Hearing aid with wireless remote control

A hearing aid system comprising:

• hearing aid means adapted to be disposed in the region of the ear of user for assisting the user in recognition of sound having frequencies in the normal human audible sound range, said hearing aid means including at least one adjustable component;
• wireless control means adapted to be held in the hand of said user for generating an information-containing signal corresponding to information entered by said user for adjusting said adjustable component of said hearing aid means;
• a vibrator in said wireless control means for generating an acoustic control signal including said information containing signal, said vibrator vibrating at a frequency outside of said normal human audible sound range having a contact surface adapted for contact with the skin of the user to acoustically transmit said acoustic control signal via the body of said user;
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• receiver means included in said hearing aid means for receiving said acoustic control signal after transmission through the body of said user and for converting said acoustic control signal into an electrical control signal for adjusting said adjustable component.