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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Sonion Nederland Bv, Hoofddorp, NL;
Aart Zeger van Halteren, Hobrede, NL;
Sonion Nederland BV, Hoofddorp, NL;
Abstract
A hearing aid device comprising a receiver unit arranged in a compartment in a shell, wherein the shell comprises a venting passage between first and second opposite faces of the shell to provide air passage from one side of the shell to another, and wherein the shell comprises an opening in the first face into the compartment and a closing member positioned to close off the compartment. The opening is shaped to allow the receiver unit to be inserted into the compartment through the opening, and the compartment is acoustically connected to the venting passage to allow the sound to emit through the venting passage. The receiver unit may be releasably mounted in the compartment such that the receiver unit can be retracted from the shell through the opening.