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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Herbert Bachler, Meilen, CH;
Christian Berg, Uerikon, CH;
Inventors:
Herbert Bachler, Meilen, CH;
Christian Berg, Uerikon, CH;
Assignee:
Phonak AG, Stafa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hearing aid fitted with a central processing unit () having peripherals (E,A) connected to its input and output respectively. Each peripheral includes an identification unit () having an the output connected to a first input of a comparator (). A second input of the comparator is connected to a read-only identification memory () containing identification features of the peripherals. An output of the comparator drives a configuration memory (). As a result, the hearing aid self-identifies its current configuration based on the identification of the peripherals.