Hearing device
Disclosed is a hearing device. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising an opening in a portion of the housing. The hearing device further comprises a microphone arranged inside the housing and arranged adjacent to the opening in the portion of the housing. The microphone is configured to receive sounds from the surroundings or a user's ear canal through the opening. The hearing device further comprises a force element arranged on a first side of the microphone. The first side is opposite to the housing at the opening in the housing. The force element is configured to provide support for the microphone.
1 . A hearing device comprising:
a housing comprising a portion;
an opening at the portion of the housing;
a microphone inside the housing and adjacent to the opening at the portion of the housing, the microphone being configured to receive sound from a surrounding through the opening at the portion of the housing; and
a force element configured to provide support for the microphone, wherein the microphone is between the force element and the portion of the housing, wherein the housing is a behind-the-ear housing, and the force element is inside the behind-the-ear housing.
2 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein the force element is on a first side of the microphone, the first side being opposite to a second side of the microphone, wherein the opening at the portion of the behind-the-ear housing is closer to the second side of the microphone than to the first side of the microphone.
3 . The hearing device according to claim 2 , wherein the force element is configured to provide a force on the first side of the microphone, urging the microphone towards the portion of the behind-the-ear housing.
4 . The hearing device according to claim 3 , wherein the force is anywhere from 0.1 N to 5 N.
5 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein the force element is configured to take up tolerances and/or provide vibration dampening, and/or provide shock absorbance, and/or provide an acoustic sealing.
6 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening at the portion of the behind-the-ear housing is configured to face towards the surrounding in a first direction, wherein the microphone has a microphone surface and a microphone opening at the microphone surface of the microphone, the microphone surface extending in a second direction, wherein an angle between the first direction and the second direction is anywhere from 45 degrees to 135 degrees.
7 . The hearing device according to claim 6 , wherein the force element is configured to urge the microphone towards the portion of the behind-the-ear housing in a third direction that is different from the second direction.
8 . The hearing device according to claim 7 , wherein the third direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
9 . The hearing device according to claim 6 , further comprising a filter device, and a support element for the force element;
wherein the force element, the microphone, and the filter device, are between the support element and the portion of the behind-the-ear housing.
10 . The hearing device according to claim 9 , wherein the microphone is between the force element and the filter device.
11 . The hearing device according to claim 10 , wherein the force element, the microphone, and the filter device form a stacked configuration along a third direction that is different from the second direction.
12 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a support element for the force element.
13 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein the force element comprises a foam.
14 . The hearing device according to claim 13 , wherein the foam is a compressible foam.
15 . The hearing device according to claim 13 , wherein a thickness of the foam in an uncompressed state is anywhere from 0.4 mm to 10 mm.
16 . The hearing device according to claim 15 , wherein the thickness of the foam in the uncompressed state is anywhere from 0.8 mm to 5 mm.
17 . The hearing device according to claim 13 , wherein the foam has a density anywhere from 100 kg/m 3 to 500 kg/m 3 .
18 . The hearing device according to claim 13 , wherein the foam is compressible by a compression amount that is anywhere from 5% to 80%.
19 . The hearing device according to claim 13 , wherein the foam in a compressed state is configured to provide a force on the first side of the microphone, the force being anywhere from 0.1 N to 5 N.
20 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a filter device, wherein the filter device extends perpendicularly with respect to an axis of the opening.
21 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing element, wherein the sealing element is between the microphone and the portion of the behind-the-ear housing.
22 . The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein the force element has a first support surface and a second support surface opposite from, and parallel to, the first support surface, and wherein the first support surface of the force element extends over a majority of a surface of the microphone while the second support surface of the force element is facing towards a support element.