Patent ID: 7451256

Claim:
A hearing aid programmer for programming hearing aids, the hearing aid programmer comprising: a connector having lines to receive data signals from a host computer, the connector configured to operatively couple and decouple the hearing aid programmer to and from the host computer; a memory to store hearing aid programming software operatively received from storage in the host computer; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to receive the data signals from the connector; a first interface coupled to the processor, the first interface configured to operatively couple and decouple the hearing aid programmer to and from a hearing aid, the hearing aid external to the hearing aid programmer; and a second interface to couple to a portable unit, the second interface coupled to the processor to pass control signals from the portable unit to the processor arranged to utilize the control signals to download the hearing aid programming software to the portable unit, the portable unit being configured to program the hearing aid, the portable unit separate from the hearing aid programmer and separate from the hearing aid.