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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Sonova Ag, Staefa, CH;
Marius Ruefenacht, Volketswil, CH;
Fethi Cherigui, Adliswil, CH;
Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary hearing device includes an interface assembly comprising a plurality of contacts and a processor coupled to the contacts. The processor is configured to configure, while a receiver assembly is connected to the interface assembly, the contacts to serve as output contacts; output, based on the configuring, audio signals to the receiver assembly by way of the contacts; detect that a device has been connected to the interface assembly in place of the receiver assembly; measure, in response to the detecting, a direct current resistance (DCR) of the device; determine, based on the DCR, that the device is a programming device; reconfigure, in response to determining that the device is the programming device, the contacts to serve as input contacts; and receive, based on the reconfiguring of the contacts to serve as input contacts, programming instructions from the programming device by way of the contacts.