Patent ID: 8094848

Claim:
A hearing assistive device, comprising: a housing molded to fit in an ear of a user of the hearing assistive device, the housing including a hearing profile tag module adapted to provide setting data; and an adjustable hearing assistive module adapted to receive the setting data from the hearing profile tag module; wherein the housing and the adjustable hearing assistive module are releasably engageable so that the adjustable hearing assistive module can be readily removed from the housing and the adjustable hearing assistive module can be replaced into the housing or another adjustable hearing assistive module can be placed into the housing; and wherein the adjustable hearing assistive module comprises: a presence activation sensor adapted to activate the adjustable hearing assistive module to receive setting data from the hearing profile tag module in response to detecting a presence of the hearing profile tag module; hearing assistive circuitry adapted to receive and manipulate sound; and a controller coupled to the sensor and the hearing aid circuitry, the controller adapted to receive the setting data from the sensor and adjust the settings of the hearing aid circuitry to manipulate the sound in response to the setting data.