Patent ID: 7672823

Claim:
In a method for constructing an ITE hearing aid using an e-detailing program in which each component of the ITE hearing aid has a visually displayable virtual representation representing a physical size of that component, the improvement comprising the steps of: for each of said components, electronically determining a collision plot that is larger than the virtual representation of that component and that represents a region within which that component exerts a non-mechanical influence on other components; electronically logically linking the collision plot for a component to the virtual representation of that component; at a display, visually displaying the collision plot for a first of said components together with the visual representation for the first of said components; at said display, moving the visual representation of a second of said components with respect to the visual representation of the first of said components to identify an acceptable position of said second of said components relative to said first of said components in the ITE hearing aid; and providing a visual indication at said display of an unacceptable relative position if said virtual representation of said second of said components invades said collision plot of said first of said components.