Patent ID: 7330558

Claim:
A remote control for a hearing aid device comprising: a housing having a plurality of housing sides, with a first of said housing sides being disposed in an easily tactilely distinguishable relation to a second of said housing sides; first operating elements disposed on said first of said housing side for, upon actuation of any of said first operating elements, effecting transmission of a control signal from the housing to a hearing aid device; at least one second operating element disposed on said second of said housing sides, with actuation of said at least one second operating element causing both transmission of a signal from said housing to a hearing aid device and transmission of a signal from the hearing aid device to the housing; and an indicator generator at said housing for, dependent on said signal from said hearing aid device to said housing, generating a humanly perceptible indicator of at least one of a property of the hearing aid device, a state of the hearing aid device, and a setting of the hearing aid device.