A HEARING PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

A hearing device including a foam, a foam insertable portion, a component, a nd a foam handle portion, and amethod of forming the same. the component is nestable with and bondable with the foam such that the component is at least partially within the foam insertable portion and the foam handle portion. Th e hearing protective device includes earplugs attached to a flexible cord, und er- the-chin element, or headband. A method of making a hearing protective devic e including disposing a component into a mold, introducing a foam or foamable mixture into the mold, causing the foam to rise such that the component is nested within the bonded with the foam.