Frederick M Kelmer

US Patent:

20010033664, Oct 25, 2001

Filed:

Mar 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/808099

Inventors:

Christopher Poux - Trenton NJ, US
Wayne Staab - Phoenix AZ, US
Geary McCandless - Dammeron Valley UT, US
Walter Sjursen - Washington Crossing PA, US
Frederick Fritz - Skillman NJ, US
Thomas Squeglia - Belle Mead NJ, US
Gerald Iannelli - Marlton NJ, US
Richard Moroney - Princeton NJ, US
Jennifer Semanchik - Lawrenceville NJ, US
Sterling McBride - Princeton NJ, US
Randall Tucker - West Windsor NJ, US
Reuben Zielinski - Belle Mead NJ, US
John Aceti - West Windsor NJ, US
Frederick Kelmer - Monroe Township NJ, US

Assignee:

Songbird Hearing, Inc.

International Classification:

H04R029/00
A61B005/00

US Classification:

381/060000, 600/559000, 381/312000

Abstract:

In an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a hearing aid device is tethered to a selector module via a cable. A keypad of the selector is pressed to program the hearing aid device with a particular acoustical format. More specifically, a command generated by the selector module is received at the hearing aid test unit to program a corresponding acoustical format. Consequently, a hearing impaired patient can reprogram the hearing aid device to compare which of multiple formats provides an optimal response for use.