They worked on a few iterations to make the earpiece covers more usable, Aanstoos also gathered input from her audiologist and her patients. “And to see the first designs he had made.” “It was really cool to hear that Craig picked up the project up,” said Aanstoos. Together, the two brainstormed about the covers and Egan, who now is earning a master’s degree in architecture, came up with some designs. He too is deaf and immediately understood the problem she was trying to solve. They can also consult with I2P staff on design work and product development.Įgan was intrigued by Aanstoos’ idea. Companies, students, faculty, entrepreneurs can pay a fee and make what they want. The lab is a public-access 3D scanning and printing facility. She had an idea for the covers but needed help designing and printing them. Prawel, in turn, connected her to Craig Egan, who was working in the lab over the summer, assisting students and users with the 3D scanners and printers. “So it makes it easier to wear the hearing aid without background noise.” Idea-2-Product lab partnershipĪanstoos approached David Prawel, director of the I2P lab, about the idea last spring. “The covers work to increase that depth between the microphone and the item making the irritation,” said Aanstoos. The ideaĪanstoos had the idea of developing special covers that would enable the aids to work while also protecting the devices from hair and other potential interferences.
She decided to work on her own solution with the help of CSU’s Idea-2-Product 3D printing laboratory.
The Colorado State University biomedical engineering doctoral student ran into this problem when she was looking into buying a new hearing aid, which cost $5,000. “Just like when a speaker at a presentation rubs on the microphone and it makes that grating rubbing sound or a squeal, the hearing aids were doing the same thing.” “While trying out new aids, I found that the microphone covers were not recessed enough to prevent feedback from hair rubbing on them,” said Aanstoos. Megan Aanstoos tests out her 3D printed hearing aid cover. Strands of hair brushing against the devices are enough to induce the ear-piercing sound. If you have ever heard a microphone screech so loud you cringed, then you know what Megan Aanstoos experiences with her hearing aids.
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🤓🖨 Build Volume: 380mm x 250mm x 200mm Materials: Visijet PXL powder Resolution: X/Y resolution: 600 x 540 dpi Z resolution: 100 microns Slicer: Z-Corp Software Bonus fun fact, did you know that 3D printing and scanning technologies are accessible to ALL CSU students and faculty? Located in Engineering B-7B, the Idea-2-Product Lab’s expertly trained staff work alongside its users from initial concept to a final product. Here are the details so we can all nerd out.
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Hello, Rams! 🐏 Time for Fun Fact Friday! Did you know that the Idea-2-Product lab has a new printer? The Z-Corp Z650 printer uses powder instead of plastic, prints in full color, and prints quickly.
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