| 摘要 |
A hinged hearing aid to allow for ease of inserting the hearing aid into the ear canal with a portion of the hearing aid extending around a bend in the ear canal. The hearing aid includes a boot of a flexible material having two hollow portions. A flexible circuit has mounted thereon a speaker, battery, microphone and electronic components. A portion of the flexible circuit having the speaker and battery thereon is mounted in one of the boot portions and the portion of the flexible circuit having the microphone and electronic components thereon is mounted in the other boot portion. The boot portions are hingedly connected together. A portion of the flexible circuit extends between the boot portions to form at least a portion of the hinge between the boot portions. The boot may have a portion which connects the two boot portions to also form a portion of the hinge. |
