Patent ID: 7508949

Claim:
A hearing aid programming system, comprising: (a) a hearing aid housing; (b) a faceplate attached to the hearing aid housing and having an opening for receiving a battery door and also having an outside surface; (c) a plurality of programming terminals located in the opening immediately adjacent the outside surface of the faceplate, where the distance between the outside surface of the faceplate and the programming terminals is about 0.056 inches; (d) a battery door located within the opening, one edge of the battery door defining with the opening a slot, the battery door having a hinge pivotally connected to the faceplate and the battery door being movable between an open position and a closed position; (e) a flexible programming strip having a plurality of electrodes and dimensioned to fit within the slot, the plurality of electrodes mating with the plurality of programming terminals; and (f) the battery door in the closed position pressing the electrodes against the programming terminals near the hinge to make electrical contact with the electrodes.