Connector and a hearing device comprising said connector

12225,356

17/844737

June 21, 2022

Disclosed is a connector for providing sound into an ear canal of a user. The connector is configured to connect a behind-the-ear, BTE, component of a hearing device to an ITE component of the hearing device. The connector comprises a first portion configured to be connected to the ITE component of the hearing device and configured to be at least partly inserted into an ear canal of the user. The first portion is configured to extend at least partly in the ear canal of the user when the connector is in its intended position at the ear of the user. The connector further comprises at least one identifiable marker being a user guide.

GN Hearing A/S (Ballerup, DK)

GN HEARING A/S (Ballerup, DK)

1. A connector configured to connect a behind-the-ear (BTE) component of a hearing device to an in-the-ear (ITE) component of the hearing device, the connector comprising: a first portion configured to be connected to the ITE component of the hearing device and configured to be at least partly inserted into an ear canal of a user, wherein the first portion is configured to extend at least partly in the ear canal of the user when the connector is in its intended position with respect to an ear of the user, wherein the connector comprises an identifiable marker, wherein the identifiable marker is a user guide; and wherein the identifiable marker is non-removable.

2. A connector configured to connect a behind-the-ear (BTE) component of a hearing device to an in-the-ear (ITE) component of the hearing device, the connector comprising: a first portion configured to be connected to the ITE component of the hearing device and configured to be at least partly inserted into an ear canal of a user, wherein the first portion is configured to extend at least partly in the ear canal of the user when the connector is in its intended position with respect to an ear of the user, wherein the connector comprises an identifiable marker, wherein the identifiable marker is a user guide; wherein the connector further comprises: a second portion configured to be connected to the BTE component of the hearing device, and configured to be at least partly arranged at a front part of a pinna of the ear of the user when the connector is in its intended position at the ear of the user; and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion; wherein the identifiable marker is at the first portion, the second portion, or the third portion of the connector.

3. The connector according to claim 2 , further comprising an additional identifiable marker; wherein the additional identifiable marker is at the first portion, the second portion, or the third portion of the connector.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the identifiable marker is configured to indicate an insertion depth of the ITE component into the ear canal of the user.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the identifiable marker comprises a pattern of any of or any combination of color, mesh, transparency, fabric, texture, surface roughness, or shape.

6. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the marker comprises a tactile pattern.

7. The connector according to claim 6 , wherein the tactile pattern is on an exterior surface of the connector, thereby improving a grip of the connector for the user when inserting the ITE component of the hearing device into the ear canal of the user.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the identifiable marker comprises a visual pattern.

9. The connector according to claim 8 , wherein the visual pattern comprises a visible-spectrum pattern.

10. A connector configured to connect a behind-the-ear (BTE) component of a hearing device to an in-the-ear (ITE) component of the hearing device, the connector comprising: a first portion configured to be connected to the ITE component of the hearing device and configured to be at least partly inserted into an ear canal of a user, wherein the first portion is configured to extend at least partly in the ear canal of the user when the connector is in its intended position with respect to an ear of the user, wherein the connector comprises an identifiable marker, wherein the identifiable marker is a user guide and comprises a visual pattern; and wherein the visual pattern comprises a non-visible-spectrum pattern.

11. A connector configured to connect a behind-the-ear (BTE) component of a hearing device to an in-the-ear (ITE) component of the hearing device, the connector comprising: a first portion configured to be connected to the ITE component of the hearing device and configured to be at least partly inserted into an ear canal of a user, wherein the first portion is configured to extend at least partly in the ear canal of the user when the connector is in its intended position with respect to an ear of the user, wherein the connector comprises an identifiable marker, wherein the identifiable marker is a user guide and comprises a visual pattern; and wherein the visual pattern is a painted pattern.

12. A connector configured to connect a behind-the-ear (BTE) component of a hearing device to an in-the-ear (ITE) component of the hearing device, the connector comprising: a first portion configured to be connected to the ITE component of the hearing device and configured to be at least partly inserted into an ear canal of a user, wherein the first portion is configured to extend at least partly in the ear canal of the user when the connector is in its intended position with respect to an ear of the user, wherein the connector comprises an identifiable marker, wherein the identifiable marker is a user guide and comprises a visual pattern; and wherein the connector comprises a transparent casing enclosing the visual pattern.

13. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the connector is made of transparent plastic.

14. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the identifiable marker is identifiable by the user to guide the user in a positioning of the connector.

15. A hearing device comprising: a behind-the-ear (BTE) component configured to be arranged behind an ear of a user, when the user is wearing the hearing device; an in-the-ear (ITE) component configured to be arranged into an ear canal of the user when the user is wearing the hearing device; and the connector according to claim 1 , the connector configured to connect the BTE component of the hearing device to the ITE component of the hearing device.

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