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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Artem Boltyenkov, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Fred Mcbagonluri, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Andreas Reh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Anthony Strano, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Artem Boltyenkov, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Fred McBagonluri, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Andreas Reh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Anthony Strano, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computerized method is provided for designing a vent in a hearing aid housing shell based on an image of a patient's ear canal impression, and wherein a program is provided on a computer-readable medium. With the program, an image of a starter housing shell based on the image of the patient's ear canal impression is created which is longer than a final version of the housing shell to be created. A starter vent running from an inner canal end near the patient's ear drum to an outer end of the starter housing shell is placed inside the shell. Components are then placed substantially as deep as possible inside the starter shell but lying outside of the starter vent. Portions of the starter shell lying beyond where a faceplate is to be mounted are removed and the faceplate is mounted. The starter vent is then grown larger so that it fills substantially all space inside the shell without interfering with the components.