Earpiece having V-shaped interconnection between two portions of the earpiece when inserted into the ear canal

An earpiece for an earphone comprising:

• a leading portion;
• a trailing portion;
• an operational apparatus carried by the leading portion and/or the trailing portion;
• a resilient bridge interconnecting the leading portion and trailing portion, the resilient bridge being configured to flex so that the earpiece conforms to ear canal geometry as it is received in a user ear canal and the earpiece is locatable within the ear canal, the sizes of the leading portion and trailing portion being chosen so as the leading portion and trailing portion do not block the flow of ambient noise directly through the ear canal to the tympanic membrane and the resilient bridge provides a biasing effect to bias the leading portion and/or trailing portion against the ear canal wall;
• and
• wherein the leading portion and trailing portion are arranged to meet at the resilient bridge with an acute angle therebetween to form a V-shaped body, and wherein the leading portion extends in a trailing direction from one end of the bridge, the trailing portion extends in a trailing direction from the other end of the bridge and the resilient bridge is configured to allow for relative lateral flexing movement between the leading portion and trailing portion to vary the acute angle to conform the V-shaped body to ear canal geometry.