Patent ID: 6690807
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G02C,H04R

Abstract:
Listening assistance device (1) comprising at least one hearing module (3) for supporting a portion of a spectacle frame (2) from an ear, the hearing module comprising a microphone, an amplifier and an acoustics transducer which converts the amplified microphone signals into acoustical signals, characterized in that the hearing module is equipped with a housing projection (5) which projects into the auditory channel in a not closing same off manner and which includes the sound exit opening (6), and in that the spectacle frame (2) comprises at least one spectacle temple (7, 8) with a first portion (10) extending from the frame (9) for the lenses substantially rectilinearly towards the back, and a second portion (12, 13) extending from the first portion at an angle downwards which carries at its free end the hearing module (3),characterized in that the hearing module (3) comprises a substantially cylinder shaped housing on which the projection (5) is arranged asymmetrically relative to its longitudinal axis, and characterized in that the hearing module is rotatable around its longitudinal axis.