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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Ach-Kowalewski, Effeltich, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381314 ; 381312 ; 381320 ; 381321 ;
Abstract
A programmable hearing aid has functional parts provided in the housing, such as a microphone, an amplifier circuit, an earphone, a current source, and a socket with electrical contacts, into which a plug of an external programming unit can be inserted. In addition, the hearing aid comprises an audio signal processing unit, so that during the programming of the hearing aid the audio signal processing unit can be simultaneously adjusted.