System for programming hearing aids
DCFirst Claim
1. A hearing aid programming system comprising:
- a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system including a host communication interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals; and
a hearing aid programming interface device having a first interface communication interface (ICI) of a type compatible with the HCI, for sending and receiving control and data signals between the host computer system and the hearing aid programming interface device, the hearing aid programming interface device having at least one additional ICI of a type different than the first ICI, wherein the hearing aid programming system is configured to download the program for programming a hearing aid to the hearing aid programming interface device when the hearing aid programming interface device is initially powered up.
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Abstract
A hearing aid programming system with a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid. The host computer system includes a first communication interface for sending and receiving control and data signals. A hearing aid programming interface device is connected to the communication interface of the host computer system and includes a second communication interface for sending and receiving control and data signals. The hearing aid programming interface device also includes circuitry for electrically isolating the hearing aid to be programmed from the host computer. The first communication interface may be PCMCIA, USB, RS-232, SCSI or IEEE 1394 interfaces, which are arranged to send and receive serial data and control signals to the hearing aid programming interface device. The first communication interface may also be a wireless communications interface which wirelessly sends and receives control and data signals with the hearing aid programming interface device.
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35 Claims
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1. A hearing aid programming system comprising:
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a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system including a host communication interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals; and
a hearing aid programming interface device having a first interface communication interface (ICI) of a type compatible with the HCI, for sending and receiving control and data signals between the host computer system and the hearing aid programming interface device, the hearing aid programming interface device having at least one additional ICI of a type different than the first ICI, wherein the hearing aid programming system is configured to download the program for programming a hearing aid to the hearing aid programming interface device when the hearing aid programming interface device is initially powered up. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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7. A hearing aid programming system, comprising:
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a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system including a host communication interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals;
a hearing aid programming interface device having a communication interface compatible with the HCI for sending and receiving control and data signals between the host computer system and the hearing aid programming interface device, wherein the hearing aid programming system is configured to download the program for programming a hearing aid to the hearing aid programming interface device when the hearing aid programming interface device is initially powered up. - View Dependent Claims (6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A hearing aid programming system comprising:
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a host computer system having a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system having a host computer interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals; and
a programming interface device, the programming interface device including;
a microprocessor for programming the hearing aid;
a first communication interface coupled to the HCI to transfer control and data signals between the host computer and the microprocessor; and
a second communication interface to transfer control and data signals between the microprocessor and the hearing aid to be programmed, wherein the first communication interface is a wireless interface, and the programming interface device is adapted to receive the program during an initialization phase of the programming interface device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A hearing aid programming interface device comprising:
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a microprocessor for programming a hearing aid;
a first communication interface to transfer control and data signals between a host computer and the microprocessor; and
a second communication interface to transfer control and data signals between the microprocessor and the hearing aid to be programmed, wherein the hearing aid programming interface device is configured to receive a program upon initialization with the host computer. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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