Widex A/s

Jorn Eiler Vestergaard

Jorgen Mejner Olsen

Leif Hojslet Christensen

Kenneth Brian Haugshoj

Kasper Vestentoft

Martin Frohling Jensen

Kenneth B Haugshoj

A hearing aid () comprises an inlet port (), a sound tube () for conveying sound to the ear piece (). The invention further provides a component for a hearing aid comprising a slab () having an exterior surface, which is super-hydrophobic. The component may be any one of a housing, a casing, a shell, a faceplate, a grid, a hook, a lid, a battery drawer, a button, or a manipulator. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing a component for a hearing aid.

Method of manufacturing a component for a hearing aid

A hearing aid () comprises a receiver (), an output port (), a conduit () for conveying sound to the port and a barrier element () adapted for baffling entry of ear wax and moisture and for being acoustically transparent. The invention further provides a barrier element () for a hearing aid comprising a slab having an exterior surface and through openings for transverse transmission of sound, wherein the exterior surface is super-hydrophobic.

Filter for a hearing aid and a hearing aid

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Helsinge, Denmark

Jorn Eiler Vestergaard