Inventors:
Artem Boltyenkov - Lawrenceville NJ, US
Anthony Strano - Highland Park NJ, US
Daniel Meighan - Toms River NJ, US
Salman Parsi - Somerset NJ, US
Assignee:
Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. - Piscataway NJ
International Classification:
H04R 25/00
US Classification:
381328, 381322, 381323, 381324, 381325, 381329
Abstract:
A small hearing aid is provided which fits completely in an ear canal of a user wherein a shell as an outer housing of the hearing aid is shaped to closely surround components of the hearing aid to provide a gap between the hearing canal inner walls and the shell to allow flow of air when the hearing aid is mounted in the ear by a mounting element connected to the shell. The mounting element is provided with at least one aperture to allow the air flow. In a fabricating method, an image of the shell is shrunk to closely surround the hearing aid components while maintaining a shape of the ear canal to assure a custom fit.