Method and apparatus for selecting right and left circuit configurations of hearing assistance devices
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorDale Splettstoeszer
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to method and apparatus for selecting right and left configurations of hearing assistance device circuits, such as battery polarity. In various applications the present subject matter is applicable to a flexible circuit in hearing assistance devices, including but not limited to hearing aids. In one example, a printed circuit board is configured during manufacture to be used in either a left or a right hearing assistance device. The printed circuit board includes a solder selectable portion to provide for selection of left or right during assembly of the hearing assistance device, according to various embodiments.
Claims20
A custom hearing aid device, comprising:
- a printed circuit board manufactured to be configured for the hearing aid device in either a left ear or a right ear of a wearer of the hearing aid device, the printed circuit board including a solder selectable portion to provide for battery polarity selection for the printed circuit board during assembly for left or right configuration of the hearing aid device, wherein the left configuration is selected via said solder selectable portion to yield an opposite battery polarity from the right configuration.
A printed circuit board manufactured to be configured for either a left custom hearing aid device or a right custom hearing aid device, the printed circuit board comprising:
- a solder selectable portion configured to provide for battery polarity selection for left or right configuration for the printed circuit board during assembly of the hearing aid device, the solder selectable portion including:
- a first portion adapted to be soldered to select a left hearing aid device;
- and a second portion adapted to be soldered to select a right hearing aid device, wherein the left configuration is selected via said solder selectable portion to yield an opposite battery polarity from the right configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.