Hearing aid and ear mold assembly

Claim 1

THE IMPROVEMENT OF AN IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID AND EAR MOLD ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF A COMPACT HEARING AID HAVING AN EXTERNAL PORTION AND AN INTERNAL PORTION, SAID EXTERNAL PORTION ENCASING AT LEAST A MICROPHONE, AN AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND A POWER SUPPLY BATTERY, SAID INTERNAL PORTION ENCASING AT LEAST A HEARING AID RECEIVER, SAID EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PORTIONS BEING SPACED APART BUT COUPLED TO EACH OTHER BY AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE TUBE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS, SAID HEARING AID INCLUDING CONDUCTOR MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID MICROPHONE, AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, BATTERY AND RECEIVER TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE AND OPERATIVE HEARING AID CAPABLE OF AMPLIFYING SOUND RECEIVED AT THE MICROPHONE AND APPLYING THE SAME TO THE USER''S EAR FROM THE RECEIVER, THE CONDUCTOR MEANS CONNECTING THE RECEIVER TO THE REMAINDER OF THE HEARING AID BEING EXTENDED THROUGH SAID ELONGATED FLEXIBLE TUBE, AND AN EAR MOLD FORMED TO FIT INTO THE OUTER EAR OF THE WEARER, SAID EAR MOLD BEING PROVIDED WITH A RECESS SHAPED TO RECEIVE AND ENCASE SAID EXTERNAL HOUSING PORTION OF THE HEARING AID SUCH THAT THE LATTER DOES NOT PROJECT OUTWARDLY FROM THE EAR MOLD AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY CONCEALED THEREBY DURING USE, SAID EAR MOLD BEING FORMED WITH AN OPENING IN ITS INNER WALL TO PERMIT THE INTERNAL PORTION OF THE HEARING AID TO BE PASSED THERETHROUGH DURING ASSEMBLY AND TO FACILITATE DISASSEMBLY OF THE PARTS FOR REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR PURPOSES, SAID COMBINATION WHEN ASSEMBLED AND INSERTED INTO THE USER''S EAR HAVING THE INTERNAL PORTION OF THE HEARING AID POSITIONED INWARDLY OF THE EAR MOLD AND IN THE USER''S EAR CANAL.