User interfaces of a hearing device

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by an external unit of a hearing device. In an example method, the external unit determines whether a state of the external unit is one of (i) a coupled state when the external unit and the stimulation unit are coupled or (ii) a decoupled state when the external and the stimulation unit are decoupled. The external unit then provides one of (i) a first user interface when the determined state is the coupled state or (ii) a second user interface when the determined state is the decoupled state.

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         21 . An external unit configured to be worn by a recipient, comprising:
 one or more visual-output components; and   circuitry configured to:
 determine that the external unit is coupled with a stimulation unit configured to be implanted in the body of the recipient; 
 in response to determining that the external unit is coupled with the stimulation unit, configure the one or more visual-output components to provide a first visual display; 
 determine that the external unit is decoupled from the stimulation unit; 
 in response to determining that the external unit is decoupled from the stimulation unit, configure the one or more visual-output components to provide a second visual display that is different from the first visual display. 
   
     
     
         22 . The external unit of  claim 21 , wherein the second visual display comprises a greater number of visual outputs than the first visual display. 
     
     
         23 . The external unit of  claim 21 , wherein the first visual display comprises no visible visual outputs. 
     
     
         24 . The external unit of  claim 21 , wherein the second visual display comprises a visible indication of a status of one or more systems of the hearing device. 
     
     
         25 . The external unit of  claim 21 , wherein the second visual display provides a visible indication of a setting of a parameter used by a sound processor of the hearing device. 
     
     
         26 . The external unit of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more visual-output components comprise at least one of a liquid crystal display (LCD) display or an electronic paper display. 
     
     
         27 . The external unit of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more visual-output components comprises one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs). 
     
     
         28 . The external unit of  claim 27 , wherein the first visual display comprises one or more visual outputs in which the one or more LEDs illuminate in a first manner to provide a first indication to a user, and wherein the second visual display comprises one or more visual outputs in which the one or more LEDs illuminate in a second manner to provide a second indication to the user. 
     
     
         29 . The external unit of  claim 27 , wherein the first visual display comprises a visual display in which the one or more LEDs do not illuminate, and wherein the second visual display comprises a visual display in which the one or more LEDs illuminate to provide an indication to a user. 
     
     
         30 . The external unit of  claim 21 , wherein the circuitry is configured to determine that the external unit is decoupled from the stimulation unit in response to response to determining that external unit has not received data from the stimulation unit within a given period of time. 
     
     
         31 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, by an external unit configured to be worn by a recipient of an implantable stimulation unit, data from the stimulation unit;   determining that the external unit is in a coupled state with the stimulation unit in response to receiving the data from the stimulation unit;   in response to determining that the external unit is in a coupled state with the stimulation unit, provide a first visual display at one or more visual-output components of the external unit;   determining that the external unit has not received data from the stimulation unit within a period of time;   in response to determining that the external unit has not received data from the stimulation unit within the period of time, determining that the external unit is in a decoupled state with the stimulation unit;   in response to determining that the external unit is in a decoupled state with the stimulation unit, displaying a second visual display at the one or more visual-output components of the external unit;   wherein the first visual display and the second visual display indicate different types of information to a user.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the second visual display comprises a greater number of visual outputs than the first visual display. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the first visual display comprises no visible visual outputs. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the second visual display comprises a visible indication of a status of one or more systems of the hearing device. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more visual-output components comprise at least one of a liquid crystal display (LCD) display or an electronic paper display. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more visual-output components comprises one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs). 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the first visual display comprises one or more visual outputs in which the one or more LEDs illuminate in a first manner to provide a first indication to a user, and wherein the second visual display comprises one or more visual outputs in which the one or more LEDs illuminate in a second manner to provide a second indication to the user. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the first visual display comprises a visual display in which the one or more LEDs do not illuminate, and wherein the second visual display comprises a visual display in which the one or more LEDs illuminate to provide an indication to a user. 
     
     
         39 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed configure hardware circuitry of an external unit of implantable medical device system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 receiving data from a stimulation unit of the implantable medical device system;   determining the external unit is in a coupled state in response to the receiving of the data from the stimulation unit being within a given period of time;   displaying a first visual indicator in response to the external unit being in the coupled state;   determining the external unit has not received data from the stimulation unit within a second given period of time;   determining the external unit is in a decoupled state in response to the external unit not receiving data within the second given period of time; and   displaying, in response to the external unit being in the decoupled state, a second visual indicator different than the first visual indicator.   
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein the first visual display and the second visual display indicate different types of information to a user.