Patent ID: 11930327
Assignee: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A hearing aid assembly comprising:
a receiver assembly comprising a receiver speaker;
a receiver housing defining a receiver cavity to enclose the receiver assembly, the receiver housing defining:
a receiver acoustic channel;
receiver opening defined in a wall of the receiver channel in acoustic communication with the receiver cavity, wherein a cavity passage is tapered to have an increasing cross-sectional area as the cavity passage extends away from the receiver opening to the receiver cavity; and
a pass-through passage extending from a first side of the receiver housing to a second side of the receiver housing, wherein the pass-through passage is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the receiver opening; and
wherein the receiver housing further defines a cavity passage extending from a receiver opening to a cavity opening, wherein the cavity passage is tapered to have an increasing cross-sectional area as the cavity passage extends away from the receiver opening toward the cavity opening.