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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Sonion Nederland Bv, Hoofddorp, NL;
Inventors:
Aart Zeger van Halteren, Hobrede, NL;
Laurens de Ruijter, Haarlem, NL;
Nicolaas Maria Jozef Stoffels, Haarlem, NL;
Assignee:
Sonion Nederland B.V., Hoofddorp, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/65 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 25/654 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2460/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hearing aid or a transducer for use in a hearing aid, having a housing with an opening from an inner chamber thereof to surroundings thereof. A moisture transporting element is positioned in the opening. The moisture transporting element may be capillary channels or a thread made of fibers which may fan out at the outer side in order to increase evaporation. The chamber may be hydrophobic and surroundings of the opening be hydrophilic to encourage humidity to travel toward the humidity transporting element to be removed from the chamber.