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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Keisuke Watanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Watanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Rion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A behind-the-ear type hearing aid which can improve a fit to a user includes a hearing aid main body and a tube for introducing sound output from the hearing aid main body to an external auditory meatus. The tube is comprised of a connector portion, and a tube portion having one end which connects to the connector portion and an opposite end which to an earplug. The tube portion is constructed so as to be freely transformed, into a desired shape and a metal wire for maintaining the transformed shape is embedded in the tube portion. Also, the shape of the hearing aid main body to be in contact with a user's body can be formed corresponding to the shape of a user's body.