US 11,736,875 B2
Speaker assembly for hearing aid
Jacob Anders Roug, Smørum (DK); Peter Sommer, Smørum (DK); Martin Larsen, Smørum (DK); Anders Højsgaard Thomsen, Smørum (DK); Peter H. Weis, Smørum (DK); and Bjarke Mejnertsen, Smørum (DK)
Assigned to Oticon A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed by Oticon A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/692,947.
Application 17/692,947 is a division of application No. 16/701,386, filed on Dec. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,323,828.
Claims priority of application No. 18210152 (EP), filed on Dec. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201410 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/604 (2013.01) [H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 25/602 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A speaker assembly configured to releasably connect to a housing of a behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid, the speaker assembly comprising:
a receiver for generating an audible acoustic output into the user's ear canal in response to an electric signal, wherein the receiver is arranged in a first housing which is configured to be positioned in the user's ear canal during normal use of the speaker assembly,
at least one microphone for capturing sound and generating an electric output accordingly,
a connector configured to establish an electrical connection between the receiver and the housing of the BTE hearing aid, and
a connecting member comprising a flexible tube in which is disposed a plurality of separate electrical conductors for electrical connection to the connector at one end and for electrical connection to the receiver at the opposite end,
wherein the at least one microphone is arranged inside the connecting member between the first housing and the connector so as to be located outside the user's ear canal during the normal use of the speaker assembly such that the distance between the at least one microphone and the first housing is less than the distance between the at least one microphone and the connector.