Abstract: A hearing aid comprising means for setting an adjustment level, means for setting a desired function, a connector and a cover which detachably extends over said connector. The means for setting the adjustment level comprise two contact elements disposed on either side of the connector, wherein the adjustment level can be set higher or lower by means of one contact element or by means of the other, whilst the desired function can be set by operating the two contact elements simultaneously.
Abstract: An otoplastic for a hearing aid, which otoplastic is manufactured from a UV light-curable synthetic resin composition, in particular an acrylate composition, to which a ceramic filler including at least 50% by weight Al2O3 is added to improve the properties of the otoplastic.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 10, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2001
Assignee:
Beltone Netherlands B.V.
Inventors:
Rudi A. M. Claes, Joseph F. J. M. Beumers
Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a programmable processor, a first memory device and a receiver which is coupled thereto and which serves to receive control signals from a remote control. The remote control comprises a transmitter for sending control signals to the hearing aid. A set of instructions which can be executed by the programmable processor can be sent to the hearing aid by the remote control via the control signals. The hearing aid is designed so as to store the control signals in the first memory means.