(19)
(11) EP 0 969 697 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/01

(21) Application number: 99304358.7

(22) Date of filing: 03.06.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04R 25/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 03.06.1998 GB 9811947

(71) Applicants:
  • GN Resound Limited
    Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire OX6 8SY (GB)
  • Resound Deutschland GmbH
    48145 Münster (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Martin, Reginald
    Bicester, Oxfordshire OX6 8BZ (GB)
  • Henneboel, Uwe
    59597 Erwitte (DE)

(74) Representative: Ertl, Nicholas Justin et al
Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

   


(54) A hearing aid


(57) 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.






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