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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Sonova Ag, Stäfa, CH;
André L. Ochsenbein, Wolfhausen, CH;
Jan Angst, Hirzel, CH;
Erich Dittli, Reichenburg, CH;
Gabriel Perez, Maennedorf, CH;
Daniel Probst, Uerikon, CH;
Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An ITE hearing aid having a shell worn at least partially in a user's ear canal, a faceplate closing the shell at a side oriented towards the exterior of the user's ear, and at least one microphone housed in the shell and acoustically connected to ambience via a sound port formed in the faceplate. The faceplate has a cover element covering a cavity of the sound port in a direction normal to a main plane of the faceplate and a lateral sound opening in a wall extending normal to the main plane. The cover element is elevated above a surface region surrounding the cover element, with the sound port wall extending between the cover element and this surface region. The shell is designed, with regard to shape and size, in a manner that the hearing aid is manually removable from the ear canal without the need to use a tool.