departing from the scope of the present invention fig1 shows a hearing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention and designated in entirety by reference numeral 10 the hearing device 10 comprises a bte unit 12 converting sound recorded at the bte unit 12 and processing said sound in accordance with a particular hearing loss a connector 14 for communicating an electric processed signal to an earpiece 16 the earpiece 16 is adapted to be inserted into an ear canal of a user and converts the electric processed signal back in to sound pressure fig2 shows an exploded view of the earpiece 16 and part of the connector 14 described with reference to fig1 the earpiece 16 comprises a speaker 20 connected to the connector 14 which speaker 20 is adapted to convert electrical signals representing processed sound into a sound pressure to be provided in the ear canal of the user of the hearing device the speaker 20 may advantageously comprise an o ring 22 for providing a tight fit between the speaker 20 and a canal element 24 the canal element 24 is to be inserted into the outer part of the ear canal of the user of the hearing device 10 the canal element 24 comprises a proximal surface 26 which faces towards the bte unit 12 and a distal surface 28 which faces towards the tympanic member when the earpiece 16 is placed in the ear canal the speaker 20 comprises a circumferential ridge section 30 which is adapted to snap into engagement with the snapping element 32 thereby maintaining the speaker 20 in the canal element 24 in an axially fixed position within a bore 34 of the canal element 24 while.