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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
C. Roger Anderson, Wilmette, IL (US);
John S. French, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Robert B. Schulein, Evanston, IL (US);
Etymotic Research, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Abstract
A hearing aid assembly having a directional microphone mounted externally to a hearing aid body is disclosed. The hearing aid, which may be, for example, an in-the-canal (ITC) or completely-in-the-canal (CIC) hearing aid, has a mounting arm attached to an external surface of the hearing aid body, and the mounting arm in turn has a directional microphone mounted therewith. The mounting arm provides mechanical and electrical connection between the directional microphone and the hearing aid. The mounting arm is also configured such that, upon insertion of the ITC or CIC hearing aid into the ear canal of a wearer, the microphone is located in the region above the tragion portion of the ear.