RECEIVER/LOUDSPEAKER
A hearing aid includes: a hearing aid housing; a receiver with a receiver housing, wherein the hearing aid housing comprises an internal cavity configured for containing the receiver; and an adapter having first mounting surfaces configured for holding the receiver, and second mounting surfaces configured for releasably attaching the adapter to a part of the hearing aid housing.
1 . A hearing aid comprising:
a hearing aid housing;
a receiver with a receiver housing, wherein the hearing aid housing comprises an internal cavity configured for containing the receiver; and
an adapter having first mounting surfaces configured for holding the receiver, and second mounting surfaces configured for releasably attaching the adapter to a part of the hearing aid housing.
2 . The hearing aid according to claim 1 , wherein the second mounting surfaces of the adapter are configured for releasably attaching the adapter to an inner wall of the internal cavity of the hearing aid housing.
3 . The hearing aid according to claim 1 , wherein the hearing aid housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part, the second housing part being the adapter, and wherein the first housing part is made from a first material, and the second housing part is made from a second material, the first material being more rigid than the second material.
4 . The hearing aid according to claim 3 , wherein the second housing part is configured for placement further into an ear channel of an ear of a user than the first housing part when the hearing aid is inserted into the ear.
5 . The hearing aid according to claim 3 , wherein the second housing part comprises a filter socket configured for mounting a filter.
6 . The hearing aid according to claim 5 , wherein the filter comprises a cerumen filter.
7 . The hearing aid according to claim 3 , wherein the second housing part comprises the internal cavity for containing the receiver.
8 . The hearing aid according to claim 7 , wherein the second housing part comprises a passage leading to the internal cavity that contains the receiver, and wherein the passage has a cross-section being smaller than the smallest cross section of the receiver.
9 . The hearing aid according to claim 8 , wherein the second housing part allows the receiver to be mounted in the internal cavity through the passage by elastic deformation.
10 . The hearing aid according to claim 3 , wherein the first housing part comprises a first internal cavity containing a signal processor configured for providing an audio signal to the receiver via a set of electrical wires extending from the signal processor and to the receiver.
11 . The hearing aid according to claim 10 , further comprising a passage extending between the first internal cavity in the first housing part, and a second internal cavity in the second housing part, the second internal cavity comprising the internal cavity for containing the receiver.
12 . The hearing aid according to claim 11 , wherein the electrical wires extends through the passage.
13 . The hearing aid according to claim 10 , wherein the second housing part is detachably coupled to the first housing part.
14 . The hearing aid according to claim 13 , wherein a length of the electrical wires permits detachment and removal of the second housing part by a distance from the first housing part, the distance being long enough to allow access to mounting points of the electrical wires without a need of dismantling or stretching the electrical wires.