Protection element for all-in-the-ear hearing aid

Protection element for the sound conduction channel on an all-in-the-ear hearing aid with a hearing aid housing arranged to suit the user's auditory canal and comprising an exchangeable filter element which prevents dirt, earwax and the like from penetrating the hearing aid's sound conduction opening, and where a sound conduction tube is provided inside the sound conduction opening, and has a free end with an annular flange for the snapping-on of the filter element which is provided with an annular collar arranged to engage with the sound conduction tube's flange, and the said filter element having at least one sharp area arranged for the removal of the filter element, and wherein the filter element comprises an annular, cylindrical part in a substantially circular masking part and a number of bridge parts between said parts, all of which are configured as a one-piece unit, and in such a way as to form a number of sound openings which extend substantially at right angles to the axial direction of the sound conduction rube when the filter element is mounted on the tube.