A hearing aid programming system with a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid. The host computer system includes a first communication interface for sending and receiving control and data signals. A hearing aid programming interface device is connected to the communi
A hearing aid programming system with a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid. The host computer system includes a first communication interface for sending and receiving control and data signals. A hearing aid programming interface device is connected to the communication interface of the host computer system and includes a second communication interface for sending and receiving control and data signals. The hearing aid programming interface device also includes circuitry for electrically isolating the hearing aid to be programmed from the host computer. The first communication interface may be PCMCIA, USB, RS-232, SCSI or IEEE 1394 interfaces, which are arranged to send and receive serial data and control signals to the hearing aid programming interface device. The first communication interface may also be a wireless communications interface which wirelessly sends and receives control and data signals with the hearing aid programming interface device.
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1. A hearing aid programming system comprising:a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system including a host communication interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals; and a hearing aid programming interface device having a
1. A hearing aid programming system comprising:a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system including a host communication interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals; and a hearing aid programming interface device having a first interface communication interface (ICI) of a type compatible with the HCI, for sending and receiving control and data signals between the host computer system and the hearing aid programming interface device, the hearing aid programming interface device having at least one additional ICI of a type different than the first ICI, wherein the hearing aid programming system is configured to download the program for programming a hearing aid to the hearing aid programming interface device when the hearing aid programming interface device is initially powered up. 2. The hearing aid programming system of claim 1, wherein the HCI is selected from the group consisting of PCMCIA, USB, SCSI, IEEE 1394, and wireless.3. The hearing aid programming system according to claim 2, wherein the hearing aid programming interface includes circuitry for electrically isolating the at least one hearing aid from the host computer.4. The hearing aid programming system according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry for electrically isolating the at least one hearing aid from the host computer includes optoisolators.5. The hearing aid programming system of claim 1, wherein the hearing aid programming interface device further includes a cable identification circuit for identification of a type of cable connecting a hearing aid to the hearing aid programming interface device.6. The hearing aid programming system of claim 8, further including programming software for identifying a mismatch between a type of cable coupled between a hearing aid and the hearing aid programming interface device and a type of hearing aid to which the cable is coupled, and for sending an output identifying the mismatch to the host computer.7. A hearing aid programming system, comprising:a host computer system including a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system including a host communication interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals; a hearing aid programming interface device having a communication interface compatible with the HCI for sending and receiving control and data signals between the host computer system and the hearing aid programming interface device, wherein the hearing aid programming system is configured to download the program for programming a hearing aid to the hearing aid programming interface device when the hearing aid programming interface device is initially powered up. 8. The hearing aid programming system of claim 7, wherein the communication interface is selected from the group consisting of PCMCIA, USB, SCSI, IEEE 1394, and wireless.9. The hearing aid programming system according to claim 7, wherein the program for programming a hearing aid includes a plurality of programs, each program associated with a different hearing aid to be programmed.10. The hearing aid programming system according to claim 7, further including programming software for identifying a mismatch between a type of cable coupled between a hearing aid and the hearing aid programming interface device and a type of hearing aid to which the cable is coupled, and for sending an output identifying the mismatch to the host computer.11. The hearing aid programming system according to claim 7, wherein the hearing aid programming interface device includes a microprocessor for running the downloaded program for programming a hearing aid.12. A hearing aid programming system comprising:a host computer system having a program for programming a hearing aid, the host computer system having a host computer interface (HCI) for sending and receiving control and data signals; and a programming interface device, the programming interface device including: a microprocessor for programming the hearing aid; a first communication interface coupled to the HCI to transfer control and data signals between the host computer and the microprocessor; and a second communication interface to transfer control and data signals between the microprocessor and the hearing aid to be programmed, wherein the first communication interface is a wireless interface, and the programming interface device is adapted to receive the program during an initialization phase of the programming interface device. 13. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the host computer system includes a second communication interface selected from the group consisting of PCMCIA, USB, SCSI, IEEE 1394, and wireless interfaces.14. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the programming interface device includes a PCMCIA interface which converts PCMCIA bus signals to and from serial bus signals.15. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the programming interface device includes a USB interface which converts USB bus signals to and from serial bus signals.16. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the programming interface device includes a SCSI interface which converts SCSI bus signals to and from serial bus signals.17. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the programming interface device includes an IEEE 1394 interface which converts IEEE 1394 bus signals to and from serial bus signals.18. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the programming interface device includes a second wireless interface.19. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the wireless first communication interface is selected from the group consisting of infrared (IR), radio frequency (RF) or ultrasonic wireless communication interfaces.20. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the programming interface device further includes optoisolators for electrically isolating a hearing aid to be programmed from the host computer.21. The hearing aid programming system of claim 12, wherein the programming interface device further includes a cable identification circuit for identification of a type of cable coupled to the third communication interface for transferring control and data signals to a hearing aid.22. The hearing aid programming system of claim 21, further including programming software for identifying a mismatch between the type of cable coupled to the third communication interface and a type of hearing aid to which the cable is coupled and for sending an output identifying the mismatch to the host computer.23. A hearing aid programming interface device comprising:a microprocessor for programming a hearing aid; a first communication interface to transfer control and data signals between a host computer and the microprocessor; and a second communication interface to transfer control and data signals between the microprocessor and the hearing aid to be programmed, wherein the hearing aid programming interface device is configured to receive a program upon initialization with the host computer. 24. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 23, wherein the first communication interface includes a wireless interface.25. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 24, wherein the wireless interface includes an infrared (IR) communications interface.26. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 24, wherein the wireless interface includes a radio frequency (RF) communications interface.27. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 24, wherein the wireless interface includes an ultrasonic communications interface.28. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 24, wherein the hearing aid programming device is battery powered.29. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 23, further including memory for the microprocessor, wherein the memory stores programming software for providing control and data signals to the hearing aid to be programmed.30. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 29, wherein the memory is configured to be written to with upgraded programming software.31. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 23, wherein the first communication interface includes a serial interface.32. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 23, wherein the hearing aid programming interface device further includes a third communication interface such that at least one of the first communication interface or the third communication interface includes a RS-232, a SCSI, an IEEE 1394, a USB, or a PCMCIA communications interface.33. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 32, further including optoisolators for electrically isolating a hearing aid to be programmed from a host computer that downloads a program to the hearing aid programming interface device.34. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 23, further including a cable identification circuit for identification of a type of cable coupled to the third communication interface for transferring control and data signals to a hearing aid.35. The hearing aid programming interface device of claim 23, further including programming software for identifying a mismatch between the type of cable coupled to the second communication interface and a type of hearing aid to which the cable is coupled and for providing an output identifying the mismatch.
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