Patent ID: 9654888
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A hearing device, comprising: a housing having an internal chamber, the internal chamber having a distal opening in a distally-facing surface of the housing, the distal opening configured to face away from an ear canal of a user; an ear canal stem extending proximally from the housing and configured to be inserted into the ear canal of the user; a button having a stem and a base engagement portion, the stem extending through the distal opening opposite the ear canal stem, the base engagement portion configured to translate within the internal chamber of the housing between a distal position wherein an air passage through the distal opening, internal chamber, and ear canal stem is closed and a proximal position wherein the air passage through the distal opening, internal chamber, and ear canal stem is open, the air passage at least partially extending through the distal opening between the ear canal stem and the distal opening.