Volume control in a hearing aid and hearing aid with volume control

Abstract

The invention concerns a volume control in a hearing aid, which has a signal path from a microphone to a receiver, and where the signal path is adapted to provide an amplification of the signal delivered to the receiver, where a first and a second user input means is provided to allow the user to change the amplification in a downward and an upward direction whereby use of the first and second user input means has different impact on the size of the amplification change effected.

1 . Volume control in a hearing aid, which has a signal path from a microphone to a receiver, and where the signal path is adapted to provide an amplification of the signal delivered to the receiver, where a first and a second user input means is provided to allow the user to change the amplification in a downward or an upward direction whereby use of the first and second user input means has different impact on the size of the amplification change effected.  
   
   
       2 . Volume control in a hearing aid as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the size of the change in the downward direction is bigger than the size of the change in the upward direction.  
   
   
       3 . Volume control in a hearing aid as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first and second user input means comprises push buttons and where each activation of the push buttons corresponds to a downward or upward step of the amplification, and whereby the size of a downward step is bigger than the size of an upward step.  
   
   
       4 . Hearing aid with a volume control, wherein a hearing aid is provided with a signal path from a microphone to a receiver, and where the signal path is adapted to provide an amplification of the signal delivered to the receiver, where a first and a second user input means is provided to allow the user to change the amplification in a downward or an upward direction whereby the first and second user input means has each their impact on the size of change effected and where this impact is programmable.  
   
   
       5 . Hearing aid as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein a first register is provided for holding a user chosen value for the volume up step size and a second register is provided for holding a user chosen volume down step size value.