Patent ID: 6449662
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
A hearing aid programming system comprising:a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system including a host communication interface (HCI) of a predetermined type for sending and receiving control and data signals; a hearing aid programming interface device connected to the HCI by a first interface communication interface (ICI) of the same predetermined type as the HCI, for sending and receiving control and data signals between the host computer system and the hearing aid programming interface device; the hearing aid programming interface device including at least one additional ICI of a different type than the type connecting the first ICI to the host computer system; at least one hearing aid to be programmed connected to the hearing aid programming interface device, and the program for programming the at least one hearing aid is downloaded to the hearing aid programming interface device when the hearing aid programming interface device is initially powered up. 2.The hearing aid programming system of claim 1 wherein the HCI is selected from the group consisting of PCMCIA, USB, SCSI, and IEEE 1394.