(19)
(11) EP 1 473 969 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/45

(21) Application number: 04405290.0

(22) Date of filing: 07.05.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04R 25/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(71) Applicant: PHONAK AG
8712 Stäfa (CH)

(72) Inventors:
  • Menzl, Stefan Daniel
    8465 Jona (CH)
  • Hasler, Ivo
    8404 Winterthur (CH)
  • Eisenegger, Daniel
    8712 Stäfa (CH)

(74) Representative: Frei Patent Attorneys 
Frei Patentanwaltsbüro, Postfach 768
8029 Zürich
8029 Zürich (CH)

   


(54) Method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software, and hearing instrument adapted therefor


(57) A method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software wherein the fitting software comprises executable fitting program code (13) configured to process fitting program data (12,14) on a programmable data processor (11), comprises the steps of
  • reading fitting program definition data (3) from data storage means provided in the hearing instrument (1),
  • determining, from the fitting program definition data (3), at least part of least one of the fitting program data (12,14) and the fitting program code (13).

The hearing instrument itself comprises the information defining the fitting software - be it the complete fitting software or an update or change to a fitting software residing in an external device.






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