System and method for managing replacement parts for a hearing aid

A method for maintenance of at least one hearing aid being provided with a transceiver for establishing a short range wireless connection with an Internet enabled personal communication device acting as a gateway for said at least one hearing aid to a remote server accessible over the Internet, and comprising:

• Monitoring, in a hearing aid processor, electrical hearing aid parameters for detecting a change indicating a replacement of a hearing aid component;
• reporting the hearing aid component replacement to the remote server via the Internet enabled personal communication device;
• managing user accounts for a plurality of hearing aid users at said remote server;
• tracking the consumption of hearing aid components for the individual user account and identifying a priority item for sale;
• presenting an hearing aid control application software interface to the user at said Internet enabled personal communication device;
• displaying on the hearing aid control application software interface, a selection element associated with said priority item for sale;
• and
• sending, responsive to a user selection, a purchase instruction concerning said priority item to the remote server for recoding in the user account for execution based on user data stored in the account.

A hearing aid comprising:

• a transceiver for establishing a short range wireless connection with an Internet enabled personal communication device acting as a gateway for the hearing aid to a remote server accessible over the Internet, and
• a processor monitoring electrical hearing aid parameters for detecting a change indicating a replacement of a hearing aid component;
• and
• wherein said processor, responsive to detecting the change, via the transceiver reports the hearing aid component replacement to the remote server via the Internet enabled personal communication device.

A non-transient computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed on an Internet enabled personal communication device is adapted for:

• presenting a hearing aid control application software interface to the user at said Internet enabled personal communication device;
• retrieving a replacement notification from a hearing aid monitoring electrical hearing aid parameters for detecting a change indicating a replacement of a hearing aid component;
• uploading the replacement notification to the remote server;
• displaying on the hearing aid control application software interface, a selection element associated with a priority item for sale;
• and
• sending, responsive to a user selection, a purchase instruction concerning said priority item to the remote server for recoding in the user account for execution based on user data stored in the account.

A personal communication device being Internet enabled and being adapted for running application software, and including:

• a display for presenting a hearing aid control app interface to the user;
• a processor;
• and
• a transceiver for establishing a wireless connection with at least one hearing aid under guidance of said application software, whereby the personal communication device becomes a gateway for the hearing aid to a remote server via the Internet;
• wherein the processor is adapted
• to receive a replacement notification from a hearing aid via said transceiver and upload the replacement notification to the remote server;
• to receive a priority item for sale offer from the remote server in response to uploaded the replacement notifications and in response hereto to display the offer in the hearing aid control app interface together with a selection element associated with a priority item for sale;
• and
• to send, responsive to a user selection, a purchase instruction concerning said priority item to the remote server for recoding in an user account for execution based on user data stored in the account.