Patent ID: 6445805
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A hearing aid assembly eliminating feedback noise, the assembly comprising a hearing aid in combination with a feedback constricting headset, the hearing aid including a microphone, an amplifier, and a speaker in a case adapted to be worn behind an ear, and an ear mold adapted to fit in an ear to carry amplified sound to an eardrum, the feedback constricting headset including a compress, a pressure plate, and a headband, the compress being a soft compressible pad, sized to cover the ear concha to obstruct incoming external noise, and shaped to press, when depressed, on the ear mold, the pressure plate being a thin disk, sufficiently rigid to depress the compress, the headband being a resilient band shaped to fit a head, and adapted to hold the pressure plate over the compress with the band resiliency urging the pressure plate inwardly to depress the compress against the ear mold with a force required to hold the ear mold in place.