Patent ID: 7110562

Claim:
An earpiece auditory device comprising: a behind-the-ear (BTE) component, said BTE component being shaped to fit behind an ear of a user, wherein said BTE component comprises a module including processing circuitry; a completely-in-canal (CIC) component, said CIC component being shaped to fit into the ear canal of the user, wherein said CIC component comprises an ear mold and a speaker, said speaker being encased in a speaker module; and a connector physically and communicatively coupling said BTE component to said CIC component, said connector having a proximal end physically and communicatively coupled to said BTE component and a distal end physically and communicatively coupled to said CIC component, said connector being sufficiently rigid so as to allow said connector to be used to insert and remove said CIC component from the ear canal of the user; wherein said speaker module is detachably physically interconnected with said ear mold, said speaker module is interconnected with said ear mold through a hollow sleeve, and said hollow sleeve is formed of resilient material.