Patent ID: 7684579

Claim:
A hearing device comprising: a first component ( 10 ) with a housing ( 11 ) comprising at least one electronic module, said housing being adapted to be carried outside of or at the human body; a second component ( 20 ) to be inserted either partially or fully into an ear canal of the human body, said second component ( 20 ) comprising a shell ( 21 ) and a faceplate ( 22 ) having a bore ( 29 ′); a connecting means connecting both mechanically and electrically said first component ( 10 ) and said second component ( 20 ), said connecting means comprising a tube ( 30 ) with electric wire ( 38 ) arranged within the tube ( 30 ) and two fasteners ( 31 , 32 ) arranged at each end of said tube ( 30 ); a covering plate ( 25 ) including a first laterally protruding eye and a second laterally protruding eye; and a pin ( 29 ); a first fastener ( 31 ) of said two fasteners ( 31 , 32 ), being adapted to detachably connect said second component ( 20 ) with said connecting means, comprising a receiving housing or compartment, adapted to contain at least a part of a receiver ( 23 ) to be placed within said second component ( 20 ); wherein the covering plate ( 25 ) covers a back end of the first fastener ( 31 ) while the first fastener ( 31 ) is in an inserted state within the second component ( 20 ), and wherein the pin ( 29 ) is insertable through the bore ( 29 ′) of the faceplate ( 22 ) and through both of the first laterally protruding eye and the second laterally protruding eye of the covering plate ( 25 ) thereby holding the first fastener ( 31 ) in the inserted state within the second component ( 20 ).