Patent ID: 9693157
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A method of attaching a hearing aid component to a skin portion behind an ear of a user, comprising: providing a positioning tool having a grip portion and a lower portion disposed below the grip portion, the lower portion having a cavity defined therein, the cavity having a first shape, the lower portion having a connecting portion disposed in the cavity; providing an interconnection unit having an upwardly extending connection portion, the interconnection unit having a second shape substantially similar to the first shape of the cavity so that the interconnection unit matchingly fits into the cavity, the interconnection unit having a lower adhesive surface; placing the interconnection unit in the cavity with the lower adhesive surface facing away from the positioning tool; connecting the connection portion of the interconnection unit to the connection portion of the positioning tool; abutting a portion of the ear with a side of the positioning tool; moving the positioning tool, with the interconnection unit disposed therein towards the skin portion behind the ear while permitting the side of the positioning tool to slide along the portion of the ear to guide the positioning tool; adhering the lower adhesive surface to the skin portion behind the ear of the user; and removing the positioning tool from the interconnection unit without removing the interconnection unit from the skin portion.