Patent ID: 6585075
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A hearing aid comprising:a housing having: (a) a sound inlet through which an outside sound enters said housing, and (b) a sound outlet through which an amplified version of the outside sound exits said housing to the ear canal of the person wearing the hearing aid; a battery within said housing; a microphone within said housing responsive to the outside sound entering said housing through said sound inlet for developing an electrical signal representative of the outside sound entering said housing; an amplifier powered by said battery and responsive to the electrical signal for developing an amplified version of the electrical signal; an energy absorbing tip; and a speaker: (a) surrounded by said energy absorbing tip, (b) responsive to the amplified version of the electrical signal for developing and conducting to said sound outlet the amplified version of the outside sound entering said housing, and (c) rigidly mounted directly to said housing to channel acoustic energy and mechanical energy generated by said speaker to said energy absorbing tip.