Abstract: A flexible tip for a hearing aid includes a mushroom shaped tip, an inner portion having a bore and a receiver mounted within the bore. The receiver can be housing and sealed within a receiver housing. The receiver housing can include a spring having a high compliance along a longitudinal axis and transverse axis, to provide flexibility in the flexible tip. The spring can also having a high stiffness along a radial direction about the circumference of the spring to provide support of the flexible tip from radially directed loads.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 24, 2006
Publication date:
January 11, 2007
Applicant:
Samoff Corporation
Inventors:
Derek Mahoney, John Margicin, Frederick Fritz, Walter Sjursen