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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jay M. Stewart, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Westley G. Gentry, Buffalo, MN (US);
Michael K. Sacha, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Craig C. Feldsien, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a hearing assistance device and a method of forming such device are disclosed. The device includes a housing having a shell and a frame disposed at least partially within the shell. An inner surface of the shell and at least a portion of the frame define a void. Further, an indentation hardness value of the frame is greater than an indentation hardness value of the shell. The hearing assistance device also includes hearing assistance components that are disposed at least partially within the void.