Patent ID: 7672468
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A method for adjusting a transmission characteristic of a hearing aid, using a data processor having a display screen and a manually operable pointer device allowing user interaction with objects displayed by the processor on the display screen, and having a data port configured to communicate with a hearing connected to the data port, said method comprising the steps of: in a first area of said display screen in a graphics user interface, displaying an object that represents a first hearing program comprising a plurality of first hearing program parameters that respectively define settings that cause a hearing aid to operate according to the first hearing program; in a second area of said display screen in said graphics user interface, displaying an object representing a second hearing program comprising second hearing program parameters that cause a hearing aid to operate according to said second hearing program; manipulating said pointer device in said first area on said display screen to select any or all of the first hearing program parameters, as selected parameters; with said pointer device, moving said object representing the first hearing program, with the selected parameters, from said first area of said display screen to said second area of said display screen; with said pointer device, causing storage of the selected parameters of said first hearing program to be stored as corresponding parameters of said second hearing program; and connecting a hearing aid to said data port and, via said data port, loading said second hearing program, with said selected parameters of said first hearing program, into said hearing aid, to produce a hearing aid set to operate with said second hearing program and said selected parameters.