Patent ID: 7286678
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing device comprising: a digital signal processing unit having inputs and outputs; self-contained hardware units, peripheral with respect to said digital signal processing unit and operationally connected to said inputs and outputs of said digital signal processing unit; an identification unit in at least one of said peripheral self-contained hardware units, the identification unit having an output and containing identification information identifying said hardware unit; a storage unit remote from said hardware unit containing identification information identifying more than one hardware peripheral unit and having an output; a comparing unit remote from said hardware unit and having a first input, a second input, and an output, said output of said identification unit being operationally connected to the first input, and said output of said storage unit being operationally connected to the second input and a memory unit being operationally connected to the output of said comparing unit for storing the current configuration of said hearing device with respect to said peripheral self-contained hardware unit.