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Fitting-setup for hearing device

  • US 7,283,842 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2005
  • Issued: 10/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for improving at least one self-contained hearing aid for an individual, said hearing aid having an acoustical/electrical input converter arrangement, an electrical/mechanical output converter arrangement and a signal processing unit interconnected between an output of said acoustical/electrical input converter arrangement and an input to said electrical/mechanical output converter arrangement, said method comprising at least one of optimizing fitting of said hearing aid and of updating signal processing in said processing unit byestablishing a first communication link between said hearing aid and a cell phone having an antenna and communication properties normal to a cell phone;

  • establishing a second communication link between said cell phone via said antenna to a remote data base;

    downloading by said second communication link data from said remote data base to said cell phone;

    communicating by said first communication link data which depend from said data downloaded to said hearing aid;

    performing said at least one of said optimizing and of said updating in background during said normal cell phone operation.

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