A hearing aid programming system with a host computer for providing at least one hearing aid program and having at least one personal computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) defined port in combination with a PCMCIA card inserted in the port and arranged for interacting with the host
A hearing aid programming system with a host computer for providing at least one hearing aid program and having at least one personal computer memory card international association (PCMCIA) defined port in combination with a PCMCIA card inserted in the port and arranged for interacting with the host computer for controlling programming of a hearing aid. The host computer provides power and ground to the PCMCIA card and provides for downloading the hearing aid programming software to the PCMCIA card upon initialization. A microprocessor on the PCMCIA card executes the programming software. A portable programming arrangement utilizes a portable multiprogram unit to store one or more hearing aid programs which may be downloaded from the host computer. The portable multiprogram unit includes a wireless interconnection for transmitting selected ones of the programs to hearing aids to be programmed.
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What is claimed is: 1. A hearing aid programmer for programming hearing aids, the hearing aid programmer comprising: a connector having lines to receive data signals from a host computer, the connector configured to operatively couple and decouple the hearing aid programmer to and from the host com
What is claimed is: 1. A hearing aid programmer for programming hearing aids, the hearing aid programmer comprising: a connector having lines to receive data signals from a host computer, the connector configured to operatively couple and decouple the hearing aid programmer to and from the host computer; a memory to store hearing aid programming software operatively received from storage in the host computer; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to receive the data signals from the connector; a first interface coupled to the processor, the first interface configured to operatively couple and decouple the hearing aid programmer to and from a hearing aid, the hearing aid external to the hearing aid programmer; and a second interface to couple to a portable unit, the second interface coupled to the processor to pass control signals from the portable unit to the processor arranged to utilize the control signals to download the hearing aid programming software to the portable unit, the portable unit being configured to program the hearing aid, the portable unit separate from the hearing aid programmer and separate from the hearing aid. 2. The hearing aid programmer of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store the hearing aid program software received from the host computer during at least an initialization phase of a hearing aid programming operation. 3. The hearing aid programmer of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured as nonvolatile memory to store the hearing aid programming software to program the hearing aid. 4. The hearing aid programmer of claim 1, wherein the connector having lines is treated as a serial data port. 5. The hearing aid programmer of claim 1, wherein the memory and the processor are configured to read information from the hearing aid. 6. The hearing aid programmer of claim 5, wherein the memory and the processor are configured to determine, from the information, a level at which to apply analog voltage signals to the hearing aid. 7. The hearing aid programmer of claim 6, wherein the memory and the processor are configured to apply the analog voltage signals selectively to a left hearing or a right hearing aid. 8. The hearing aid programmer of claim 1, wherein the interface is configured to couple to a left hearing and a right hearing aid. 9. A system for programming hearing aids, the system comprising: an apparatus, the apparatus including: a connection having lines to receive data signals from a host computer, the connection configured to operatively couple and decouple the apparatus to and from the host computer; a processor to receive the data signals from the connection and to interact with the host computer to receive programming software in the apparatus, the programming software including a hearing aid program to program a hearing aid, the hearing aid external to the apparatus; and an interface coupled to the processor; and a portable unit operable to program the hearing aid, the portable unit having a program load block to communicate with the processor through the interface to receive the hearing aid program from the apparatus, the portable unit having memory operatively coupled to the program load block to store the hearing aid program to program the hearing aid, the portable unit being separate from the apparatus and separate from the hearing aid. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the portable unit includes circuits to apply power to erase programs in the memory to initialize the memory to receive programs to program a hearing aid. 11. The system of claim 9, wherein the portable unit is configured to couple to the interface with a removable jack. 12. The system of claim 9, wherein the portable unit is configured to receive hearing aid program signals from the interface by a cable coupling the interface to the portable unit. 13. The system of claim 9, wherein the apparatus includes a memory coupled to the processor to provide initialization instructions upon coupling to the host computer. 14. The system of claim 9, wherein the portable unit includes circuitry to provide wireless communications with the hearing aid. 15. The system of claim 9, wherein the interface is configured to provide digital hearing aid programs to the portable unit. 16. An apparatus to program a hearing aid comprising: an interface configurable as a serial port to receive input from a source external to the apparatus, the input associated with programming the hearing aid, the interface having a connector configured to operatively couple and decouple the apparatus to and from the source; a processor coupled to the interface; a program memory coupled to the processor, the program memory to store hearing aid programming software; a hearing aid interface coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is adapted to programmably generate signals to the hearing aid through the hearing aid interface, the hearing aid being external to the apparatus; and a portable unit interface coupled to the processor, the portable unit interface structured to operatively couple to a portable unit to pass signals between the processor and the portable unit, the portable unit being configured to program the hearing aid, the portable unit separate from the apparatus, separate from the source, and separate from the hearing aid. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program memory includes nonvolatile memory. 18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program memory includes volatile memory. 19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the hearing aid interface is configured to couple to a right hearing aid and a left hearing aid.
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