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EP2091269A3 - Water resistant hearing aid - Google Patents

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EP2091269A3
EP2091269A3 EP09150491A EP09150491A EP2091269A3 EP 2091269 A3 EP2091269 A3 EP 2091269A3 EP 09150491 A EP09150491 A EP 09150491A EP 09150491 A EP09150491 A EP 09150491A EP 2091269 A3 EP2091269 A3 EP 2091269A3
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acoustics
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Jürgen Reithinger
Christian Weistenhöfer
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Sivantos Pte Ltd
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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
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R15/00—Magnetostrictive transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
    • H04R17/005—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers using a piezoelectric polymer
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
    • H04R17/02—Microphones
    • H04R17/025—Microphones using a piezoelectric polymer
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2217/00—Details of magnetostrictive, piezoelectric, or electrostrictive transducers covered by H04R15/00 or H04R17/00 but not provided for in any of their subgroups
    • H04R2217/01—Non-planar magnetostrictive, piezoelectric or electrostrictive benders
    • 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
    • H04R25/60—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
    • 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
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/609—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of circuitry
    • 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

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Piezo-Electric Transducers For Audible Bands (AREA)
  • Details Of Audible-Bandwidth Transducers (AREA)
  • Pens And Brushes (AREA)
  • Dental Preparations (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)

Abstract

The device (100) has an electric acoustics converter (110) receiving an acoustics wave and converting into an electric signal. Another electro acoustics converter (130) converts the signal into the wave. Electronic circuits (120, 140) and an electric energy source (150) i.e. battery, are sealed against fluid by plating and sealing. The electric acoustics converters e.g. flexural resonator, are designed from a material, which changes deformation into electric and/or magnetic field and/or electric current and/or electric voltage, and is insensitive against the fluid. The electro acoustics converters are selected from piezoelectric converters such as flexural resonator and thick oscillator.
EP09150491.0A 2008-02-15 2009-01-14 Water resistant hearing aid Active EP2091269B2 (en)

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US2894608P 2008-02-15 2008-02-15
DE102008009284A DE102008009284B4 (en) 2008-02-15 2008-02-15 Water resistant hearing aid

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EP2091269A2 EP2091269A2 (en) 2009-08-19
EP2091269A3 true EP2091269A3 (en) 2011-01-26
EP2091269B1 EP2091269B1 (en) 2011-09-07
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AT (1) ATE524025T1 (en)
DE (1) DE102008009284B4 (en)
DK (1) DK2091269T4 (en)

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JPH09215098A (en) * 1996-02-02 1997-08-15 Rion Co Ltd Over-the-ear hearing aid
JP2004227980A (en) * 2003-01-24 2004-08-12 Rion Co Ltd Waterproof structure of battery housing
JP2004235870A (en) * 2003-01-29 2004-08-19 Rion Co Ltd Waterproof structure for microphone
DE112006000463T5 (en) * 2005-02-22 2008-01-17 Rion Co. Ltd., Kokubunji Waterproof hearing aid
EP1799009A1 (en) * 2005-12-14 2007-06-20 Undersea Systems International, Inc. Dba Ocean Technology Systems Laminated piezoelectric transducer and method of manufacturing the same

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EP2091269A2 (en) 2009-08-19
DE102008009284A1 (en) 2009-08-27
DK2091269T4 (en) 2015-02-16
ATE524025T1 (en) 2011-09-15
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