The invention relates to an implantable electromechanical converter for
receiving oscillations from an ear ossicle and for converting them into
an electrical voltage, for use as a microphone for a cochlea implant or
an implantable hearing aid, consisting of one or more piezoelectric
converter elements (11) housed in a hermetically sealed hollow body (2)
made of a biocompatible material. The converter is characterized in that
the hollow body has a thin shell (9) which is connected with its interior
side to the piezoelectric converter elements and which can be coupled
with its exterior side to an ear ossicle, and which is held by a stable
edge (10), whereby the stable edge can be coupled to a counter-support in
the middle ear space.