EP1883274B1 - Aide auditive dotée d'un récepteur d'identification à radiofréquence destinée à la commutation d'une caractéristique de transfert - Google Patents

Aide auditive dotée d'un récepteur d'identification à radiofréquence destinée à la commutation d'une caractéristique de transfert Download PDF

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EP1883274B1
EP1883274B1 EP07112128A EP07112128A EP1883274B1 EP 1883274 B1 EP1883274 B1 EP 1883274B1 EP 07112128 A EP07112128 A EP 07112128A EP 07112128 A EP07112128 A EP 07112128A EP 1883274 B1 EP1883274 B1 EP 1883274B1
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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
    • H04R25/554—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 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
    • 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
    • H04R2225/41—Detection or adaptation of hearing aid parameters or programs to listening situation, e.g. pub, forest
    • 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
    • H04R2225/51—Aspects of antennas or their circuitry in or for hearing aids

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  • the invention relates to a hearing aid with a sound receiver and a sound generator.
  • Hearing aids known from the prior art have mutually different hearing programs which respectively correspond to a predetermined, in particular frequency-dependent transmission behavior of the hearing aid.
  • One application example for switching a predetermined hearing program is operation of the hearing aid when making a telephone call.
  • Hearing aids known from the prior art are designed to switch over into a different program as a function of an approach of a telephone handset to the hearing aid, with hearing aids known from the prior art for this purpose having a sensor for detecting a magnetic field.
  • the telephone receiver has a permanent magnet for generating a magnetic field for switching to another program.
  • GMR Giant Magneto-Resistive
  • Such small but strong magnets cause inappropriate positioning in the hearing aid an unpleasant whistle, caused by a feedback of an induction coil for detecting a telephone signal, a so-called Telecoil.
  • Another problem may arise because other foreign magnetic fields may cause unintentional switching to another auditory program.
  • Another disadvantage can be irreversibly damaged by an external magnetic field, a sound generator.
  • a hearing aid which has a receiver for receiving a signal generated by a transmitter, and which is designed to adapt the hearing aid to different listening situations in dependence on the received signal.
  • a hearing aid which has an RFID chip, wherein it is provided that the hearing aid with the RFID chip when introducing into a detection range of a mobile communication device, such as a mobile phone, parameters such as volume or method for signal processing of the mobile phone and thus facilitate telephoning for the hearing impaired. If the mobile communication device is removed from the ear, ie out of the range of the RFID chip, the parameters are reset to normal values, so that the mobile communication device remains usable for other users as well.
  • a network is known with which at least one hearing aid can be connected wirelessly to a central unit of the network. It is further provided to program the at least one hearing aid via the wireless connection.
  • each hearing aid is to be identified by means of an RFID tag so that the hearing aid to be programmed can be uniquely identified.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to provide a hearing aid which does not have the aforementioned problems.
  • a hearing aid with a sound receiver and a sound generator, wherein the sound receiver is designed to receive sound waves and to generate a microphone signal representing the received sound waves.
  • the sound generator of the hearing aid is designed to generate a sound as a function of a power signal received on the input side, wherein in particular the sound corresponds to the power signal.
  • the hearing aid has a transmission unit, which on the input side is connected at least indirectly to the sound receiver and on the output side at least indirectly to the sound generator.
  • the transmission unit is designed to generate a power signal in response to a microphone signal received on the input side, which signal corresponds at least partially to the microphone signal.
  • a power signal generated on the output side, in particular by the transmission unit can be freed from interference signals and thus only partially correspond to the microphone signal.
  • the transmission unit is further configured to change at least one transmission characteristic of the transmission unit as a function of a marking signal received on the input side.
  • the hearing aid has a radio frequency acquisition device operatively connected to the transmission unit with a spatial detection range for at least one radio frequency marker, wherein the radio frequency detection device is adapted to detect a radio frequency marker electromagnetically, in particular inductively and at least one marker signal at least in response to a presence of a radio frequency marker in the detection range generate and output this to the transmission unit output side.
  • a radio frequency detection device for detecting a radio frequency marker advantageously no external magnetic field is necessary to cause a switching of the hearing aid in another hearing program. Further advantageously, foreign magnetic fields can not cause unintentional switching to another hearing program.
  • the hearing aid is designed to generate the power signal according to at least one predetermined transfer function as a function of at least one microphone signal frequency and / or one microphone signal amplitude.
  • such a predetermined transfer function can be represented by a hearing program.
  • PTS Permanent-Shift-Shift
  • a frequency-dependent adjustment of transmission characteristics of the hearing aid, in particular by adjusting a gain of a transmission unit is required.
  • the amplification factor can be adjusted as a function of frequency to a threshold of hearing aid wearer.
  • the hearing aid is configured to hold at least two transfer functions in stock and to select exactly one of at least two stored transfer functions depending on the mark signal and the power signal according to the selected transfer function as a function of a microphone signal frequency and / or a microphone signal amplitude of the microphone signal produce.
  • the radio frequency detection device is configured to generate a marker signal representing marker information of a detected radio frequency marker.
  • a marking signal can represent marking information, in particular class marking information, which corresponds to a class of radio-frequency markings.
  • the hearing aid can advantageously switch over to another hearing program representing another transfer function, if, for example, a radio-frequency marker provided for switching over to another hearing program is located in the detection range of the radio-frequency detection device.
  • a radio frequency tag can be attached to a telephone handset for switching to a telephone hearing program, in particular glued or built into the telephone handset, and thus switch the hearing aid into the corresponding hearing program for telephoning when the telephone handset is brought to the hearing aid.
  • a second transfer function, or at least one transfer function held in stock can each be represented by a second, or at least one further, hearing program.
  • a hearing aid may have a hearing program which corresponds to a transfer function for making telephone calls with a mobile telephone.
  • a radio frequency tag may include predetermined tag information that may be read out or detected upon detection of the radio frequency tag by a radio frequency sensing device.
  • the radio frequency detection device is configured to generate a marker signal representing the marker information of the detected radio frequency marker.
  • radio frequency markers each representing different marker information
  • a radio frequency detection device can generate mutually different marker signals.
  • a radio frequency tag with tag information for switching to a phone listening program may select a predetermined transfer function for telephoning; a radio frequency tag with tag information for telephoning with a mobile phone may, for example, be switched to a listening program when detected, providing a transfer function for telephoning with the phone Mobile phone represents.
  • a radio-frequency marker for switching to a mobile telephone hearing program can be arranged, for example, in the region of a mobile telephone, in particular glued to a mobile telephone or installed or arranged in the mobile telephone.
  • a radiofrequency marker may advantageously have a continuous sound impedance that does not materially or not affect transmission of speech representing sound through the radiofrequency marker, particularly in the frequency range between 100 Hertz and 4000 Hertz.
  • a radiofrequency tag may be perforated or have a thin membrane, preferably less than 10 grams per square meter in thickness, more preferably less than 5 grams per square meter, most preferably less than 2 grams per square meter.
  • a membrane may comprise polyamide, polyester, polyethylene or polypropylene.
  • Such a radio-frequency marker can advantageously be glued to a telephone receiver and for this purpose have an adhesive adhesive layer.
  • the hearing aid on the input side with the radio frequency detection device and on the output side operatively connected to the transmission device allocation unit.
  • the hearing aid also has a look-up memory connected to the allocation unit for at least two assignment data records, each assignment data record representing an assignment of exactly one marking or one class of markers to exactly one transfer function.
  • the allocation unit is configured to evaluate the marker signal and to select a mapping data record corresponding to the marker signal and to generate a transfer signal corresponding to a predetermined transfer function represented by the selected assignment set and to output the transfer signal to the transfer unit for selecting the predetermined transfer function.
  • Class-representing class mark information may, for example, be associated with a predetermined listening program and thus with exactly one predetermined transmission function such that radio frequency markers, each belonging to a class and each having the same class marking information, are each associated with exactly one predetermined transmission function.
  • a radio frequency tag may represent, in addition to class tag information, individual tag information for switching an individual transfer function.
  • radio frequency tags each representing class tag information within a class, may be attached to different telephones and thus each associated with the same audio program.
  • the hearing aid can select and / or switch at least two transfer functions.
  • a first transfer function of the hearing aid can be assigned to a predetermined class of marking information
  • a second transfer function can be assigned to exactly one individual marking information.
  • a first transfer function can be switched for all phones, and by switching a second transfer function, an individual adaptation to a particular type of phone takes place.
  • a hearing aid of the type described above is part of a pair of eye glasses, and the Radiofrequency detection device comprises an antenna for detecting a radio frequency marker, wherein the antenna is at least partially integrated in a spectacle frame and / or in an eyeglass frame of the eye glasses.
  • a detection range of a radio frequency detection device can advantageously be increased.
  • a hearing aid may be an in-the-ear hearing aid (IdO) or a behind-the-ear hearing aid (BTE).
  • IdO in-the-ear hearing aid
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aid
  • the invention also relates to a programming system comprising a hearing aid of the type described above.
  • the programming system includes a programming device for programming a radio frequency marker next to the hearing aid, wherein the programming device is configured to program at least one radio frequency marker with at least one predetermined marker information which is used to generate a marker signal Selecting a predetermined transfer function of the hearing aid is provided.
  • the programming device may be advantageously configured to program a radio frequency tag with a first tag information corresponding to a class of radio frequency tags.
  • a class is assigned to a predetermined transfer function.
  • the programming device may be configured to program a radio-frequency marker with a second marker information, which is exactly associated with a predetermined transfer function, and thus exactly one hearing program.
  • a programming device for a programming system can advantageously be designed for programming the hearing aid. Furthermore, the programming device can be designed to use the hearing aid to detect at least one radio-frequency marker to program with at least one predetermined tag information.
  • the hearing aid for such a programming system is designed to be programmable in such a way that it can store an assignment data record representing the marking information for assigning a predetermined transfer function to the marking information.
  • a radio frequency detection device preferably has a transmitter for emitting transmission energy to a radio frequency marker.
  • the radio frequency marker preferably has a receiver for receiving and storing the transmission energy.
  • the radio frequency marker also includes a transmitter for generating a transmit signal representing marker information.
  • the radio frequency detection device is configured to perform pulsed detection of a radio frequency marker. More preferably, the radio frequency detection device is designed to perform the pulsed non-detection with a pulse pause of two seconds, advantageously one second.
  • the radio frequency detection device is formed, the pulsed detection with a pulse duration of less than 50 milliseconds, preferably less than 10 milliseconds, more preferably less than a millisecond.
  • Exemplary embodiments of a radio frequency sensing device operate at a carrier frequency of 125 kilohertz, 13.56 megahertz or in the range between 860-980 megahertz. Also conceivable are carrier frequencies in the range of one to five gigahertz.
  • the radio frequency marker is programmable and has a transceiver.
  • the radio frequency marker can receive and store a marker information signal via a receiver of the transceiver.
  • the transmitter of the transceiver can generate a transmission signal representing the marking information.
  • the transmitter and receiver of the transceiver can each operate according to one of the aforementioned modulation methods.
  • the hearing aid can advantageously effect switching as a function of a marking signal, in particular a presence or a predetermined marking signal, in particular switching the hearing aid on and / or off to save energy.
  • the invention also relates to a method for changing at least one transmission characteristic of a hearing aid according to claim 8.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically an embodiment of a system 1 comprising a hearing aid 3 and a programming device 32.
  • the hearing aid 3 has a sound receiver 5, which is designed to receive sound waves and to generate a microphone signal depending on the received sound waves, which represents the received sound waves.
  • the hearing aid 3 also has a sound generator 7, which is designed to generate a sound as a function of a power signal received on the input side.
  • the hearing aid 3 also has a transmission unit 9, which on the input side via a connecting line 52 with the Sound receiver 5 is connected and the output side is at least indirectly connected to the sound generator 7.
  • the transmission unit 9 is designed to generate an output signal, which at least partially represents the microphone signal, in dependence on a microphone signal received on the input side, in accordance with at least one predetermined transfer function.
  • the transmission unit 9 On the output side, the transmission unit 9 is connected via a connecting line 48 to an amplifier 10, which is designed to generate a corresponding amplified power signal in response to an input signal received on the input side and to output the power signal on the output side.
  • an amplifier 10 which is designed to generate a corresponding amplified power signal in response to an input signal received on the input side and to output the power signal on the output side.
  • the amplifier 10 is connected on the output side via a connecting line 50 to the sound generator 7.
  • the transmission unit 9 can be formed, for example, by a digital signal processor which is designed to change a transmission behavior for a microphone signal received on the input side as a function of the filter quotients received on the input side.
  • a transmission unit may include the transmission unit 9 and the amplifier 10.
  • the hearing aid 3 also comprises a central processing unit 12, an allocation unit 14, a look-up memory for storing assignment data records 18 and 20, wherein the allocation memory 16 is connected to the central processing unit 12 via a bidirectional data bus 54.
  • the hearing aid 3 in this embodiment also includes a radio frequency detection device 22 for detecting a radio frequency marker.
  • the radio frequency detecting device 22 also referred to below as the RFID receiver, is connected on the input side via a connecting line 42 to an antenna 24 for detecting a radio-frequency marker 26.
  • the RFID receiver 22 is designed to inductively detect the radio-frequency marker 26 via the antenna 24 and to generate a marker signal which represents a marker information of the radio-frequency marker 26.
  • the central processing unit 12 is connected on the input side via a connecting line 44 to the RFID receiver 22.
  • the RFID receiver 22 is designed to send the marking signal on the output side via the connecting line 44 to the central processing unit 12.
  • the central processing unit 12 is connected on the input side via a connecting line 40 to an interface 38.
  • the interface 38 is designed to receive, in particular to receive an information signal 34 wirelessly.
  • the system 1 also includes a programming device 32, which is designed to transmit the information signal 34.
  • the information signal 34 represents a marker information for a radio frequency marker.
  • the programming device is further configured to program an unprogrammed radio frequency marker 27 - which still has no marker information - which is located in a detection area 36 of the programming device 32 with marker information which is provided for assignment to a transfer function.
  • the central processing unit is designed to generate an assignment data record which is represented by the information signal as a function of an information signal received via the connection line 40 on the input side Marking information and one of the marking information associated transfer function corresponds.
  • the central processing unit 12 is designed to store the assignment data record via the bidirectional data bus 54 in the look-up memory 16.
  • the assignment data record comprises a marking data record 18 and a transmission data record 20 to be assigned thereto.
  • a radio frequency marking 26 may be located, for example, in a detection area 25 of the antenna 24 of the RFID receiver 22.
  • the radio frequency marker 26 has a transmitting and receiving antenna 28, which is connected to a chip 30.
  • a marking information is stored - which, for example, as previously described by the programming device 32 has been generated and stored in the chip 30.
  • the RFID receiver 22 can emit via the antenna 24 a transmission energy that can be received by the antenna 28 of the radio frequency marker 26 and stored for returning a marker signal.
  • the radio-frequency marking 26 is designed to generate a marking signal representing the marking information with the previously received, stored transmission energy and to send this back to the RFID receiver 22 via the antenna 28.
  • the thus-returned marker signal can be received via the antenna 24 and the RFID receiver 22 and sent via the connection line 44 to the central processing unit 12.
  • the central processing unit 12 can receive the marking signal received on the input side via the connecting line 44 with assignment data records stored in the look-up memory 16 and in the event of a match of the received marker signal with a marker record 18 of a mapping record, generate a transfer signal corresponding to a corresponding transmit record 20 of the mapping record.
  • the central processing unit 12 can have an allocation unit 14 for comparing an input-side marking signal with an assignment data record.
  • the allocation unit 14 is - indicated by dashed lines - connected to the connecting line 44 and the bidirectional data bus 54, as well as the output side to the connecting line 46.
  • the transfer signal may, for example, represent filter quotients a (0)... A (n) for setting a digital filter of the transmission unit 9.
  • predetermined transmission functions may be stored in the transmission unit 9, and the transmission signal may correspond to a predetermined transmission function.
  • the transmission unit 9 can then, depending on a transfer signal received on the input side, select a predetermined transfer function for generating an output signal as a function of a microphone signal received on the input side and switch it into a transmission path.
  • the radio frequency marking 29 is located in the detection range 25 of the antenna 24, the telephone receiver 31 is located at least partially in the detection range 25 of the antenna 24th Exemplary is also a telephone handset 31 with a mounted on this or applied thereto radio frequency marker 29.

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  1. Aide auditive (3) comprenant un récepteur sonore (5) et un générateur sonore (7),
    le récepteur sonore (5) étant exécuté pour recevoir des ondes sonores et pour générer un signal de microphone qui représente les ondes sonores reçues
    et le générateur sonore (7) étant exécuté pour générer un son en fonction d'un signal de puissance reçu sur le côté d'entrée, le son correspondant au signal de puissance,
    et comprenant une unité de transmission (9) qui est reliée au moins indirectement au récepteur sonore (5) sur le côté d'entrée et au moins indirectement au générateur sonore (7) sur le côté de sortie, et l'unité de transmission (9) étant exécutée pour générer, en fonction d'un signal de microphone reçu sur le côté d'entrée, un signal de puissance qui correspond au moins en partie au signal de microphone,
    et l'unité de transmission (9) étant exécutée pour modifier au moins une caractéristique de transmission de l'unité de transmission (9) en fonction d'un signal marqueur reçu sur le côté d'entrée,
    caractérisée
    en ce que l'aide auditive (3) comprend un récepteur RFID (22) connecté fonctionnellement à l'unité de transmission (9) sur le côté de sortie et doté d'une plage de détection spatiale (25) pour au moins un marqueur à radiofréquence (26, 29),
    le récepteur RFID (22) étant exécuté pour détecter de manière électromagnétique un marqueur à radiofréquence (26, 29) et pour générer au moins un signal marqueur au moins en fonction d'une présence d'un marqueur à radiofréquence (26, 29) dans la plage de détection et délivrer celui-ci à l'unité de transmission (9) sur le côté de sortie.
  2. Aide auditive selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisée
    en ce que le marqueur à radiofréquence comprend une antenne émettrice et réceptrice qui est reliée à une puce, une information de marquage étant mémorisée dans la puce et le signal marqueur représentant l'information de marquage.
  3. Aide auditive selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisée
    en ce que l'aide auditive est exécutée pour générer le signal de puissance selon au moins une fonction de transmission prédéterminée en fonction d'une fréquence du signal de microphone et/ou d'une amplitude du signal de microphone.
  4. Aide auditive selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisée
    en ce que l'aide auditive (3) est exécutée pour garder en stock au moins deux fonctions de transmission et pour sélectionner une des au moins deux fonctions de transmission gardées en stock en fonction du signal marqueur et pour générer le signal de puissance selon la fonction de transmission sélectionnée en fonction d'une fréquence du signal de microphone et/ou d'une amplitude du signal de microphone,
    et le récepteur RFID (22) est exécuté pour générer un signal marqueur qui correspond à une information de marquage prédéterminée d'un marqueur à radiofréquence (26, 29) détecté.
  5. Aide auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée
    en ce que l'aide auditive comprend une unité d'allocation connectée fonctionnellement au récepteur RFID sur le côté d'entrée et au dispositif de transmission sur le côté de sortie
    et l'aide auditive comprend une mémoire de consultation pour au moins deux ensembles de données d'allocation (18, 20) reliée à l'unité d'allocation,
    chaque ensemble de données d'allocation (18, 20) représentant une allocation d'une information de marquage prédéterminée à une fonction de transmission ou une allocation d'une information de marquage représentant une classe à une fonction de transmission prédéterminée
    et l'unité d'allocation étant exécutée pour analyser le signal marqueur et pour sélectionner un ensemble de données d'allocation (20) correspondant au signal marqueur et pour générer un signal de transfert qui correspond à une fonction de transmission prédéterminée représentée par l'ensemble de données d'allocation sélectionné et pour délivrer le signal de transfert à l'unité de transmission pour sélectionner et/ou déclencher la fonction de transmission prédéterminée.
  6. Aide auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée
    en ce que le récepteur RFID (22) est exécuté pour procéder à une détection par impulsion d'un marqueur à radiofréquence (26, 29).
  7. Aide auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée
    en ce que l'aide auditive fait partie d'une paire de lunettes de vue et le récepteur RFID (22) est pourvu d'une antenne (28) pour la détection d'un marqueur à radiofréquence (26, 29), l'antenne (28) étant intégrée, au moins en partie, dans une monture de lunettes et/ou dans une branche de lunettes de la paire de lunettes de vue.
  8. Système de programmation comprenant une aide auditive selon l'une des revendications 1-7 et un dispositif de programmation (32) pour la programmation d'un marqueur à radiofréquence (27),
    le dispositif de programmation (32) étant exécuté pour programmer au moins un marqueur à radiofréquence (27) avec au moins une information de marquage prédéterminée qui est prévue pour générer un signal marqueur pour la sélection d'une fonction de transmission prédéterminée de l'aide auditive (3).
  9. Système de programmation comprenant une aide auditive selon l'une des revendications 1-7 et un dispositif de programmation pour la programmation de l'aide auditive,
    caractérisé
    en ce que l'aide auditive (3) est exécutée de manière à être programmable et le dispositif de programmation (32) est exécuté pour programmer l'aide auditive (3) pour détecter au moins un marqueur à radiofréquence (26, 29) avec au moins une information de marquage prédéterminée, l'aide auditive (3) étant exécutée pour mémoriser un ensemble de données d'allocation représentant l'information de marquage pour l'allocation d'une fonction de transmission prédéterminée à l'information de marquage.
  10. Procédé pour modifier au moins une caractéristique de transmission d'une aide auditive (3) comprenant un récepteur RFID (22), la caractéristique de transmission représentant une relation entre un son de départ produit et une onde sonore détectée sur le côté d'entrée, comprenant les étapes de :
    - détection électromagnétique d'un marqueur à radiofréquence prévu pour être détecté au moyen du détecteur RFID dans une plage de détection de l'aide auditive ;
    - modification de la caractéristique de transmission au moins en fonction d'une présence du marqueur à radiofréquence dans la plage de détection,
    caractérisé par :
    - la délivrance, sur le côté de sortie, d'un signal marqueur à l'unité de transmission en fonction de la présence d'un marqueur à radiofréquence dans la plage de détection.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, comprenant les étapes de :
    - maintien en stock d'au moins deux fonctions de transmission différentes l'une de l'autre qui représentent à chaque fois des caractéristiques de transmission différentes les unes des autres ;
    - sélection d'une fonction de transmission gardée en stock en fonction d'un marqueur à radiofréquence détecté ;
    - modification de la caractéristique de transmission de l'aide auditive conformément à la fonction de transmission sélectionnée.
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