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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1988
Rainer Basel, Erlangen, DE;
Helmut Lebisch, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Abstract
An in-the-ear hearing aid has a number of electrical and electro-mechanical discrete components embedded in a flexible plastic compound. The combination of the components in the plastic compound can be introduced into the user's ear, or into a negative of an ear impression, for pre-fitting. Due to the flexibility of the plastic compound, the combination can be shaped as needed. The shaped combination is then cast in an otoplastic material which conforms precisely to the shape of the user's ear, and hardens to retain that shape. A rigid shell for holding the components is thus not needed, and therefore the hearing aid is far more adaptable to different shapes of auditory canals than conventional hearing aids.