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AssigneePhonak AG
InventorsHans-Ueli Roeck, Ivo Hasler, Philip Schneider, Stefan Launer
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The hearing device system having at least one hearing device includes an input transducer for receiving incoming acoustical sound and converting the incoming acoustical sound into audio-representing signals; an output transducer for converting audio-representing signals obtained from the incoming acoustical sound into signals to be perceived by a user of the hearing device; and a transmitter for transmitting audio-representing signals obtained from the incoming acoustical sound to a long-range communication network. The method for maintaining a hearing device system includes the steps of receiving in the hearing device an incoming acoustical sound; converting in the hearing device the incoming acoustical sound into audio-representing signals; and transmitting the audio-representing signals from the hearing device to a long-range communication network. The audio-representing signals may be received by a hearing device support provider.
Hearing device system comprising at least one hearing device, said system comprising:
Hearing device system comprising at least one hearing device, said system comprising:
Method for maintaining a hearing device system comprising at least one hearing device, said method comprising the steps of:
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Using an external connection, either wireless or wired: remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency
Using an external connection, either wireless or wired: using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
Electric hearing aids: adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting
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The invention relates to a hearing device system comprising at least one hearing device and to a system and a method for maintaining—and in particular fitting—a hearing device and a hearing device system, respectively. The hearing device can be a hearing aid, which is in full or in part worn in or near the ear or implanted, a headphone, an earphone, a hearing protection device, a communication device or the like.
Hearing devices, e.g., hearing aids, need, like other devices, some maintenance. E.g., when the user of the hearing device realizes that a problem or failure of the hearing device occurred, or when the user is dissatisfied with the hearing device's performance, he usually will sooner or later contact his audiologist or the hearing device seller and arrange a meeting, at which the two meet.
From WO 01/54458 A2 hearing systems and corresponding methods are known, which involve mobile communication devices in fitting, programming or upgrading said hearing systems.
Below, the invention is described in more detail by means of examples and the included drawings. The figures show:
FIG. 1 a schematic diagram of a hearing device maintenance system;
FIG. 2 a schematic illustration of a hearing device maintenance system;
The reference symbols used in the figures and their meaning are summarized in the list of reference symbols. Generally, alike or alike-functioning parts are given the same reference symbols. The described embodiments are meant as examples and shall not confine the invention.
FIG. 1 shows a a schematic diagram of a hearing device maintenance system 1. The hearing device maintenance system 1 comprises a hearing device system 10, a communication connection 2 functionally connected to the hearing device system 10, and a receiver 3, which is also functionally connected to the communication connection 2.
The hearing device system 10 comprises an input transducer 13, e.g., a microphone, a signal processor 15, e.g., a digital signal processor (DSP), an output transducer 14, e.g., a loudspeaker, and a transmitter (TR) 18. It may also comprise a controller 16, embodied in hardware and/or in software. The controller controls the way of functioning of various parts of the hearing device system 10, in particular of the DSP 15 and the transducer 18.