Abstract: An energy storage means holding device and an associated housing module for a hearing device are provided. The holding device includes a holding module and a contact arranged in the holding module for connection to an energy charging device. A gripping is embodied in the holding module and cover the contact such that the contact can be contacted outside but cannot however be reached by human fingers when inserting the holding device into a housing module of the hearing device.

Abstract: The invention specifies a sealing apparatus for a microphone opening in a front plate. It comprises a sound-permeable covering medium made of a first material and a sound-permeable membrane, with a sealant arranged on the exterior of the covering medium made of a second material being designed so as to produce a tight form fit between the covering medium and the front plate when said covering medium is inserted into the microphone opening. A front plate that is compatible with the sealing apparatus according to the invention is also specified. The advantage here is that the microphone opening can be sealed in a water-tight fashion and as a result protects a microphone positioned beneath it against external influences.

Abstract: A one-piece in-the-ear hearing device housing and a method for producing the in-the-ear housing are provided. The housing is mechanically separable into at least one faceplate and a housing shell. In one aspect, the hearing device housing has an interlayer between the faceplate and the housing shell. Different shrinking of the housing shell and faceplate is avoided in the production.

Abstract: For enabling fast, customer-specific and precise matching of a hearing device's directional characteristic, a hearing device having a signal processing unit for performing a processing algorithm is provided, with at least one design-related parameter of the hearing device having been made available to the signal processing unit and with the signal processing unit performing the processing algorithm based on the design-related parameter of the hearing device. It should be considered as especially advantageous in the case of the inventive hearing device that a processing algorithm can be performed particularly precisely and customer-specifically based on the provided design-related parameters of the hearing device.

Abstract: The production of sealing units, and especially of face plates for hearing devices and other hearing apparatuses, is to be further automated. A sealing unit for sealing a shell of a hearing apparatus that can be worn in the auditory canal is accordingly proposed, with a face plate having a battery opening for holding a battery, with battery contacts, to which at least one signal processing module is connected, being arranged in or on the battery opening. A mount is removably affixed in or on the battery opening in order to hold the at least one signal processing module in or perpendicularly above/below the battery opening. The mount thus serves not only to retain the signal processing components during transport, but also to affix them into the face plate for example during milling of positioning holes for microphones.

Abstract: The manufacture of housing parts of a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device is to be simplified. To this end, provision is made to also efficiently use a so-called tumbling process for the surface treatment of housing. On account of this, a closure element is proposed for closing openings of housing parts for a hearing apparatus of this type during a tumbling process. The closure element has a disk-like center part, a first column section, which protrudes from the one side of the disk-like center part and has a first swelling on its free end, and a second column section, which protrudes from the other side of the disk-like center part and has a second swelling on its free end. A closure element of this type allows openings of housing parts, which are attached to the column sections, to be closed and protected for a tumbling process.

Abstract: Between ITE hearing aids for binaural hearing assistance, energy-saving communication is made possible by disposing an antenna device with a preferred direction of transmission in the hearing aid housing such that, in a state in which the hearing aid is attached to or inserted one ear of the patient, the preferred direction of transmission is substantially toward the other ear of the patient. In this way it is ensured that the directions of transmission of the two hearing aids in the fitted state lie substantially on a straight line, so that optimum transmission can be achieved.

Abstract: The hearing device operated with an accumulator and comprising an externally accessible electrically conductive structure element is provided. The structure element fulfilling an additional function as a contact element, in order to receive a charging current when electrically connected to an external charging device. The term “structure element” is understood in the context of the present invention to mean an element, which is constitutively present in the structure of the hearing device due to its construction, e.g. the structure element can be a housing element, a fastening element, such as a screw, a control element, a nameplate or suchlike.

Abstract: In a hearing aid device wearable in the ear with a housing, the battery loader is exposed to high mechanical stresses. In order to improve the attachment of the battery loader to the housing of the hearing aid device, the invention provides for the battery loader at the housing in the area of the housing opening a stabilization element that prevents deformations and in particular distortions of the housing in the area of the housing opening given high mechanical stress.

Abstract: An in-the-ear hearing aid is to have a more compact design. For this purpose there is inserted into a housing shell an electronics module having all the electronic components of the hearing aid, the electronic components being secured to a flexible supporting structure. As a result of the open construction of the electronics module, the individual electronic components can be compactly inserted with short stranded wires, thus also increasing electromagnetic compatibility. The flexibility of the supporting structure enables allowance to be made for individually differing auditory canal shapes.

Abstract: For reducing the space requirement for locking systems, a battery compartment and an electronics module are locked by means of a single articulation. For removing the battery, the battery compartment is swiveled open; for unlocking the electronics module, the battery compartment is removed from the plate by pulling the wire spring from the receptacles. The articulation thus has a double function.

Abstract: Between ITE hearing aids for binaural hearing assistance, energy-saving communication is made possible by disposing an antenna device with a preferred direction of transmission in the hearing aid housing such that, in a state in which the hearing aid is attached to or inserted one ear of the patient, the preferred direction of transmission is substantially toward the other ear of the patient. In this way it is ensured that the directions of transmission of the two hearing aids in the fitted state lie substantially on a straight line, so that optimum transmission can be achieved.

Abstract: A device is provided for earphones that are introduced into the auditory canal that provide protection against cerumen in which the sound from the earphone is conducted onto a membrane that is arranged essentially parallel to the auditory canal. Proceeding from the membrane, the sound is forwarded onto the tympanum, where the membrane at least partially seals the earphone so that cerumen is kept away from the earphone. The membrane, including the earphone, can be removed from the hearing aid housing for cleaning purposes.

Abstract: For miniaturizing and rationalizing the manufacturing process of contact devices for herring aids, it is proposed that an injection molded body be provided with metal contact springs according to the insert mold technology. Over and above this, wiring elements are applied on the injection molded body as interconnects. To this end, the injection molded plastic body provided with metal springs can be activated in specific patterns with, for example, a laser, and, subsequently, the activated portions are coated with conductive metal. Alternatively, the interconnects can also be printed onto the injection molded body.

Abstract: In a hearing aid device wearable in the ear with a housing, the battery loader is exposed to high mechanical stresses. In order to improve the attachment of the battery loader to the housing of the hearing aid device, the invention provides for the battery loader at the housing in the area of the housing opening a stabilization element that prevents deformations and in particular distortions of the housing in the area of the housing opening given high mechanical stress.

Abstract: A device is provided for earphones that are introduced into the auditory canal that provide protection against cerumen in which the sound from the earphone is conducted onto a membrane that is arranged essentially parallel to the auditory canal. Proceeding from the membrane, the sound is forwarded onto the tympanum, where the membrane at least partially seals the earphone so that cerumen is kept away from the earphone. The membrane, including the earphone, can be removed from the hearing aid housing for cleaning purposes.

Abstract: For miniaturizing and rationalizing the manufacturing process of contact devices for herring aids, it is proposed that an injection molded body be provided with metal contact springs according to the insert mold technology. Over and above this, wiring elements are applied on the injection molded body as interconnects. To this end, the injection molded plastic body provided with metal springs can be activated in specific patterns with, for example, a laser, and, subsequently, the activated portions are coated with conductive metal. Alternatively, the interconnects can also be printed onto the injection molded body.

Abstract: For reducing the space requirement for locking systems, a battery compartment and an electronics module are locked by means of a single articulation. For removing the battery, the battery compartment is swiveled open; for unlocking the electronics module, the battery compartment is removed from the plate by pulling the wire spring from the receptacles. The articulation thus has a double function.

Abstract: A web including a fibrous material and superabsorbent material is fed to a station. The web has a first surface, a second surface, a first side edge and a second side edge. At the station, the operation of applying a superabsorbent material movement obstruction agent and cutting the web into individual absorbent members having a pair of opposing cut ends are carried out simultaneously.

Abstract: A web (110) including a fibrous material and superabsorbent material is fed to a knife (120). The web (110) has a first surface, a second surface, a first side edge and a second side edge. The knife (120) cuts the web (110) into individual absorbent members having a pair of opposing cut ends. The individual absorbent members have a first surface, a second surface, a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end edge and a second end edge, with the first and second end edges corresponding to the cut ends. A flowable superabsorbent movement obstruction agent (122) is applied to the cut ends.