EP1809071A2 - Hearing device with an electrical operating element integrated in a cover - Google Patents

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EP1809071A2
EP1809071A2 EP06125260A EP06125260A EP1809071A2 EP 1809071 A2 EP1809071 A2 EP 1809071A2 EP 06125260 A EP06125260 A EP 06125260A EP 06125260 A EP06125260 A EP 06125260A EP 1809071 A2 EP1809071 A2 EP 1809071A2
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Beng Hai Tan
Wai Kit David Ho
Wee Haw Koo
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/61—Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements, e.g. functioning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements

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  • the present invention relates to a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, having a programming connection for connecting the hearing device to a programming device and a cover for covering the programming connection.
  • Hearing aids, headsets and other hearing aids are often programmable via a programming interface with a programmer. Therefore, a programming socket is usually provided on the part of the hearing device, with which the programming device can be connected to the hearing device by cable.
  • the contacts of a programming jack are relatively small and therefore sensitive. In addition, it makes sense to protect the contacts of a programming socket from soiling and other environmental influences. For this reason, a programming jack is usually covered with a cap.
  • a BTE hearing aid (behind-the-ear hearing aid) is known in which a compartment for receiving the switching element is provided for easy installation and retrofitting of a switch, in particular a situation switch, in the banana-shaped curved outer end wall of the hearing aid frame. Trained as a flat component switch element is inserted into the drawer-shaped compartment and contacted with its electrical connections with laid in the frame connections of the amplifier circuit.
  • the frame can be covered in the region of the switching element by a housing cover, which has a holder for an actuating element of the probe head.
  • the document describes DE 296 02 921 U1 a BTE hearing aid with a hearing aid components receiving, banana-shaped housing having a pivotable flap on its convex curved outer surface.
  • This flap forms a housing cover for at least one coverable hearing device component and at the same time has at least one holder with a recess for a control element.
  • the object of the present invention is to further reduce a hearing device or a hearing device.
  • a hearing device in particular a hearing device, having a programming connection for connecting the hearing device to a programming device and a cover for covering the programming connection, wherein an electrical operating device for controlling the hearing device is integrated in the cover.
  • the programming port is a programming socket. This makes it possible to make a hearing device with a standard connection more compact.
  • the hearing device according to the invention may comprise a switch as an electrical operating device.
  • this switch can be a button. Since switches occupy a relatively large area on the hearing aid, the advantage according to the invention is particularly significant that the area occupied by the programming terminal is used twice.
  • the electrical operating device may comprise an actuating element.
  • this control element can be used as a volume control or program controller use.
  • control elements usually require a high surface area on the hearing aid, so that a high space saving can be achieved as in a switch, if this control element is integrated into the cover.
  • the cover of the programming terminal may be pivotally mounted on the housing of the hearing device.
  • the cover and the actuating element are mounted by a common bearing element on the housing of the hearing device.
  • the common bearing element may be a bolt. Also by this multi-functionality of the bearing element can be achieved space and weight savings.
  • the cover of the programming terminal having an insertion opening into which an electrical module of the operating device can be inserted.
  • This makes it possible to realize a sufficient fixation of the electronic part of the operating device.
  • the bearing element for. As the bolt protects the electronic module from accidentally slipping out of the cover.
  • FIG 1 shows a perspective view of a cover 1 of a programming socket of a hearing aid, not shown.
  • the cover 1 is pivotally mounted on a bearing pin 2.
  • the programming socket is then below the cover 1. So that the cover can be fixed in a covering state, it has on the opposite side of the bearing bores 3 a groove 4.
  • a snap element of the hearing aid housing releasably engage ,
  • the cover has a lower web 5 and an upper web 6.
  • the upper web 6 has a U-shaped recess 7.
  • the two plate-shaped webs 5 and 6 are spaced from each other so that a mass-produced probe module 8 can be inserted therebetween.
  • This probe module 8 has an actuating surface 9, which is accessible via the recess 7 of the cover 1 from above.
  • An electrical connection of the stylus module 8 to a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is not shown in FIG.
  • the bearing pin 2 can be inserted into the bearing bores 3. The bearing pin 2 then prevents the probe module 8 from sliding out of the insertion opening, which is formed by the two webs 5 and 6, unintentionally.
  • the bearing pin 2 thus represents a rear stop for the probe module 8.
  • the actuator 10 has a nose 12 which is vertically movable in the groove 11 extending into the recess 11 a predetermined distance.
  • the actuator 10 has a bearing bore 13.
  • the actuating surface 9 of the stylus module 8 is designed resiliently, so that the actuating element 10 after actuation, d. H. depressing, being reset.
  • the actuating element 10 has a pin, not shown in FIG 1, which presses through the recess 7 on the actuating surface 9 of the probe module 8.
  • the cover 1 has the shape shown in FIG 2.
  • the actuator 10 can be stored on the bearing pin 2 depress.
  • the bearing pin 2 protrudes in its axial direction slightly beyond the edge of the cover 1, so that it can be stored in a corresponding recess or bore in a hearing aid housing.
  • the actuating element 10 with the aid of the bolt 2 on the cover 1 and the cover itself is also mounted with the aid of the bolt 2 on the hearing aid housing.
  • This integration not only reduces the manufacturing time of the hearing device, but it is also an increased Automation of production possible.
  • overall space is saved and by the multifunctional component, a module is provided, which can be configured depending on the needs with different switches or points.

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The device has a programming connection provided for connecting the device to a programming device, where the connection is a programming socket. A covering (1) is supported at a bearing bolt (2) in a pivotable manner, and provided for covering the connection. An electrical pushbutton module (8) for controlling the hearing device is integrated into the covering. The module has an operating unit (10) that is supported at the covering in a pivotable manner, and the covering has an insertion opening.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Hörvorrichtung, insbesondere ein Hörgerät, mit einem Programmieranschluss zum Anschließen der Hörvorrichtung an ein Programmiergerät und eine Abdeckung zum Abdecken des Programmieranschlusses.The present invention relates to a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, having a programming connection for connecting the hearing device to a programming device and a cover for covering the programming connection.

Hörgeräte, Headsets und andere Hörvorrichtungen sind häufig über eine Programmierschnittstelle mit einem Programmiergerät programmierbar. Seitens der Hörvorrichtung ist daher in der Regel eine Programmierbuchse vorgesehen, mit der das Programmiergerät an die Hörvorrichtung per Kabel angeschlossen werden kann.Hearing aids, headsets and other hearing aids are often programmable via a programming interface with a programmer. Therefore, a programming socket is usually provided on the part of the hearing device, with which the programming device can be connected to the hearing device by cable.

Die Kontakte einer Programmierbuchse sind verhältnismäßig klein und daher entsprechend empfindlich. Außerdem ist es sinnvoll, die Kontakte einer Programmierbuchse vor Verschmutzungen und anderen Umwelteinflüssen zu schützen. Aus diesem Grund ist eine Programmierbuchse in der Regel mit einer Kappe abgedeckt.The contacts of a programming jack are relatively small and therefore sensitive. In addition, it makes sense to protect the contacts of a programming socket from soiling and other environmental influences. For this reason, a programming jack is usually covered with a cap.

Aus der Druckschrift DE 195 14 360 C1 ist ein HdO-Hörgerät (Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgerät) bekannt, bei dem für die einfache Montage und Nachrüstung eines Schalters, insbesondere eines Situationsumschalters, in der bananenförmig gekrümmten äußeren Stirnwand des Hörgeräterahmens ein Fach zur Aufnahme des Schaltelements vorgesehen ist. Das als Flachbauelement ausgebildete Schalterelement ist in das schubladenförmige Fach einschiebbar und mit seinen elektrischen Anschlüssen mit im Rahmenfach verlegten Anschlüssen des Verstärkerschaltkreises kontaktierbar. Der Rahmen ist im Bereich des Schaltelements durch eine Gehäuseblende abdeckbar, welche eine Halterung für ein Betätigungselement des Tastkopfes aufweist.From the publication DE 195 14 360 C1 is a BTE hearing aid (behind-the-ear hearing aid) is known in which a compartment for receiving the switching element is provided for easy installation and retrofitting of a switch, in particular a situation switch, in the banana-shaped curved outer end wall of the hearing aid frame. Trained as a flat component switch element is inserted into the drawer-shaped compartment and contacted with its electrical connections with laid in the frame connections of the amplifier circuit. The frame can be covered in the region of the switching element by a housing cover, which has a holder for an actuating element of the probe head.

Darüber hinaus beschreibt die Druckschrift DE 296 02 921 U1 ein HdO-Hörgerät mit einem die Hörgerätebauteile aufnehmenden, bananenförmigen Gehäuse, das auf seiner konvex gekrümmten Außenfläche eine schwenkbare Klappe aufweist. Diese Klappe bildet eine Gehäuseblende für wenigstens ein abdeckbares Hörgerätebauteil und besitzt zugleich wenigstens eine Halterung mit einer Aussparung für ein Bedienelement.In addition, the document describes DE 296 02 921 U1 a BTE hearing aid with a hearing aid components receiving, banana-shaped housing having a pivotable flap on its convex curved outer surface. This flap forms a housing cover for at least one coverable hearing device component and at the same time has at least one holder with a recess for a control element.

Ferner ist aus der Patentschrift DE 42 33 813 C1 ein programmierbares Hörhilfegerät bekannt, bei dem eine platzsparende Anordnung der Schalterelemente dadurch erreicht wird, dass eine Programmierbuchse, die sich am Gehäuse des Hörhilfegeräts befindet, auch zur Aufnahme wenigstens eines Schaltelements verwendbar ist.Furthermore, from the patent DE 42 33 813 C1 a programmable hearing aid known, in which a space-saving arrangement of the switch elements is achieved in that a programming socket, which is located on the housing of the hearing aid, also for receiving at least one switching element is used.

Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht darin, eine Hörvorrichtung bzw. ein Hörgerät weiter zu verkleinern.The object of the present invention is to further reduce a hearing device or a hearing device.

Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe gelöst durch eine Hörvorrichtung, insbesondere ein Hörgerät, mit einem Programmieranschluss zum Anschließen der Hörvorrichtung an ein Programmiergerät und einer Abdeckung zum Abdecken des Programmieranschlusses, wobei eine elektrische Bedieneinrichtung zum Steuern der Hörvorrichtung in die Abdeckung integriert ist.According to the invention, this object is achieved by a hearing device, in particular a hearing device, having a programming connection for connecting the hearing device to a programming device and a cover for covering the programming connection, wherein an electrical operating device for controlling the hearing device is integrated in the cover.

In vorteilhafter Weise wird durch die Integration der elektrischen Bedieneinrichtung in die Abdeckung Bauraum eingespart, so dass die Hörvorrichtung insgesamt kleiner gestaltet werden kann.Advantageously, space is saved by the integration of the electrical operating device in the cover, so that the hearing device can be made smaller overall.

Vorzugsweise handelt es sich bei dem Programmieranschluss um eine Programmierbuchse. Damit ist es möglich, eine Hörvorrichtung mit einem Standardanschluss kompakter zu gestalten.Preferably, the programming port is a programming socket. This makes it possible to make a hearing device with a standard connection more compact.

Entsprechend einer bevorzugten Ausgestaltung kann die erfindungsgemäße Hörvorrichtung als elektrische Bedieneinrichtung einen Schalter umfassen. Insbesondere kann dieser Schalter ein Taster sein. Da Schalter eine verhältnismäßig große Fläche am Hörgerät einnehmen, kommt der erfindungsgemäße Vorteil besonders zum Tragen, dass die vom Programmieranschluss eingenommene Fläche doppelt genutzt wird.According to a preferred embodiment, the hearing device according to the invention may comprise a switch as an electrical operating device. In particular, this switch can be a button. Since switches occupy a relatively large area on the hearing aid, the advantage according to the invention is particularly significant that the area occupied by the programming terminal is used twice.

Alternativ oder zusätzlich kann die elektrische Bedieneinrichtung ein Stellelement umfassen. Beispielsweise kann dieses Stellelement als Lautstärkesteller oder Programmsteller Verwendung finden. Auch derartige Stellelemente bedürfen in der Regel einer hohen Fläche auf dem Hörgerät, so dass wie bei einem Schalter eine hohe Platzeinsparung erzielt werden kann, wenn dieses Stellelement in die Abdeckung integriert ist.Alternatively or additionally, the electrical operating device may comprise an actuating element. For example, this control element can be used as a volume control or program controller use. Also, such control elements usually require a high surface area on the hearing aid, so that a high space saving can be achieved as in a switch, if this control element is integrated into the cover.

Bei einer speziellen Ausführungsform kann die Abdeckung des Programmieranschlusses an dem Gehäuse der Hörvorrichtung schwenkbar gelagert sein. Besonders bevorzugt hierbei ist, wenn die Abdeckung und das Betätigungselement durch ein gemeinsames Lagerelement an dem Gehäuse der Hörvorrichtung gelagert sind. Hierbei kann das gemeinsame Lagerelement ein Bolzen sein. Auch durch diese Multifunktionalität des Lagerelements lassen sich Platz- und Gewichtseinsparungen erzielen.In a specific embodiment, the cover of the programming terminal may be pivotally mounted on the housing of the hearing device. Particularly preferred here is when the cover and the actuating element are mounted by a common bearing element on the housing of the hearing device. Here, the common bearing element may be a bolt. Also by this multi-functionality of the bearing element can be achieved space and weight savings.

Darüber hinaus kann die Abdeckung des Programmieranschlusses eine Einschuböffnung aufweisen, in die ein elektrisches Modul der Bedieneinrichtung einschiebbar ist. Hierdurch lässt sich eine ausreichende Fixierung des elektronischen Teils der Bedieneinrichtung realisieren. Insbesondere ist es günstig, wenn das Lagerelement, z. B. der Bolzen, das Elektronikmodul vor einem unbeabsichtigten Herausgleiten aus der Abdeckung schützt.In addition, the cover of the programming terminal having an insertion opening into which an electrical module of the operating device can be inserted. This makes it possible to realize a sufficient fixation of the electronic part of the operating device. In particular, it is advantageous if the bearing element, for. As the bolt protects the electronic module from accidentally slipping out of the cover.

Die vorliegende Anmeldung wird nun anhand der beigefügten Zeichnungen näher erläutert, in denen zeigen:

FIG 1
eine Explosionsansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Abdeckung mit integriertem Taster und
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die Abdeckung von FIG 1 im zusammengebauten Zustand.
The present application will now be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1
an exploded view of a cover according to the invention with integrated button and
FIG. 2
the cover of FIG 1 in the assembled state.

Das nachfolgend näher geschilderte Ausführungsbeispiel stellt eine bevorzugte Ausführungsform der vorliegenden Erfindung dar.The embodiment described in more detail below represents a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG 1 ist in perspektivischer Ansicht eine Abdeckung 1 einer Programmierbuchse eines nicht dargestellten Hörgeräts wiedergegeben. Die Abdeckung 1 ist schwenkbar an einem Lagerbolzen 2 gelagert. Bezogen auf das Bild von FIG 1 liegt die Programmierbuchse dann unterhalb der Abdeckung 1. Damit die Abdeckung in einem Abdeckzustand fixiert werden kann, besitzt sie an der den Lagerbohrungen 3 gegenüberliegenden Seite eine Nut 4. In diese Nut 4 kann ein Schnappelement des Hörgerätegehäuses lösbar einrasten.1 shows a perspective view of a cover 1 of a programming socket of a hearing aid, not shown. The cover 1 is pivotally mounted on a bearing pin 2. Referring to the image of FIG 1, the programming socket is then below the cover 1. So that the cover can be fixed in a covering state, it has on the opposite side of the bearing bores 3 a groove 4. In this groove 4, a snap element of the hearing aid housing releasably engage ,

Im Inneren weist die Abdeckung einen unteren Steg 5 und einen oberen Steg 6 auf. Der obere Steg 6 besitzt eine U-förmige Aussparung 7. Die beiden plattenförmigen Stege 5 und 6 sind voneinander derart beabstandet, dass ein serienmäßig gefertigtes Tastermodul 8 dazwischen eingeschoben werden kann. Dieses Tastermodul 8 besitzt eine Betätigungsfläche 9, die über die Aussparung 7 der Abdeckung 1 von oben zugänglich ist. Eine elektrische Verbindung des Tastermoduls 8 zu einem PCB (Printed Circuit Board) ist in FIG 1 nicht dargestellt.Inside, the cover has a lower web 5 and an upper web 6. The upper web 6 has a U-shaped recess 7. The two plate-shaped webs 5 and 6 are spaced from each other so that a mass-produced probe module 8 can be inserted therebetween. This probe module 8 has an actuating surface 9, which is accessible via the recess 7 of the cover 1 from above. An electrical connection of the stylus module 8 to a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is not shown in FIG.

Nachdem das Tastermodul 8 in die Abdeckung 1 geschoben ist, kann der Lagerbolzen 2 in die Lagerbohrungen 3 eingeführt werden. Der Lagerbolzen 2 verhindert dann, dass das Tastermodul 8 aus der Einschuböffnung, die durch die beiden Stege 5 und 6 gebildet ist, unbeabsichtigt herausgleitet. Der Lagerbolzen 2 stellt also für das Tastermodul 8 einen rückwärtigen Anschlag dar.After the probe module 8 is pushed into the cover 1, the bearing pin 2 can be inserted into the bearing bores 3. The bearing pin 2 then prevents the probe module 8 from sliding out of the insertion opening, which is formed by the two webs 5 and 6, unintentionally. The bearing pin 2 thus represents a rear stop for the probe module 8.

Bevor jedoch der Lagerbolzen 2 tatsächlich in die Lagerbohrungen 3 der Abdeckung 1 eingeschoben wird, wird noch ein Betätigungselement 10 in eine entsprechende Aussparung 11 der Abdeckung 1 gelegt. Das Betätigungselement 10 besitzt eine Nase 12, die in der in die Aussparung 11 reichenden Nut 4 vertikal einen vorbestimmten Weg bewegbar ist. An der der Nase 12 gegenüberliegenden Seite besitzt das Betätigungselement 10 eine Lagerbohrung 13. Beim Einführen des Lagerbolzens 2 in die Lagerbohrungen 3 der Abdeckung 1 wird der Lagerbolzen 2 also gleichzeitig durch die Lagerbohrung 13 des Bedienelements 10 geführt.However, before the bearing pin 2 is actually inserted into the bearing bores 3 of the cover 1, an actuating element 10 is still in a corresponding recess 11 of Cover 1 is laid. The actuator 10 has a nose 12 which is vertically movable in the groove 11 extending into the recess 11 a predetermined distance. On the opposite side of the nose 12, the actuator 10 has a bearing bore 13. When inserting the bearing pin 2 in the bearing bores 3 of the cover 1, the bearing pin 2 is thus simultaneously guided by the bearing bore 13 of the control element 10.

Die Betätigungsfläche 9 des Tastermoduls 8 ist federnd ausgestaltet, so dass das Betätigungselement 10 nach dem Betätigen, d. h. dem Niederdrücken, zurückgestellt wird. Hierzu besitzt das Betätigungselement 10 einen in FIG 1 nicht dargestellten Stift, der durch die Aussparung 7 auf die Betätigungsfläche 9 des Tastermoduls 8 drückt.The actuating surface 9 of the stylus module 8 is designed resiliently, so that the actuating element 10 after actuation, d. H. depressing, being reset. For this purpose, the actuating element 10 has a pin, not shown in FIG 1, which presses through the recess 7 on the actuating surface 9 of the probe module 8.

Im komplett montierten Zustand besitzt die Abdeckung 1 die in FIG 2 wiedergegebene Gestalt. Das Betätigungselement 10 lässt sich gelagert an dem Lagerbolzen 2 niederdrücken. Der Lagerbolzen 2 ragt in seiner axialen Richtung etwas über den Rand der Abdeckung 1 hinaus, so dass er in einer entsprechenden Aussparung oder Bohrung in einem Hörgerätegehäuse gelagert werden kann. Dadurch ist das Betätigungselement 10 mit Hilfe des Bolzens 2 an der Abdeckung 1 und die Abdeckung selbst ebenfalls mit Hilfe des Bolzens 2 an dem Hörgerätegehäuse gelagert.In the fully assembled state, the cover 1 has the shape shown in FIG 2. The actuator 10 can be stored on the bearing pin 2 depress. The bearing pin 2 protrudes in its axial direction slightly beyond the edge of the cover 1, so that it can be stored in a corresponding recess or bore in a hearing aid housing. As a result, the actuating element 10 with the aid of the bolt 2 on the cover 1 and the cover itself is also mounted with the aid of the bolt 2 on the hearing aid housing.

In der erfindungsgemäßen Abdeckung ist somit eine Integration mehrerer Funktionalitäten in einer einzigen Komponente realisiert. Neben der Abdeckfunktionalität ist in der Komponente also auch eine Schalt- oder Stellfunktionalität realisiert. Hierzu wird gegebenenfalls anstelle des Tasters oder zusätzlich zu diesem ein Stellelement, z. B. ein Programmsteller oder ein veränderbarer Widerstand, in die Abdeckung integriert.In the cover according to the invention thus an integration of multiple functionalities is realized in a single component. In addition to the masking functionality, a switching or positioning functionality is also implemented in the component. For this purpose, if necessary, instead of the button or in addition to this an actuating element, for. As a programmer or a variable resistor, integrated in the cover.

Durch diese Integration wird nicht nur die Herstellungszeit der Hörvorrichtung reduziert, sondern es ist auch eine erhöhte Automatisierung der Herstellung möglich. Darüber hinaus wird insgesamt Bauraum eingespart und durch die multifunktionale Komponente wird ein Modul bereitgestellt, das abhängig von den Bedürfnissen mit unterschiedlichen Schaltern oder Stellen ausgestaltet sein kann.This integration not only reduces the manufacturing time of the hearing device, but it is also an increased Automation of production possible. In addition, overall space is saved and by the multifunctional component, a module is provided, which can be configured depending on the needs with different switches or points.

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Hörvorrichtung mit - einem Programmieranschluss zum Anschließen der Hörvorrichtung an ein Programmiergerät und - einer Abdeckung (1) zum Abdecken des Programmieranschlusses, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass - eine elektrische Bedieneinrichtung (8) zum Steuern der Hörvorrichtung in die Abdeckung integriert ist. Hearing device with a programming port for connecting the hearing device to a programming device and a cover (1) for covering the programming terminal, characterized in that - An electrical control device (8) for controlling the hearing device is integrated in the cover. Hörvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Programmieranschluss eine Programmierbuchse ist.Hearing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the programming terminal is a programming socket. Hörvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die elektrische Bedieneinrichtung (8) einen Schalter umfasst.Hearing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electrical operating device (8) comprises a switch. Hörvorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, wobei der Schalter ein Taster ist.Hearing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the switch is a button. Hörvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die elektrische Bedieneinrichtung ein Stellelement umfasst.Hearing apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the electrical operating device comprises an actuating element. Hörvorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei das Stellelement ein Lautstärkesteller oder ein Programmsteller ist.Hearing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the adjusting element is a volume control or a programmer. Hörvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Abdeckung (1) an dem Gehäuse der Hörvorrichtung schwenkbar gelagert ist.Hearing apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cover (1) is pivotally mounted on the housing of the hearing device. Hörvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Bedieneinrichtung (8) ein Betätigungselement (10) aufweist, das an der Abdeckung (1) schwenkbar gelagert ist.Hearing apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the operating device (8) has an actuating element (10) which is pivotally mounted on the cover (1). Hörvorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, wobei die Abdeckung (1) und das Betätigungselement (10) durch ein gemeinsames Lagerelement (2) an dem Gehäuse der Hörvorrichtung gelagert sind.Hearing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the cover (1) and the actuating element (10) by a common bearing element (2) are mounted on the housing of the hearing device. Hörvorrichtung nach Anspruch 9, wobei das gemeinsame Lagerelement (2) ein Bolzen ist.Hearing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the common bearing element (2) is a bolt. Hörvorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Abdeckung (1) eine Einschuböffnung aufweist, in die ein elektrisches Modul der Bedieneinrichtung (8) einschiebbar ist.Hearing apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cover (1) has an insertion opening into which an electrical module of the operating device (8) can be inserted.
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