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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2007
Mead C. Killion, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Robert B. Schulein, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Timothy S. Monroe, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Viorel Drambarean, Skokie, IL (US);
Andrew J. Haapapuro, Schaumburg, IL (US);
John S. French, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Mead C. Killion, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Robert B. Schulein, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Timothy S. Monroe, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Viorel Drambarean, Skokie, IL (US);
Andrew J. Haapapuro, Schaumburg, IL (US);
John S. French, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Etymotic Research, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Abstract
A directional microphone assembly for a hearing aid, and methods of assembling a directional microphone, are provided. The hearing aid has one or more microphone cartridge(s), and first and second sound passages. Inlets to the sound passages, or the sound passages themselves, are spaced apart such that the shortest distance between them is less than or approximately equal to the length of the microphone cartridge(s). A sound duct and at least one surface of a microphone cartridge may form each sound passage, where the sound duct is mounted with the microphone cartridge. Alternatively, each sound duct may be formed as an integral part of a microphone cartridge.