Patent ID: 8903113

Claim:
A hearing device, comprising: an inflatable balloon sealingly mounted on a carrier, said carrier and said balloon forming a unit configured for insertion into an auditory canal of a hearing device user; a receiver module for generating an audible sound signal to be delivered in the auditory canal; a pressure source fluidically connected through said carrier to an interior space of said inflatable balloon for selectively inflating said balloon; and an intake opening connected to said pressure source and enabling aspiration of a pressure medium by said pressure source, wherein said intake opening is disposed inside a housing and said housing is formed with an inlet for aspiration of the pressure medium from outside the auditory canal of the hearing device user; wherein said housing is a housing of a behind-the-ear hearing device and said pressure source is disposed in said housing; a flexible tube connecting said housing to said carrier and said balloon, said flexible tube forming a supply tube from said pressure source disposed in said housing or a pressure supply tube extending inside said flexible tube between said pressure source and said carrier.