Portable system for programming hearing aids
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Abstract
A hearing aid programming system with a host computer for providing at least one hearing aid program and having at least one personal computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) defined port in combination with a PCMCIA card inserted in the port and arranged for interacting with the host computer for controlling programming of a hearing aid. The host computer provides power and ground to the PCMCIA card and provides for downloading the hearing aid programming software to the PCMCIA card upon initialization. A microprocessor on the PCMCIA card executes the programming software. A portable programming arrangement utilizes a portable multiprogram unit to store one or more hearing aid programs which may be downloaded from the host computer. The portable multiprogram unit includes a wireless interconnection for transmitting selected ones of the programs to hearing aids to be programmed.
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42 Claims
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1-27. -27. (canceled)
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28. A hearing aid programmer comprising:
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a connector having lines to receive power and data signals from a host computer;
memory to store hearing aid programming software from the host computer;
a processor coupled to the memory; and
an interface to couple the processor to a hearing aid, wherein the processor in conjunction with the hearing aid programming software is configured to interact with the hearing aid to determine signals to apply to the hearing aid. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An system for programming hearing aids, the apparatus comprising:
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a connection having lines to receive power and data signals from a host computer;
a processor to interact with the host computer;
an interface; and
a portable unit that communicates with the processor through the interface, the portable unit having memory to store a program to program a hearing aid. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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