EP 0969697 A3 20020206 - A hearing aid
Title (en)
A hearing aid
Title (de)
Hörhilfegerät
Title (fr)
Prothèse auditive
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9811947 A 19980603
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0969697A2] The present invention provides a hearing-aid device (41) including a circuit (21) which is responsive to an externally applied magnetic field to control a setting of the hearing-aid. In one example. the circuit (21) is a variable gain amplifier circuit (21) which is responsive to the applied magnetic field to control the volume setting of the hearing-aid device (41). The magnet may be provided at one end of a hand-held rod (42) enabling a user to adjust the volume setting of the hearing-aid device discretely. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04R 25/50 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XA] WO 9607295 A1 19960307 - ARGOSY ELECTRONICS INC [US]
- [XA] US 5359321 A 19941025 - RIBIC ZLATAN [AT]
- [A] US 4679240 A 19870707 - HEIDE JORGEN [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0969697 A2 20000105; EP 0969697 A3 20020206; GB 9811947 D0 19980729
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99304358 A 19990603; GB 9811947 A 19980603