Fitting-anlage
First Claim
1. A fitting setup to match at least one self-contained hearing aid (1) that when worn by an individual improves the individual'"'"'s hearing, the self-contained hearing aid comprising an acoustical/electrical input converter arrangement to pick up acoustical signals from the individual'"'"'s surroundings, a signal processing unit and an output electrical/mechanical converter arrangement to transmit said acoustical signals improved to said individual wearing said self-contained hearing aid as mechanical output signals, the fitting setup comprising an input device being operationally connectable to an input of said self-contained hearing aid to controllably match the transfer characteristics and between said acoustical signals and said mechanical output signals of said output converter during a fitting operation, said input device being a cell phone.
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Abstract
A fitting setup for hearing aids (1), wherein a cell phone (1) is the input device. The cell phone is used to communicate with a server so as to change the fitting setup for the hearing aid to an optimal setting. The cell phone may also be used to communicate personalized data to the network, as well as to update resident software programs on the hearing aid.
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11 Claims
- 1. A fitting setup to match at least one self-contained hearing aid (1) that when worn by an individual improves the individual'"'"'s hearing, the self-contained hearing aid comprising an acoustical/electrical input converter arrangement to pick up acoustical signals from the individual'"'"'s surroundings, a signal processing unit and an output electrical/mechanical converter arrangement to transmit said acoustical signals improved to said individual wearing said self-contained hearing aid as mechanical output signals, the fitting setup comprising an input device being operationally connectable to an input of said self-contained hearing aid to controllably match the transfer characteristics and between said acoustical signals and said mechanical output signals of said output converter during a fitting operation, said input device being a cell phone.
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