Patent ID: 9571941
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A hearing instrument, the hearing instrument comprising: a first electro-acoustic transducer; a second electro-acoustic transducer having an acoustic output; an ear tip having a first sound channel terminating at an orifice on a first end portion of the ear tip, the second electro-acoustic transducer disposed at least partially in the ear tip and the acoustic output of the second electro-acoustic transducer acoustically coupled to the first sound channel, the ear tip having a second sound channel that allows sound produced by the first electro-acoustic transducer to pass through the ear tip, the second sound channel compensating for occlusion that occurs when the ear tip is in use; wherein the first electro-acoustic transducer compensates for sounds lost as a result of occlusion compensation.