Patent ID: 9154892
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. An earpiece for a hearing instrument, the earpiece comprising: a case having two case segments including a proximal case segment and a distal case segment, the two case segments being connected to one another in a sealed manner; a receiver disposed between said proximal case segment and said distal case segment, said two case segments mechanically fixing said receiver, said receiver having a receiver output aperture; channels including a sound channel and an air supply channel being separate from each other, and formed between said receiver and said case, each of said channels having a wall formed both by said receiver and by said case; a sound exit aperture coupled to said receiver output aperture of said receiver and to said sound channel; and a balloon connected to said air supply channel; and an insert disposed in said proximal case segment, through said insert said sound exit aperture is formed, and an outside of said insert jointly with said proximal case segment together form a proximal segment of said air supply channel being separate from said sound exit aperture and a wall of said proximal segment is formed both by said insert and by said proximal case segment.