(19)
(11) EP 1 653 776 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/18

(21) Application number: 05025873.0

(22) Date of filing: 28.11.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04R 25/02(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(71) Applicant: Phonak AG
8712 Stäfa (CH)

(72) Inventor:
  • Menzl, Stefan Daniel
    8645 - Jona (CH)

(74) Representative: Rigling, Peter Daniel 
Troesch Scheidegger Werner AG Schwäntenmos 14
8126 Zumikon
8126 Zumikon (CH)

   


(54) Hearing device partially insertable into an ear canal


(57) The hearing device (1) comprises an insertable part (16), which is to be inserted into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device (1). The insertable part (16) may be identical with the hearing device (1) itself, and the insertable part (16) comprises a casing, which casing comprises a deformable part (2). The hearing device (1) comprises means for changing a cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2), which change in the cross-sectional area (20) is reversible. The means for changing a cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2) may comprise at least one deformable volume (5) containing a fixed amount of a filler (4). The means can be a means for changing the cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2) through changing the axial extension of the deformable part (2). The means can be a volume capacity change means for changing the cross-sectional area (20) of the deformable part (2) through changing the capacity of a variable volume arranged within the hearing device (1), the deformable part (2) being arranged on the outside of the variable volume.







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