Patent ID: 7844065
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: B33Y,H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing instrument comprising an in-the-ear-canal component adapted to be placed in a user's ear canal and further comprising a fixation means for fixing the in-the-ear-canal component in a user's ear, the fixation means comprising an outer shell shaped to fit in the user's ear canal and an in-the-ear-canal component mounting structure mechanically coupled to the outer shell and being shaped to hold the in-the-ear-canal component, wherein the in-the-ear-canal component is reversibly mountable to the fixation means, and wherein the fixation means is shaped so as to maintain a passage from an outside to an interior of the ear canal when the in-the-ear-canal component is inserted, the passage being formed by a clearance between an inner surface of the outer shell and the mounting structure or the in-the-ear-canal component, wherein the mounting structure comprises snap-in locking means for automatically locking the connection between the in-the-ear-canal component and the mounting structure when the in-the-ear-canal component is inserted in the ear canal.