Cleanable in-the-ear electroacoustic transducer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4800982
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07108122

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A hearing aid including a microphone, an adjustable amplifier, and a transducer comprising an acoustic driver driving a diaphragm disposed within an acoustic chamber, all mounted in an in-the-ear housing having a sound outlet passage leading from the acoustic chamber into the user's ear canal, is provided with a cleaning passage that is accessible from the outside of the housing and that connects to the inner end of the sound outlet passage, through a portion of the acoustic chamber. Throughout internal cleaning is effected by pumping a solvent through the continuous conduit formed by the cleaning passage, the acoustic chamber, and the sound outlet passage, without disassembly of the hearing aid.

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KNOWLES ELECTRONICS INC1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE ITASCA IL 60143

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Carlson, Elmer V Prospect Heights, IL 16 600

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