relates to a method as presented in the preamble
of claim 1.
Electro-acoustic devices to be placed at or in the ear have
been known for several decades. Such devices are usually
secured by means of a securing member, for example a carrying
device in a headset, or by the electro-acoustic device
being designed so that it is individually adapted to the
ear to be mounted either externally on the ear or internally
in the auditory canal or in the outer ear, like for
example an electronic hearing aid.
Today three main types of electro-acoustic devices in the
form of hearing aids are produced: portable, behind-the-ear
and in-the-ear hearing aids, the two last-mentioned being
the most commonly used today. The two last-mentioned types
are acoustically coupled to the ear via an ear-plug, in
that the in-the-ear hearing aid itself constitutes an earplug.
This coupling method is applied to reduce the acoustic
feed back from the sound reproducer to the sound receiver.
Because of this coupling method the tympanic membrane
of the ear will not be able to receive sound waves
not passing the hearing aid; the coupling is thus called
"closed hearing". Such a hearing aid requires both mechanical
and acoustic adaptation to the ear on or in which it is
to be mounted. This adaptation is time consuming and involves
periods of waiting for the user, so that often several
weeks pass from the first hearing test until the hearing
aid is delivered. The known hearing aids moreover require a
certain period of "getting-used-to", both in respect of
carrying a device being individually adapted to the ear and
in respect of hearing in a new way. In-the-ear hearing aids
are moreover secured by individual adaptation only, without
particular securing members. The use of devices with ear-plugs
or in-the-ear devices may also result in various side
effects, such as increased cerumen production, due to the
fact that the auditory canal is closed off for long periods
of time.
A method of securing a hearing aid as presented in the preamble
of claim 1 is disclosed in US A 4,532,649. This document
concerns an in-the-ear hearing aid which is designed
to be located in the auditory canal of the user. A body
portion of the hearing aid is custom-shaped to fit in the
auditory canal, leaving only a cover member of the hearing
aid exposed. To avoid acoustical closing of the auditory
canal from the surroundings, the hearing aid has a sound
vent tube. The hearig aid is secured in the auditory canal
by the interfitting relation between the custom-shaped body
portion and the auditory canal.
A method of securing a part of a hearing system, e.g. a
hearing aid, by the use of adhesion in the auditory canal
of a user, is disclosed in WO A 92/09181. In this document
it is described that a transducer which is a part of a
hearing system can be located on the tympanic membrane by
the use of surface adhesion. The remaining parts of the
hearing system, e.g. a signal producing means, can be
placed at different locations within the ear canal or external
to the ear canal.
By proceeding as presented and characterized in claim 1,
the possibility is provided of securing the device in a
completely new manner offering a number of advantages. The
individual adaptation of the device - as it is known from
in-the-ear hearing aids - in order to secure it in the
auditory canal is avoided, and all the drawbacks caused by
the adaptation process are avoided too. Thus, a hearing aid
secured according to the invention does not need to be
individually adapted to the ear, and the possibility is
provided of achieving "open hearing", i.e. the user can
hear sounds both from the surroundings and from the device,
and thus a much more natural hearing perception is achieved
in this manner compared to the known devices. Consequently,
the time passing from the hearing test until the hearing
aid is delivered can be drastically reduced. The
consumption of time can actually be reduced to the time it
takes to adjust the hearing aid to have it compensate for
the hearing disability. Further, by securing the hearing
aid as characterized in claim 1, a very inconspicuous
hearing aid is achieved, which can be designed or
ornamented as a piece of jewellery or the like, if so
desired, in order hereby to disguise the presence of a
hearing aid. The coupling system may be a glue or an
adhesive of a type being compatible with human skin; an
electrostatic or an electrodynamic device; a system based
on a surface tension or a change of the surface tension, or
another means or system being applicable for securing items
to the skin. The coupling system may also be a combination
of two or more securing methods.
By proceeding as presented and characterized in claim 3,
the mounting of for example a hearing aid is simplified.
Naturally there will be cases where it may be advantageous
to apply the adhesive on the skin first, for example if a
hearing aid is not mounted by the user but by an assistant.
However, in the vast majority of cases it will be advantageous
to proceed as described in the claim.
As adhesive may be used different known types of adhesive
being acceptable to the skin. The adhesive may be fluent or
pastelike; it may be double-faced tape; plaster cut out or
punched out in advance, or plaster being cut out into suitable
pieces, and similar adhesives. This is the reason why
in some cases it may be advantageous to proceed as present-ed
and characterized in claim 4. The application aid may be a means for
applying the adhesive, or it may directly carry the adhesive.
By proceeding as presented and characterized in claim 5,
the adhesion is improved and becomes more uniform. The possibility
exists of combining the adhesive with the application aid according
to claim 4, or of using it in connection with the
application aid.
The invention will hereafter be explained with reference to
the drawing showing a preferred embodiment of the invention.
The drawing shows a hearing aid 1 designed according to the
invention and secured by means of an adhesive 2 to the tragus
3 of the ear 8.
The hearing aid is oblong and slightly curved so that it
fills about half of the auditory canal 5. It is naturally
placed in such a manner that the sound reproducer 6 is directed
towards the tympanic membrane, and the sound receiver
4 is directed towards the surroundings. The hearing aid is
moreover designed with rounded edges and has such a form
and size that it can be placed in the human ear without any
further mechanical adaptation to the auditory canal being
required.
The fact that the hearing aid 1 fills about half of the auditory
canal 5 is only an example, as the form and size of
the auditory canal as it will be recalled is highly individual.
The shown oblong hearing aid is slightly curved,
for example bean-shaped, allowing it to fit into most persons'
auditory canal.
The hearing aid consists of an outer thin shell of plastic,
for example acrylic plastic, surrounding the necessary
electronic components, i.e. an amplifying circuit with a
battery, a sound receiver and a sound reproducer, and possibly
further circuits, for example a telecoil or the like,
and means for receiving signals from a master (remote control
unit).
The hearing aid 1 is secured by applying an adhesive to the
plastic shell in a selected place. The adhesive may be applied
directly or using the application aid. The aid may be arranged to
carry the adhesive and any means for cleaning the skin area
to which the device is to adhere, for example the tragus.
The cleaning means may be based on absorbtion or adsorbtion
of skin secretion, for example cerumen.
The hearing aid shown in the drawing is only an example of
how such a device can be designed and secured according to
the invention. It will be obvious to a person skilled in
the art that many other embodiments may be conceived also
providing the possibility of securing the hearing aid
in or at least partly in a person's auditory canal
by means of a coupling system according to the invention,
for example by adhesion as shown.
The fact that in the drawing and in the description it is
stated that the hearing aid, or any other electro-acoustic
device, is secured to the tragus of the ear should only be
regarded as an example of a place where the device according
to the invention can be secured. The areas meatus acusticus
externus and cavum conchae, or the area between these
two areas, represent other applicable places 7 for the securing
of the device. It will be obvious to a person skilled
in the art that corresponding advantages will be
achieved if the device is secured in other places in the
ear.
Claims (5)
- Method for securing in position a hearing aid (1) in or at leat partly in a person's auditory canal (5), said hearing aid (1) comprising in an outer shell at least one sound receiver (4), at least one sound reproducer (6) and an electronic amplifying circuit characterized in that the outer shell of the hearing aid is not individually adapted to the person's auditory canal (5), in that the hearing aid (1) is secured in position using a coupling system (2) made of material being compatible with the skin, in that the coupling system (2) is arranged on the outer shell so that the hearing aid (1) is secured, in relation to its position in the auditory canal (5), to the tragus (3) of the ear or to the meatus acusticus externus or to the cavum conchae or to the area between the meatus acusticus externus and the cavum conchae, and in that the cross-sectional profile of the hearing aid (1) is designed such that the hearing aid (1) can be placed and secured in position by the coupling system (2) in such a manner that the auditory canal (5) is not closed acoustically from the surroundings.
- Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the coupling system (2) is an adhesive.
- Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the securing is effected by applying the coupling system (2) to the hearing aid (1) to create a securing area, after which the hearing aid (1) is positioned in such a manner that the securing area is placed or pressed against the skin in the place where the hearing aid (1) is to be secured in position.
- Method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that an application aid is used for applying the coupling system (2) to the hearing aid (1) or to the skin.
- Method according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the coupling system (2) comprises absorbing or adsorbing removable capacity towards skin secretion.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DK1166/92 | 1992-09-21 | ||
| DK116692 | 1992-09-21 | ||
| DK116692A DK116692A (en) | 1992-09-21 | 1992-09-21 | Method of attaching an electro-acoustic device and electro-acoustic device for use in the method |
| PCT/DK1992/000322 WO1994007343A1 (en) | 1992-09-21 | 1992-11-05 | Method for the securing of an electro-acoustic device on or in the human ear and electro-acoustic device for use in the method |
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| EP0671115A1 EP0671115A1 (en) | 1995-09-13 |
| EP0671115B1 true EP0671115B1 (en) | 2002-03-20 |
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| EP (1) | EP0671115B1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU3254893A (en) |
| DE (1) | DE69232502T2 (en) |
| DK (1) | DK116692A (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1994007343A1 (en) |
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| US6892082B2 (en) | 1999-05-10 | 2005-05-10 | Peter V. Boesen | Cellular telephone and personal digital assistance |
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- 1992-11-05 EP EP93901692A patent/EP0671115B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6892082B2 (en) | 1999-05-10 | 2005-05-10 | Peter V. Boesen | Cellular telephone and personal digital assistance |
| US6920229B2 (en) | 1999-05-10 | 2005-07-19 | Peter V. Boesen | Earpiece with an inertial sensor |
| US6952483B2 (en) | 1999-05-10 | 2005-10-04 | Genisus Systems, Inc. | Voice transmission apparatus with UWB |
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| DK116692A (en) | 1994-03-22 |
| AU3254893A (en) | 1994-04-12 |
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| WO1994007343A1 (en) | 1994-03-31 |
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