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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Guy Charvin, Antibes, FR;
Stéphane Gallego, Juan-les-Pins, FR;
Guy Charvin, Antibes, FR;
Stéphane Gallego, Juan-les-Pins, FR;
MXM, Vallauris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a hearing aid comprising: an outer housing () containing a signal processing module () connected in input to at least a microphone () and in output to an earphone for transmitting a sound signal into the patient's external auditory canal (); at least one first magnetic component () arranged in the outer housing (); at least one second magnetic component () arranged in an implantable housing designed to be implanted under the patient's skin, at a site where the outer housing () can be maintained, the first magnetic component being arranged in the outer housing such that a magnetic attraction force is exerted with the second magnetic component when the outer housing () is placed at said site; and a device for delivering sound signals into the patient's external auditory canal comprising the earphone and a connection () between the outer housing () and the auditory canal.