Patent ID: 7507920

Claim:
A hearing aid, comprising: a source transducer to receive an input signal and to convert it into an electrical input signal; a signal processing unit to process the electrical input signal; and a load transducer to convert the processed electrical input signal into an output signal that can be perceived by a user; a user-activated control element arranged to adjust the signal processing unit, the control element having electrical contacts and including an activating wheel rotatable about a first axis, the activating wheel further responsive to a pressure force applied by the user to swivel about a second axis; a plurality of electrical components of the signal processing unit arranged on a PCB; and a flexible PCB arranged to connect at least two of the electrical contacts of the control element and of the PCB in response to at least one of the following: a rotating movement of the wheel about the first axis and a swiveling movement of the wheel about the second axis.