Patent ID: 8467537

Claim:
A method of testing a hearing aid having a sound emitting portion that fits into the concha or ear canal of a user, the method including the steps of: providing an apparatus including: a body having a front end, a rear end and an intermediate portion; a passage extending in an axial direction through the body from the front end to the rear end, the passage including a hearing aid tester receiving section immediately adjacent the front end of the body for receiving a hearing aid tester within the passage and a sound emitting portion receiving section immediately adjacent the rear end of the body for receiving the sound emitting portion of a hearing aid; and a resilient surface within the passage that resiliently deforms when the sound emitting portion is received in the passage for retaining the sound emitting portion in the passage wherein the intermediate portion is configured to maintain alignment of the hearing aid tester receiving section and the sound emitting portion receiving section of the passage to thereby maintain the sound emitting portion of the hearing aid received within the sound emitting portion receiving section in a substantially predetermined orientation relative to the hearing aid tester received within the hearing aid tester receiving section; inserting the sound emitting portion in the passage; and connecting the opening near the front end to the hearing aid tester.