HEARING AID ASSEMBLY HAVING EXTERNAL DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE

WIPO Patent Application WO2001049070

A8

A hearing aid assembly (13, 25) having a directional microphone (15, 27) mounted externally to a hearing aid body (17, 21, 29, 33) is disclosed. The hearing aid, which may be, for example, an in-the-canal or completely-in-the-canal hearing aid, has a mounting arm (19, 31, 35) attached to an external surface of the hearing aid body (17, 21, 29, 33), and the mounting arm (19, 31, 35) in turn has a directional microphone (15, 27) mounted therewith. The mounting arm (19, 31, 35) provides mechanical and electrical connection between the directional microphone (15, 27) and the hearing aid. The mounting arm (19, 31, 35) is also configured such that, upon insertion of the ITC or CIC hearing aid into the ear canal of a wearer, the microphone (15, 27) is located in the region above the tragion portion of the ear.

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ANDERSON C ROGER
FRENCH JOHN S
SCHULEIN ROBERT B

PCT/US2000/035244

November 29, 2001

December 22, 2000

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ETYMOTIC RES INC (US)

H04R25/00; (IPC1-7): H04R25/00

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