Patent ID: 8548181
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An ear piece for a hearing device, the ear piece comprising: an inflatable ear mold for insertion and placement in an ear canal, said inflatable ear mold having a carrier and an inflatable balloon sealingly mounted on said carrier; a receiver module having a mount on a forward end thereof for connecting said receiver module to said carrier and said balloon; said carrier having an axial bore formed along a central axis thereof, said bore forming a sound channel for conducting sound from said receiver module towards an ear drum inwardly bounding the ear canal; a radial projection formed on a wall of said axial bore and jutting at least into a center of said axial bore and intersecting said central axis, said radial projection having an opening aligned with the central axis of said axial bore, said radial projection having a bore formed therein fluidically connecting an interior inflation space of said balloon with said opening; a micro tube projecting centrally into said axial bore when said receiver and said carrier are connected, and projecting into and sealing against said opening in said radial projection, for enabling said balloon to be inflated, and optionally deflated, through said micro tube.