WO2000057672A2 - Programmateur portatif - Google Patents

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WO2000057672A2
WO2000057672A2 PCT/DE2000/000825 DE0000825W WO0057672A2 WO 2000057672 A2 WO2000057672 A2 WO 2000057672A2 DE 0000825 W DE0000825 W DE 0000825W WO 0057672 A2 WO0057672 A2 WO 0057672A2
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Hans-Dieter Borowsky
Roman Jandaurek
Theo Wesendahl
Edmund Löbbers
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Auric Hörsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg
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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
    • H04R25/70—Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting
    • 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
    • H04R2225/55—Communication between hearing aids and external devices via a network for data exchange
    • 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
    • H04R25/75—Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception

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  • the invention relates to a hand programmer according to the preamble of claim 1
  • Such a hand programmer is known from DE 297 06 812 U1, this hand programmer being designed for programming tinnitus maskers
  • the invention has for its object to improve a generic hand programmer in that it is suitable for programming hearing aids
  • the invention proposes to provide a connection of the handheld programmer to a telephone network.
  • the term “telephone network” includes both the “classic” telephone connections via a fixed network or via a wireless radio network known from the “mobile phones” and alternative types of connection such as telephoning via the Internet or other types of sound transmission that are accessible to the public
  • the hand programmer can have connection means to a landline telephone line, so that it can be connected, for example, to a domestic telephone socket.
  • the hand programmer can have connection means to a wireless telephone network, eg to a commercially available "cell phone" -
  • the radio telephone can be connected
  • the hand programmer can have a built-in GSM module or connection means for an external GSM module, so that the purchase and maintenance costs of a commercially available radio telephone, referred to as “cell phone”, are not required and nevertheless their wireless telephone network can be used, eg for Adaptation of the hearing aid when working, playing sports or hunting outdoors, that is to adapt to the acoustic environment there, which can differ considerably from those within a closed building with regard to loudness, reverberation or resonance acting from outside
  • hearing area determinations and hearing area scalings can be carried out via the telephone connection, so that, for example, an acoustician can carry out the corresponding hearing area determination, as is otherwise known from the doctor's treatment rooms, whereby, however, the invention enables the patient to be in the Horn area determination is in its usual acoustic environment, so that acoustic influences are taken into account that may not be present in the doctor's treatment rooms
  • a hearing aid acoustician can program the hearing aid from his workplace while the patient wears it, the hearing aid being connected to the hand programmer and the hand programmer in turn enabling the connection to the hearing aid acoustician via the telephone line
  • a first mode of operation is provided as a "patient mode", in which the patient - apart from the possibility of volume control usually provided on the hearing aid itself - can influence to a limited extent one or some parameters of the hearing aid by means of the hand programmer, so that after the basic medical setting of the Hearing aid the patient can make certain fine adjustments
  • the doctor can program the hearing aid not only via the telephone connection, but directly on the hand programmer.
  • the hand programmer can be switched to a second operating mode "doctor or specialist mode", in which more parameters or exclusively other
  • Parameters of the hearing aid can be influenced than in the patient mode, for example the parameters of the hearing aid can be set very extensively
  • the hand programmer can advantageously have a tone generator that can generate several, for example four, five or more different frequencies with a predetermined intensity, whereby it is possible to use the hearing surface scaling to determine a patient's hearing weakness in a specific frequency range and by appropriate programming of the hearing aid balance
  • the hand programmer can advantageously have a card reader, which can be provided in a built-in manner in the hand programmer for easier handling, but alternatively an external card reader can be connected. In this way it is possible, for example, to load chip cards with different programming versions into the hand programmer so that the hand programmer can be adapted to different types of treatment devices. For example, it is possible to have different
  • the hand programmer can also be used not only for programming hearing aids but also for
  • Fig. 1 shows schematically a top view of a hand programmer, Fig. 2, the top or head end view
  • Fig. 3 shows the bottom or foot end view of the hand programmer.
  • Fig. 1, 1 generally designates a hand programmer which has a slimmer foot part and a somewhat wider head area.
  • a display field 2 is provided in the head area, which can be configured, for example, as an LCD.
  • the hand programmer 1 has a keypad 3 in the foot area.
  • the keypad 3 can for example be designed as a membrane keyboard, so that a uniformly closed and liquid-tight and easy-to-clean surface of the hand programmer 1 is made possible.
  • information about the version status of the software of the hand programmer and about the connected treatment device can be displayed in the display field 2.
  • care rates and tinnitus maskers can be considered.
  • a warning may be displayed if the software version is not correct fits the connected treatment device Different warnings can be provided, for example, depending on whether the software version only offers a reduced range of programming functions or a complete incompatibility with the connected treatment device
  • the hand programmer 1 offers a simpler programming option in the so-called “patient mode”, the
  • Hand programmer 1 automatically takes on this operating mode after switching on. Switching on can be carried out, for example, with the help of a switch 4.
  • the patient can now use key 5 "speech intelligibility” or key 6 "noise" to select whether he wants to change these properties of the hearing aid is possible via the control buttons 7, which can be identified, for example, by “+” and “-” or by an arrow pointing up and down. Multiple corrections are possible in order to enable the desired adjustment
  • the now selected setting of the treatment device can be fixed in the hearing aid by means of a memory button 8, so that the new parameter setting is now stored in the hearing aid If you cancel the settings before pressing the save button 8, eg switch off the hearing aid with the help of the on button 4 or if the hand programmer is not supplied with power or the handheld is disconnected. programmer from the treatment device, the treatment device automatically reverts to the setting that was last stored in it
  • Manual programmer can display the respective setting of the parameters "speech intelligibility" and "noise” in display field 2, for example in numbers or - optically easier to understand - in bar graphs.
  • an additional display can be provided, for example in the context of the bar graph - Indicates the value that corresponds to the setting of the parameter previously stored in the hearing device, so that the change that was previously made with the hand programmer 1 compared to the setting stored in the hearing device can be determined in a simple manner by optical comparison
  • the hand programmer 1 has a receiving opening 9 for a card, for example a chip card
  • Hand programmer 1 possible on different types of treatment devices, for example on different hardware types or different software development levels that are used in the respective treatment devices. However, it can also be provided in the hand programmer 1
  • the hand programmer 1 automatically recognizes the software version used in the treatment device and uses the corresponding programming software version that is adapted to the treatment device
  • the set parameter values can first be displayed in numbers.
  • the prompt "Please write down data” can appear in display field 2.
  • the device can then be finally switched off by pressing the power button 4 again, so that the patient has sufficient time to note down the numerical values of the parameters.
  • a fixed time delay has elapsed, for example 60 seconds, so that the patient has the opportunity during this time to note down the numerical parameter values in accordance with the request which is output on the display field 2.
  • the parameters "speech intelligibility” and “noise” can describe in a generally understandable form, for example, two different frequency ranges, for example a low frequency and a high frequency range, so that the patient can set the appropriate amplification level with the help of the control buttons 7 in each of these two frequency ranges.
  • Further adjustable parameters can be provided, e.g. B. a larger number than the two adjustment ranges mentioned. Provision can also be made to change the takeover frequency, that is to say the “separation point” to which the one frequency range extends and to which the second frequency range adjoins the first frequency range. While operating the hand programmer 1, situation-related information for the patient can appear in the display field 2
  • an operating mode In addition to the patient mode mentioned, an operating mode
  • Doctor or specialist mode can be selected for the hand programmer 1.
  • a further key such as the memory key 8
  • a specific key combination is used simultaneously or in a predetermined manner Sequence must be printed
  • the hand programmer 1 can be operated extensively, either via the keypad 3 or remotely, for example via a PC, which is connected to the hand programmer 3 via a
  • FIG. 3 shows on the one hand connection means 10 with which the hand programmer 1 can be connected directly to a telephone line, wherein “immediate” means that only a connecting cable or a wireless connection to the telephone network is provided.
  • other connection means can be connected to one wired, wireless or an intermediate medium such as the Internet using the telephone network can be provided.
  • it can be provided to connect the handheld programmer 1 "indirectly" to a telephone line using the connection means 10, for example if a modem can be connected to the connection means 10 on the one hand and to the telephone line on the other hand would be or if a GSM module or a radio telephone known as a "cell phone" could be connected to the connection means 10 in order to each
  • a plug contact 11 is shown in the form of a socket, this socket 11 being used for the direct connection of the hand programmer 1 to a PC.
  • data can be transmitted to the hand programmer, for example new development versions, in particular new software versions of the hearing aids, can be taken into account by corresponding ones in the hand programmer
  • the additional parameters compared to the patient mode can be called up in the exemplary embodiment shown by printing a specific key sequence.
  • switching to the doctor mode can also take place in another way, for example by means of an authorization card which is inserted into the opening
  • An additional display can be provided in the display field 2, for example to display the hardware and software status of the respectively connected treatment device or also to display the software version with which the hand programmer 1 is operated itself
  • Additional keys can be provided in the keypad 3 in order to adapt the mode of operation of the hand programmer 1, to activate certain programming software within the hand programmer 1. This can be provided, for example, if the hand programmer 1 cannot automatically recognize the software version in the treatment device, either by a technical defect or be it in treatment devices for which no own programming software is stored in the hand programmer 1. Then one of several standard programs with which the hand programmer 1 is operated can be selected with these additional keys
  • buttons for diagnostic purposes can also be used on the hand programmer 1
  • the hand programmer 1 must be switched on when the data connection via PC or A modem can be set up to the hand programmer 1 as an alternative, so that only the contact to the PC - be it via the connection means 10 or via the plug contact 11 - has to be established
  • Indications of the existing online connection can be displayed in the display field 2 during an online connection, along with the instruction not to switch off the device in order not to interrupt this online connection prematurely afterwards, ie after the online connection has been terminated ,
  • the indication that the hand programmer 1 can now be switched off can be displayed in the display field 2

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un programmateur portatif destiné à la programmation d'appareils de traitement servant à la correction de la capacité auditive. Ce programmateur comprend des moyens de liaision permettant le raccordement à l'appareil de traitement, un circuit électronique destiné à la programmation des paramètres sons de l'appareil de traitement et des moyens d'entrée permettant d'agir sur le circuit. Le dispositif est conçu sous forme de dispositif portatif. Selon l'invention, le programmateur portatif présente des moyens de raccordement au réseau téléphonique ou un téléphone intégré ainsi qu'un circuit qui agit, en fonction des signaux de commande reçus par voie téléphonique, sur le circuit aux fins de programmation de l'appareil de traitement. Le programmateur portatif peut être commuté entre deux modes de fonctionnement différents. Le premier mode de fonctionnement permet en tant que mode Patient d'agir sur au moins un paramètre programmable de l'appareil de traitement et le deuxième mode de fonctionnement permet d'agir sur les autres paramètres.
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