Patent ID: 6473513
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A hearing device to be positioned entirely within an ear canal, comprising:a core assembly including a microphone section having a microphone and a receiver section having a receiver, a sealing retainer concentrically positioned over said receiver section for conforming to the walls substantially at the bony region of said ear canal, to provide seating of said hearing device in said ear canal and acoustic sealing to prevent feedback within said ear canal; and a battery assembly comprising an outer enclosure having substantial direct exposure to the environment of said ear canal and having an oval cross-sectional perimeter with sectional void therein for accommodating said microphone section therein and, when said battery assembly and said microphone section are so combined, to form therewith a lateral section of generally oval cross-sectional perimeter and generally cylindrical and elongated along the longitudinal axis of said lateral section corresponding to the longitudinal axis of said ear canal when said hearing device is inserted within.