Adaptor for mounting a sound tube in an earpiece

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2004-02-13

2008-07-22

Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2837)

Acoustics

Anatomic or prosthetic relation

Ear and mouth

C181S128000, C181S130000, C181S135000, C381S328000, C285S033000, C124S010000, C024S437000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07401679

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to mounting of a sound tube inside a shell of a hearing aid. The invention provides a sound tube adaptor, a tool for insertion of the adaptor and a method for attaching a sound tube to a shell, the sound tube adaptor facilitating attachment of a sound tube to a shell, having a first end for attachment to one end of a sound tube and a second end that is adapted to be received inside the shell in a hole in the shell in such a way that the adaptor and the sound tube extend inside the shell from the hole towards the entrance of an ear canal of a user when the shell is positioned in the ear canal.

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