The flexible attachable tip is manufactured to repeatedly connect as well as disconnect to a body of a hearing assistance device. The flexible attachable tip is manufactured to have two or more offset layers of flexible earmolds. The tip has a dome-shaped earmold that is separated by an air gap from offset layers of inner earmolds. Each layer of ear mold has multiple bendable members with an air vent constructed into the bendable members for that earmold. Air space is formed in between each of the individual bendable members making up the flexible earmold for a given layer of the offset layers. The flexible earmolds including their bendable members bend to a deformed state in order to secure the hearing assistance device in position inside an ear canal, which prevents the device from falling out of an ear, while still providing both a sound path and an airflow path through the ear canal.

Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for a multipurpose microphone for hearing devices. A hearing assistance device includes a first housing configured to be worn above an ear of a wearer and a second housing configured to be worn in the ear of the wearer. The device also includes a cable configured to connect to the first housing at a first end and to the second housing at the second end, and a microphone at the second end of the cable, the microphone including an input port facing an acoustic channel. A switch is provided in the acoustic channel, the switch having a first position such that acoustic input to the microphone is received from an inner portion of the ear of the wearer, and a second position such that acoustic input to the microphone is received from an area outside the ear of the wearer.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a battery, which is disposed in an inner space of the housing, includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction different from the first direction, a third surface facing a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, and a first electrode disposed on the first surface and a second electrode disposed on the second surface, a printed circuit board including a first part disposed to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from the first surface of the battery, a power management circuit configured to provide power used for an operation of the electronic device to at least one electronic component disposed inside the electronic device by using power of the battery, and a second part electrically connected to the battery and disposed to surround at least a part of the second surface and/or the third surface of the battery, an antenna electrically connected to the printed circuit board and configured to communicate with an external electronic device, and a connection member disposed on the first surface of the battery and configured to electrically connect the first part of the printed circuit board and the first electrode of the battery.

A communication device configured for use in a user's ear canal including a sealing mechanism configured to acoustically seal a section of the ear canal and a sound conduit in acoustic communication with a sound source. The sound conduit has a first and second opening, a conduit housing, and a vent opening. To provide a reliable adjustment for the venting of sound waves between a sealed section of the ear canal and an ambient environment outside the sealed section, an acoustic valve having a valve member is moveably coupled with the conduit housing, which moveable coupling is configured to provide a relative motion of the valve member and the conduit housing, such that by such relative motion the acoustic valve provides for opening the vent opening, closing the vent opening, and/or adjusting a size of the vent opening. The communication device further includes an electrical actuator to activate the relative motion.

A button structure for a hearing device, includes: a first microphone, the first microphone being configured to receive sound via a first microphone input; an elastic member comprising a first part and a second part, the first part comprising a user interface surface, the second part comprising a first opening, the first opening being aligned with the first microphone input; a switch component, wherein the user interface surface is configured to be operated by a user to activate the switch component; and an outer shielding comprising a shield opening and a second opening, wherein at least a portion of the first part of the elastic member extends through the shield opening, wherein the second opening of the outer shield is aligned with the first opening of the second part of the elastic member, and wherein the outer shielding is in contact with the elastic member to create a seal.

An improved microactuator for use in a contact hearing aid, wherein the microactuator includes a one-piece membrane. The one piece membrane being adapted to prevent moisture from entering the microactuator through the microactuator reed opening when the contact hearing aid microactuator is placed in the ear canal of a patient.

An accessory eyeglasses retention device is integrally formed as a single elastomeric piece to secure eyeglasses to a wearer's head. The accessory eyeglasses retention device may include an elongated body extending between a front end and a back end, an adjustment mechanism including a first elastic strap and a second elastic strap, for example, longitudinally spaced apart on the elongated body and configured to hold a temple of the eyeglasses and adjustably position the elongated body relative to the temple. An angled flap is at the back end of the elongated body, extending and angled in a direction towards a portion of the wearer's head when the eyeglasses are worn on the wearer's head, and configured to securely retain the eyeglasses in a desired location on the wearer's head. Also, a lanyard attachment feature may be included at the back end of the elongated body and configured to attach the elongated body to an eyeglasses lanyard.

A hearing device containing a housing enclosing a housing interior, and a loudspeaker for generating acoustic signals. In addition, the hearing device contains a damping element formed by a damping mat, which is interposed between the loudspeaker and a wall of the housing or a loudspeaker box. The damping mat contains at least one damping chamber filled with fluid.

The invention relates to a hearing device. The hearing device comprises an outer shell, the outer shell defining an outer compartment. The hearing device further comprises a receiver, and a rechargeable battery electrically connected to the receiver. Finally, the hearing device comprises a sealed inner compartment arranged in the outer compartment, wherein the receiver and the rechargeable battery are both arranged in the sealed inner compartment.

An ear-worn electronic hearing device comprises an enclosure configured to be supported by, at, in or on an ear of the wearer. Electronic circuitry is disposed in the enclosure and comprises a wireless transceiver. An antenna is disposed in or on the enclosure and operably coupled to the wireless transceiver. The antenna has a physical size and comprises a plurality of cutouts disposed along a periphery of the antenna. The cutouts are configured to increase an electrical length of the antenna without an increase in the physical size of the antenna. The antenna can comprise at least one interior window having a window periphery. A plurality of window cutouts are disposed along the window periphery. The window cutouts are configured to increase a path length of current distribution along the window periphery.