Patent ID: 9473843
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04R

Claim Text:
1. A hearing device, comprising: a power source; a microphone; an amplifier; and a receiver; and at least one flexible sealing part provided at a distal end of the hearing device, wherein the at least one flexible sealing part comprises at least one core hole permeable for sound transmitted from the receiver, the at least one flexible sealing part includes one or more prongs on the surface of the flexible sealing part, said one or more prongs having an elongated shape extending in a direction toward the tympanic membrane when the at least one flexible sealing part is inserted into the user's ear canal and serving as a spacer between the tympanic membrane and the flexible sealing part, and the at least one flexible sealing part is adapted to be arranged in a bony portion of the user's ear canal and the at least one flexible sealing part's diameter is adapted to at least have the same diameter as the bony portion's diameter of the ear canal of a user to close the ear canal of the user.