Housing for a hearing aid

A housing (1) of a hearing aid able to be inserted in a pinna, with a pinna part consisting of plastic and with a plug-like auditory canal part which on the end side comprises at least one sound exit opening and which may be inserted into the auditory canal, designed such that the sound exit opening (4) is arranged in a tube section (6) passing through the end-side (5) of the auditory canal part (3), wherein the tube section (6) is engaged over by a bow held in the walling of the auditory canal part (3), wherein the bow (11) is part of a movable cerumen protection element (10) which consists of two lateral struts (12) and a closed intermediate web (13) in a lower region below the bow (11), so that between the bow (11) and the intermediate web (13) there remains a sound transmission space (14), wherein the cerumen protection element is held guided movably up and down between two defined end positions in a cover plate (2) with a through-hole (7), so that in the lower end position which is the position of use, sound may enter between the bow (11) and the intermediate web (13) and through the through-hole (7) in the cover plate (2), whilst in the upper position which is the cleaning position, the through-hole (7) in the cover plate (2) is completely closed by way of the intermediate web (13).