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A system for programming one or more hearing aids with a host computer, the system including a hearing aid programmer for wireless communications with the host computer. In various embodiments, the hearing aid programmer has at least one interface connector for communication with at least one hearing aid. Additionally, in various embodiments, the system includes a wireless interface adapted for connecting to the at least one interface connector of the hearing aid programmer, the wireless interface further adapted for wireless communication with one or more hearing aids. Varying embodiments of the present subject matter include a wireless interface which contains signal processing electronics, a memory connected to the signal processing electronics; and a wireless module connected to the signal processing electronics and adapted for wireless communications.
1. A system for programming one or more hearing aids with a host computer comprising:
a hearing aid programmer for wireless communications with the host computer, the hearing aid programmer having at least one interface connector for communication with at least one hearing aid; and
a wireless interface adapted for connecting to the at least one interface connector of the hearing aid programmer, and further adapted for wireless communication with one or more hearing aids, the wireless interface comprising:
signal processing electronics;
a memory connected to the signal processing electronics; and
a wireless module connected to the signal processing electronics and adapted for wireless communications,
wherein the system includes at least one interconnecting conduit adapted for hanging the wireless interface on an individual's neck.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/096,335, filed Mar. 11, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,888,948 which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/896,484, filed on Jul. 18, 1997, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,424,722, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/782,328, filed on Jan. 13, 1997, now abandoned, all of which are commonly assigned and incorporated here.
This application relates generally to a programming system for programmable hearing aids and, more particularly, to a hearing aid programming system utilizing a host computer which uses a wired or wireless connection to communicate data to a hearing aid programmer, which is further suited to wirelessly program hearing aids.
Hearing aids have been developed to ameliorate the effects of hearing losses in individuals. Hearing deficiencies can range from deafness to hearing losses where the individual has impairment of responding to different frequencies of sound or to being able to differentiate sounds occurring simultaneously. The hearing aid in its most elementary form usually provides for auditory correction through the amplification and filtering of sound provided in the environment with the intent that the individual can hear better than without the amplification.
Various hearing aids offer adjustable operational parameters to optimize hearing and comfort to the individual. Parameters, such as volume or tone, may easily be adjusted, and many hearing aids allow for the individual to adjust these parameters. It is usual that an individual's hearing loss is not uniform over the entire frequency spectrum of audible sound. An individual's hearing loss may be greater at higher frequency ranges than at lower frequencies. Recognizing these differentiations in hearing loss considerations between individuals, it has become common for a hearing health professional to make measurements that will indicate the type of correction or assistance that will improve that individual's hearing capability. A variety of measurements may be taken, which can include establishing speech recognition scores, or measurement of the individual's perceptive ability for differing sound frequencies and differing sound amplitudes. The resulting score data or amplitude/frequency response can be provided in tabular form or graphically represented, such that the individual's hearing loss may be compared to what would be considered a more normal hearing response. To assist in improving the hearing of individuals, it has been found desirable to provide adjustable hearing aids wherein filtering parameters may be adjusted, and automatic gain control (AGC) parameters are adjustable.
With the development of microelectronics and microprocessors, programmable hearing aids have become well known. It is known for programmable hearing aids to have a digital control section which stores auditory data and which controls aspects of signal processing characteristics. Such programmable hearing aids also have a signal processing section, which may be analog or digital, and which operates under control of the control section to perform the signal processing or amplification to meet the needs of the individual.
There are several types of hearing aid programming interface systems. One type of programming system includes a custom designed stand-alone programmer that is self-contained and provides programming functions known at the time of design. Stand-alone programmers tend to be inflexible and difficult to update and modify, thereby raising the cost to stay current. Further, such stand-alone programmers are normally designed for handling a limited number of hearing aid types and lack versatility. Should there be an error in the system that provides the programming, such stand-alone systems tend to be difficult to repair or upgrade.
Another type of hearing aid programming interface is a programmer that is designed to install into and become part of a host computing system. Hearing aid programmers of the type that plug into host computers are generally designed to be compatible with the expansion ports on a specific computer. Past systems have generally been designed to plug into the bus structure known as the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA). However, the ISA expansion bus is not available on many host computers. For example, most laptop computers do not have an ISA expansion bus. Further, plugging cards into available ISA expansion ports requires opening the computer cabinet and appropriately installing the expansion card.
The above-mentioned problems and others not expressly discussed herein are addressed by the present subject matter and will be understood by reading and studying this specification.
The present subject matter includes, in part, a system for programming one or more hearing aids with a host computer, the system including a hearing aid programmer for wireless communications with the host computer. In various embodiments, the hearing aid programmer has at least one interface connector for communication with at least one hearing aid. Additionally, in various embodiments, the system includes a wireless interface adapted for connecting to at least one interface connector of the hearing aid programmer, the wireless interface further adapted for wireless communication with one or more hearing aids. Varying embodiments of the present subject matter include a wireless interface which contains signal processing electronics, a memory connected to the signal processing electronics; and a wireless module connected to the signal processing electronics and adapted for wireless communications.
This Summary is an overview of some of the teachings of the present application and not intended to be an exclusive or exhaustive treatment of the present subject matter. Further details about the present subject matter are found in the detailed description and appended claims. Other aspects will be apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reading and understanding the following detailed description and viewing the drawings that form a part thereof, each of which are not to be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
Various embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements.
The following detailed description of the present invention refers to subject matter in the accompanying drawings which show, by way of illustration, specific aspects and embodiments in which the present subject matter may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present subject matter. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the various embodiments may be practiced without some of these specific details. References to "an", "one", or "various" embodiments in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references contemplate more than one embodiment. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of legal equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
It is generally known that a person's hearing loss is not normally uniform over the entire frequency spectrum of hearing. For example, in typical noise-induced hearing loss, the hearing loss is typically greater at higher frequencies than at lower frequencies. The degree of hearing loss at various frequencies varies with individuals. The measurement of an individual's hearing ability can be illustrated by an audiogram. An audiologist, or other hearing health professionals, will measure an individual's perceptive ability for differing sound frequencies and differing sound amplitudes. A plot of the resulting information in an amplitude/frequency diagram will graphically represent the individual's hearing ability, and will thereby represent the individual's hearing loss as compared to an established range of normal hearing for individuals. In this regard, the audiogram represents graphically the particular auditory characteristics of the individual. Other types of measurements relating to hearing deficiencies may be made. For example, speech recognition scores can be utilized. It is understood that the auditory characteristics of an individual or other measured hearing responses may be represented by data that can be represented in various tabular forms as well as in the graphical representation.
Basically, a hearing aid consists of a sound actuatable microphone for converting environmental sounds into an electrical signal. The electrical signal is supplied to an amplifier for providing an amplified output signal. The amplified output signal is applied to a receiver that acts as a loudspeaker for converting the amplified electrical signal into sound that is transmitted to the individual's ear. The various kinds of hearing aids can be configured to be "completely in the canal" known as the CIC type of hearing aid. Hearing aids can also be embodied in configurations such as "in the ear", "in the canal", "behind the ear", embodied in an eyeglass frame, worn on the body, and surgically implanted. Each of the various types of hearing aids have differing functional and aesthetic characteristics. Further, hearing aids can be programmed through analog parametric adjustments or through digital programs.
Since individuals have differing hearing abilities with respect to each other, and oftentimes have differing hearing abilities between the right and left ears, it is normal to have some form of adjustment to compensate for the characteristics of the hearing of the individual. It has been known to provide an adjustable filter for use in conjunction with the amplifier for modifying the amplifying characteristics of the hearing aid. Various forms of physical adjustment for adjusting variable resistors or capacitors have been used. With the advent of microcircuitry, the ability to program hearing aids has become well-known. A programmable hearing aid typically has a digital control section and a signal processing section. The digital control section is adapted to store an auditory parameter, or a set of auditory parameters, which will control an aspect or set of aspects of the amplifying characteristics, or other characteristics, of the hearing aid. The signal processing section of the hearing aid then will operate in response to the control section to perform the actual signal processing, or amplification, it being understood that the signal processing may be digital or analog.
Numerous types of programmable hearing aids are known. As such, details of the specifics of programming functions will not be described in detail. To accomplish the programming, it has been known to have the manufacturer establish a computer-based programming function at its factory or outlet centers. In this form of operation, the details of the individual's hearing readings, such as the audiogram, are forwarded to the manufacturer for use in making the programming adjustments. Once adjusted, the hearing aid or hearing aids are then sent to the intended user. Such an operation clearly suffers from the disadvantage of the loss of time in the transmission of the information and the return of the adjusted hearing aid, as well as not being able to provide inexpensive and timely adjustments with the individual user. Such arrangements characteristically deal only with the programming of the particular manufacturer's hearing aids, and are not readily adaptable for adjusting or programming various types of hearing aids.
Yet another type of prior art programming system is utilized wherein the programming system is located near the hearing health professional who would like to program the hearing aid for patients. In such an arrangement, it is common for each location to have a general purpose computer especially programmed to perform the programming function and provide it with an interface unit hard-wired to the computer for providing the programming function to the hearing aid. In this arrangement, the hearing professional enters the audiogram or other patient-related hearing information into the computer, and thereby allows the computer to calculate the auditory parameters that will be optimal for the predetermined listening situations for the individual. The computer then directly programs the hearing aid. Such specific programming systems and hard-wired interrelationship to the host computer are costly and do not lend themselves to ease of altering the programming functions.
Other types of programming systems wherein centralized host computers are used to provide programming access via telephone lines and the like are also known, and suffer from many of the problems of cost, lack of ease of usage, lack of flexibility in reprogramming, and the like.
A number of these prior art programmable systems have been identified above, and their respective functionalities will not be further described in detail.
The system and method of programming hearing aids of the present subject matter provides a mechanism where the hearing aid programming system can be economically located at the office of each hearing health professional, thereby overcoming many of the described deficiencies of prior art programming systems.
In various embodiments of the present subject matter, groups of computing devices, including lap top computers, notebook computers, hand-held computers, and the like, which can collectively be referenced as host computers, are adapted to support the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Technology, which is generally referred to as PCMCIA. In general, PCMCIA provides one or more standardized ports in the host computer where such ports are arranged to cooperate with associated PCMCIA PC cards, hereinafter referred to as "Cards". The Cards are utilized to provide various functions, and the functionality of PCMCIA will be described in more detail below. The PCMCIA specification defines a standard for integrated circuit Cards to be used to promote interchangeability among a variety of computer and electronic products. Attention is given to low cost, ruggedness, low power consumption, light weight, and portability of operation.
The specific size of the various configurations of Cards will be described in more detail below, but in general, it is understood that it will be comparable in size to a credit card, thereby achieving the goal of ease of handling. Other goals of PCMCIA technology can be simply stated to require that (1) it must be simple to configure, and support multiple peripheral devices; (2) it must be hardware and operating environment independent; (3) installation must be flexible; and (4) it must be inexpensive to support the various peripheral devices. These goals and objectives of PCMCIA specification requirements and available technology are consistent with the goals of the present subject matter, which are providing an improved highly portable, inexpensive, adaptable hearing aid programming system. The PCMCIA technology is expanding into personal computers and work stations, and it is understood that where such capability is present, the attributes of the present subject matter are applicable. Various aspects of PCMCIA will be described below at points to render the description meaningful to the present subject matter.
A PCMCIA Card 40 has a first end 42 in which a number of contacts 44 are mounted. In the standard, the contacts 44 are arranged in two parallel rows and number approximately 68. The outer end 60 has a connector (not shown in this figure) to cooperate with mating connector 62. This interconnection provide signals to and from hearing aids 64 and 66 via cable 68 which splits into cable ends 70 and 72. Cable portion 70 has connector 74 affixed thereto and adapted for cooperation with jack 76 in hearing aid 64. Similarly, cable 72 has connector 78 that is adapted for cooperation with jack 80 in hearing aid 66. This configuration allows for programming of hearing aid 64 and 66 in the ears of the individual to use them, it being understood that the cable interconnection may alternatively be a single cable for a single hearing aid or two separate cables with two separations to the Card 40.
It is apparent that card 40 and the various components are not shown in scale with one another, and that the dashed lines represent directions of interconnection. In this regard, a selection can be made between portable host 10 or hand-held host 20. If host 10 is selected, card 40 is moved in the direction of dashed lines 82 for insertion in PCMCIA slot 18. Alternatively, if a hand-held host 20 is to be used, Card 40 is moved along dashed lines 84 for insertion in PCMCIA slot 32. Connector 62 can be moved along dashed line 86 for mating with the connector (not shown) at end 60 of card 40. Connector 74 can be moved along line 88 for contacting jack 76, and connector 78 can be moved along dashed line 90 for contacting jack 80. There are three standardized configurations of Card 40 plus one nonstandard form that will not be described.
Type II Cards are the most prevalent in usage, and allow for the most flexibility in use in pairs with stacked PCMCIA ports.
The PCMCIA slot includes two rows of approximately 34 pins each. The connector on the Card is adapted to cooperate with these pins. There are approximately three groupings of pins that vary in length. This results in a sequence of operation as the Card is inserted into the slot. The longest pins make contact first, the intermediate length pins make contact second, and the shortest pins make contact last. The sequencing of pin lengths allow the host system to properly sequence application of power and ground to the Card. It is not necessary for an understanding of the present subject matter to consider the sequencing in detail, it being automatically handled as the Card is inserted. Functionally, the shortest pins are the card detect pins and are responsible for routing signals that inform software running on the host of the insertion or removal of a Card. The shortest pins result in this operation occurring last, and functions only after the Card has been fully inserted. It is not necessary for an understanding of the present subject matter that each pin and its function be considered in detail, it being understood that power and ground is provided from the host to the Card.
In general terms, the PCMCIA architecture defines various interfaces and services that allow application software to configure Card resources into the system for use by system-level utilities and applications. The PCMCIA hardware and related PCMCIA handlers within the system function as enabling technologies for the Card.
Resources that are capable of being configured or mapped from the PCMCIA bus to the system bus are memory configurations, input/output (I/O) ranges and Interrupt Request Lines (IRQs). Details concerning the PCMCIA architecture can be derived from the specification available from PCMCIA Committee, as well as various vendors that supply PCMCIA components or software commercially.
The PCMCIA architecture involves a consideration of hardware 200 and layers of software 202. Within the hardware consideration, Card 204 is coupled to PCMCIA socket 206 and Card 208 is coupled to PCMCIA socket 210. Sockets 206 and 210 are coupled to the PCMCIA bus 212 which in turn is coupled to the PCMCIA controller 214. Controllers are provided commercially by a number of vendors. The controller 214 is programmed to carry out the functions of the PCMCIA architecture, and responds to internal and external stimuli. Controller 214 is coupled to the system bus 216. The system bus 216 is a set of electrical paths within a host computer over which control signals, address signals, and data signals are transmitted. The control signals are the basis for the protocol established to place data signals on the bus and to read data signals from the bus. The address lines are controlled by various devices that are connected to the bus and are utilized to refer to particular memory locations or I/O locations. The data lines are used to pass actual data signals between devices.
The PCMCIA bus 212 utilizes 26 address lines and 16 data lines.
Within the software 202 consideration, there are levels of software abstractions. The Socket Services 218 is the first level in the software architecture and is responsible for software abstraction of the PCMCIA sockets 206 and 210. In general, Socket Services 218 will be applicable to a particular controller 214. In general, Socket Services 218 uses a register set (not shown) to pass arguments and return status. When interrupts are processed with proper register settings, Socket Services gains control and attempts to perform functions specified at the Application Program Interfaces (API).
Card Services 220 is the next level of abstraction defined by PCMCIA and provides for PCMCIA system initialization, central resource management for PCMCIA, and APIs for Card configuration and client management. Card Services is event-driven and notifies clients of hardware events and responds to client requests. Card Services 220 is also the manager of resources available to PCMCIA clients and is responsible for managing data and assignment of resources to a Card. Card Services assigns particular resources to Cards on the condition that the Card Information Structure (CIS) indicates that they are supported. Once resources are configured to a Card, the Card can be accessed as if it were a device in the system. Card Services has an array of Application Program Interfaces to provide the various required functions.
Memory Technology Driver 1 (MTD) 222, Memory Technology Driver 2, label 224, and Memory Technology Driver N, label 226, are handlers directly responsible for reading and writing of specific memory technology memory Cards. These include standard drivers and specially designed drivers if required.
Card Services 220 has a variety of clients such as File System Memory clients 228 that deal with file system aware structures; Memory Clients 230, Input/Output Clients 232; and Miscellaneous Clients 234.
On Card 252 there is a PCMCIA Interface 254 that is coupled to jack 250 via lines 256, where lines 256 include circuits for providing power and ground connections from Host 236, and circuits for providing address signals, data signals, and control signals. The PCMCIA Interface 254 includes the Card Information Structure (CIS) that is utilized for providing signals to Host 236 indicative of the nature of the Card and setting configuration parameters. The CIS contains information and data specific to the Card, and the components of information in CIS is comprised of tuples, where each tuple is a segment of data structure that describes a specific aspect or configuration relative to the Card. It is this information that will determine whether the Card is to be treated as a standard serial data port, a standard memory card, a unique programming card or the like. The combination of tuples is a metaformat.
A Microprocessor shown within dashed block 260 includes a Processor Unit 262 that receives signals from PCMCIA Interface 254 over lines 264 and provides signals to the Interface over lines 266. An onboard memory system 268 is provided for use in storing program instructions. In the embodiment of the circuit, the Memory 268 is a volatile static random access memory (SRAM) unit of 1 K capacity. A Nonvolatile Memory 270 is provided. The Nonvolatile Memory is 0.5 K and is utilized to store initialization instructions that are activated upon insertion of Card 252 into socket 248. This initialization software is often referred to as "bootstrap" software in that the system is capable of pulling itself up into operation.
A second Memory System 272 is provided. This Memory is coupled to Processor Unit 262 for storage of hearing aid programming software during the hearing aid programming operation. In a preferred embodiment, Memory 272 is a volatile SRAM having a 32 K capacity. During the initialization phases, the programming software will be transmitted from the Program Memory 240 of Host 236 and downloaded through the PCMCIA interface 254. In an alternative embodiment, Memory System 272 can be a nonvolatile memory with the hearing aid programming software stored therein. Such nonvolatile memory can be selected from available memory systems such as Read Only Memory (ROM), Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), or Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM). It is, of course, understood that Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) memory systems normally do not hold or retain data stored therein when power is removed.
A Hearing Aid Interface 274 provides the selected signals over lines 274 to the interface connector 276. The Interface receives signals on lines 278 from the interface connector. In general, the Hearing Aid Interface 274 functions under control of the Processor Unit 262 to select which hearing aid will be programmed, and to provide the digital to analog selections, and to provide the programmed impedance levels.
A jack 280 couples with connector 276 and provides electrical connection over lines 282 to jack 284 that couples to hearing aid 286. In a similar manner, conductors 288 coupled to jack 290 for making electrical interconnection with hearing aid 292.
Assuming that Socket Services 218, Card Services 220 and appropriate drivers and handlers are appropriately loaded in the Host 236 (pictured in
The PCMCIA jack 250 is coupled to PCMCIA Interface 254 via PCMCIA bus 256, and provides VCC power to the card via line 256-1. The Microprocessor 260 is coupled to the Program Memory 272 via the Microprocessor Bus 260-1. A Reset Circuit 260-2 is coupled via line 260-3 to Microprocessor 260 and functions to reset the Microprocessor when power falls below predetermined limits. A Crystal Oscillator 260-4 is coupled to Microprocessor 260 via line 260-5 and provides a predetermined operational frequency signal for use by Microprocessor 260.
The Hearing Aid Interface shown enclosed in dashed block 274 includes a Digital to Analog Converter 274-1 that is coupled to a Reference Voltage 274-2 via line 274-3. In a preferred embodiment, the Reference Voltage is established at 2.5 volts DC. Digital to Analog Converter 274-1 is coupled to Microprocessor Bus 260-1. The Digital to Analog Converter functions to produce four analog voltages under control of the programming established by the Microprocessor.
One of the four analog voltages is provided on Line 274-5 to amplifier AL, labeled 274-6, which functions to convert 0 to reference voltage levels to 0 to 15 volt level signals. A second voltage is provided on line 274-7 to amplifier AR, labeled 274-8, which provides a similar conversion of 0 volts to the reference voltage signals to 0 volts to 15 volt signals. A third voltage is provided on line 274-9 to the amplifier BL, labeled 274-10, and on line 274-11 to amplifier BR, labeled 274-12. Amplifiers BL and BR convert 0 volt signals to reference voltage signals to 0 volts to 15 volt signals and are used to supply power to the hearing aid being adjusted. In this regard, amplifier BL provides the voltage signals on line 278-3 to the Left hearing aid, and amplifier BR provides the selected voltage level signals on line 274-3 to the Right hearing aid.
An Analog Circuit Power Supply 274-13 provides predetermined power voltage levels to all analog circuits.
A pair of input Comparators CL labeled 274-14 and CR labeled 274-15 are provided to receive output signals from the respective hearing aids. Comparator CL receives input signals from the Left hearing aid via line 278-4 and Comparator CR receives input signals from the Right hearing aid via line 274-4. The fourth analog voltage from Digital to Analog Converter 274-1 is provided on line 274-16 to Comparators CL and CR.
A plurality of hearing aid programming circuit control lines pass from Microprocessor 260 and to the Microprocessor via lines 274-17. The output signals provided by comparators CL and CR advise Microprocessor 260 of parameters concerning the CL and CR hearing aids respectively.
A Variable Impedance A circuit and Variable Impedance B circuit 274-20 each include a predetermined number of analog switches and a like number of resistance elements. In a preferred embodiment as will be described in more detail below, each of these circuits includes eight analog switches and eight resistors. The output from amplifier AL is provided to Variable Impedance A via line 274-21 and selection signals are provided via line 274-22. The combination of the voltage signal applied and the selection signals results in an output being provided to switch SW1 to provide the selected voltage level. In a similar manner, the output from Amplifier R is provided on line 274-23 to Variable Impedance B 274-20, and with control signals on line 274-24, results in the selected voltage signals being applied to switch SW2.
Switches SW1 and SW2 are analog switches and are essentially single pole double throw switches that are switched under control of signals provided on line 274-25. When the selection is to program the left hearing aid, switch SW1 will be in the position shown and the output signals from Variable Impedance A will be provided on line 278-1 to LF hearing aid. At the same time, the output from Variable Impedance B 274-20 will be provided through switch SW2 to line 278-2. When it is determined that the Right hearing aid is to be programmed, the control signals on line 274-25 will cause switches SW1 and SW2 to switch. This will result in the signal from Variable Impedance A to be provided on line 274-1, and the output from Variable Impedance B to be provided on line 274-2 to the Right hearing aid.
With the circuit elements shown, the program that resides in Program Memory 272 in conjunction with the control of Microprocessor 260 will result in application of data and control signals that will read information from Left and Right hearing aids, and will cause generation of the selection of application and the determination of levels of analog voltage signals that will be applied selectively the Left and Right hearing aids.
In another embodiment of the present subject matter, a Portable Multiprogram Unit (PMU) is adapted to store one or more hearing aid adjusting programs for a patient or user to easily adjust or program hearing aid parameters. The programs reflect adjustments to hearing aid parameters for various ambient hearing conditions. Once the PMU is programmed with the downloaded hearing aid programs, the PMU utilizes a wireless transmission to the user's hearing aid permitting the selective downloading of a selected one of the hearing aid programs to the digitally programmable hearing aids of a user.
A Portable Multiprogram Unit Interface 304 receives hearing aid programs via line 306 from the Processor Unit 262 and provides the digital hearing aid programs as signals on line 308 to jack 310. Connector 312 mates with jack 310 and provides the hearing aid program signals via cable 314 to removable jack 316 that is coupled to the Portable Multiprogram Unit 320. Control signals are fed from PMU 320 through cable 314 to be passed on line 322 to the Portable Multiprogram Unit Interface 304. These control signals are in turn passed on line 324 to the Processor Unit 262, and are utilized to control downloading of the hearing aid programs. PMUs are available commercially, and will be only functionally described.
This embodiment differs from the embodiment described with regard to
In this embodiment, the functioning of the PCMCIA Interface 254 is similar to that described above. Upon plugging in PCMCIA Card 300, the Host 236 responds to the CIS and its Card identification for the selected hearing aid programming function. At the same time, Processor Unit 262 has power applied and boot-straps the processor operation. When thus activated, the Card 300 is conditioned to receive one or more selected hearing aid programs from the Host. Selection of hearing aid program parameters is accomplished by the operator selection of parameters for various selected conditions to be applied for the particular patient.
The number of programs for a particular patient for the various ambient and environmental hearing conditions can be selected, and in a preferred embodiment, will allow for four distinct programming selections. It is, of course, understood that by adjustment of the amount of storage available in the hearing aids and the PMU, a larger number of programs could be stored for portable application.
The PMU 320 can be disconnected from cable 314 and carried with the patient once the hearing aid programs are downloaded from the Host 236 and stored in the PMU.
The PMU 320 includes circuitry and is self-powered for selectively transmitting hearing aid program information via a wireless link 342 to a hearing aid 344, and via wireless transmission 346 to hearing aid 348.
The hearing aids 344 and 348 for a user are available commercially and each include EEPROM storage for storing the selected then-active hearing aid program information. This arrangement will be described in more detail below.
The wireless link 342 and 346 can be an infrared link transmission, radio frequency transmission, or ultrasonic transmission systems. It is necessary only to adapt the wireless transmission of PMU 320 to the appropriate program signal receivers in hearing aids 344 and 348.
To accomplish programming of a hearing aid, the Ear Select 358 of the controls 332 (see
It will be recalled that it is common for the right and left hearing aids to be programmed with differing parameters, and the portions of the selected program applicable to each hearing aid must be selected.
Once the right or left ear hearing aid is selected, the Program Select 360, which includes selection controls 334, 336, 338 and 340 (pictured in
The hearing aid to be programmed is within block 300, and includes a receiver 370 that is responsive to transmitter 364 to receive the wireless transmission of the digital hearing aid program signals provided by PMU 320. A Programming Control 372 includes a Program Memory 374, which can be an addressable RAM. The digital signals received after Receiver 370 are provided on line 376 to the Programming Control 372 and are stored in the Program Memory 372. Once thus stored, the selected program remains in the Program Memory until being erased for storage of a next subsequent program to be stored.
The Program Audio Processor 378 utilizes the Programming Control 372 and the Program Memory 374 to supply the selected stored PROGRAM signals transmitted on-line 380 to adjust the parameters of the Audio Circuits 382 according to the digitally programmed parameters stored the Program Memory 374. Thus, sound received in the ear of the user at the Input 384 are processed by the Programmed Audio Circuits to provide the conditioned audio signals at Output 386 to the wearer of the hearing aid 344.
Power 388 is contained within the hearing aid 300 and provides the requisite power to all circuits and components of the hearing aid.
In operation, then, the user can reprogram the hearing aids using the PMU 320 to select from around the stored hearing aid programs, the one of the stored programs to adjust the programming of the user's hearing aids to accommodate an encountered ambient environmental hearing condition. Other ones of the downloaded stored programs in the PMU can be similarly selected to portably reprogram the hearing aids as the wearer encounters different ambient environmental conditions. Further, as hearing changes for the user, the PMU 320 can be again electrically attached to the PCMCIA Card 300 and the hearing aid programs adjusted by the hearing professional using the Host 236, and can be again downloaded to reestablish new programs within the PMU 320.
In various embodiments of the present subject matter, host computers are adapted to support communication with a hearing aid programmer which is capable of programming hearing aids. In various embodiments, a wireless interface is adapted to connect to the hearing aid programmer, and to communicate with one or more hearing aids wirelessly. In various embodiments, the systems of the present subject matter provides an inexpensive portable hearing aid programming system which can easily be adapted to program a variety of hearing aids by loading various data. Additionally, by including adaptations compatible with the NOAHlink™ hearing aid programmer, the system cost can be reduced, as standardized hearing aid programmers can be less expensive than custom designed hearing aid programmers. One benefit of the present subject matter is improved portability. The hearing aid programming system, in various embodiments, provides a solution for programming hearing aids which does not require the use of cables or wires for data communication.
Various examples include a hearing aid programmer 1105 which communicates wirelessly 1106 with the host computer 1107 using a protocol adapted to be compatible with the Bluetooth™ wireless communication system. The Bluetooth™ wireless communication system operates on an unlicensed 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band. Devices adapted for compatibility with the communication system are capable of providing real-time audio-video and data communication. Copyrights to the Bluetooth™ wireless communication system specification are owned by the Promoter Members of Bluetooth SIG, Inc. The scope of the present subject matter includes wireless communications adapted to be compatible with the Bluetooth™ Specification, specifically, at least v 1.2, available at http://www.bluetooth.com (last visited Jan. 26, 2004).
In various embodiments, a wireless interface 1104 is adapted to connect to the hearing aid programmer 1105. In some examples, the wireless interface receives data from the connected hearing aid programmer and wirelessly communicates 1102 it to hearing aids 1101. In one example, the wireless communications occur over a radio frequency of approximately 3.84 Megahertz.
Further embodiments of the wireless interface 1104 include an output connector 1255 adapted for connecting hearing aids. For example, the output connector 1255 can form a cable connection 1201 (pictured in
In various embodiments, the shroud 1257 adds various functions to the hearing aid programming system. For example, in some embodiments, the shroud 1257 helps align the hearing aid programmer 1105 with the wireless interface 1104 while the two are being connected. In varying embodiments, the shroud 1257 also provides a graspable surface to facilitate an individual to connect the hearing aid programmer 1105 to the wireless interface 1104. Varying embodiments also provide a fastening means, such as a lock or hook, to attach the hearing aid programmer 1105 to the wireless interface 1104. A lock helps to ensure that the hearing aid programmer does not become disconnected from the wireless interface 1104 during use. Additionally, in some examples, the shroud 1257 also provides a space for the installation of electronics. Overall, the shroud provides a range of functions, and those listed here are not representative of the entire scope of the shroud 1257 functionality.
Additional embodiments of the wireless interface 1104 include an interconnecting conduit 1251 which may be shaped for hanging. In some examples, the wireless interface 1104 may hang from an individual's neck.
In various embodiments, the wireless interface 1104 includes a housing for wireless electronics 1301. In various embodiments, the wireless interface 1104 facilitates the hanging of the portable hearing aid programming system on the individual 1302 such that the housing for wireless electronics 1301 is positioned behind the individual's neck, proximal to the hearing aids 1101. In further embodiments, the wireless interface 1104 facilitates the hanging of the portable hearing aid programming system on the individual 1302 such that the hearing aid programmer 1105 is positioned proximate to the individual's chest.
In one embodiment, the wireless interface 1104 is comprised of wireless electronics 1510 and over voltage protection 1512. Over voltage protection 1512 is connected between the hearing aid programmer 1105 and the wireless electronics 1510, as discussed below. In one embodiment, the wireless electronics 1510 are integrated onto a hybrid chip.
In some embodiments, data for programming the wireless interface is communicated with the hearing aid programmer 1105. In various embodiments, the wireless interface 1105 uses signal processing electronics 1504 which communicate data with the hearing aid programmer 1105. In various embodiments, the signal processing electronics 1504 boot a wireless module 1509, which initiates wireless data communication 1102 to hearing aids 1101. Other embodiments do not require repeated booting, as wireless functioning 1102 is continuous. In some examples, the function of the signal processing electronics is performed by a digital signal processor.
Some embodiment use signal processing electronics 1504 which perform various functions in addition to booting the wireless module 1509. In one example, the controller 1504 performs signal processing on data. The signal processing may be analog or digital. Some examples include signal processing, amplification and other function performed to meet the needs of an individual hearing aid user. In various examples, data produced through signal processing can be later communicated to other components in the wireless interface 1104 for use or storage. Additionally, in some examples of the present subject matter, the signal processing electronics use a memory 1503 which is a permanent memory, such as an EEPROM. Various examples of the present subject matter utilize the memory 1503 to store programs or data which is later used by the signal processing electronics, or communicated to other components.
Power for the components in the wireless interface 1104, in various embodiments, is supplied by the hearing aid programmer 1105 by at least one conduction path 1522. As pictured, one embodiment uses power from the hearing aid programmer 1105 to power wireless module 1509, the signal processing electronics 1504, and the memory 1503. However, it should be noted that other embodiments include designs which obtain power from other sources, such as batteries. Additionally, in various embodiments, only some of the hearing aid components are powered by the hearing aid programmer 1105. Further, it should be noted that in various embodiments, the hearing aid programmer 1105 can control the supply of power 1522 to power on or power off various components connected to the power line 1522.
In various embodiments, the wireless interface 1104 includes a wireless module 1509. In various embodiments, the wireless module 1509 is an integrated circuit. One example uses a wireless module 1509 connected to an antenna 1501. Various embodiments of the present subject matter communicate wirelessly 1102 using radio waves. In one example, the wireless communicator 1509 communicates with programmable hearing aids 1101 using a radio frequency of approximately 3.84 Megahertz. Varying examples use a wireless communication protocol suitable to transport application data, parameters, content, or other information.
Various examples of the present subject matter use the wireless communicator 1509 to communicate data with other components in the wireless interface 1104. In one embodiment, the wireless communicator 1509 communicates data with the signal processing electronics 1504. Other embodiments communicate data to the memory 1503. In one embodiment, the wireless communicator 1509 communicates data to the hearing aid programmer 1105.
One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a communication bus which carries data according to a communication protocol. Varying communication protocols can be employed. One exemplary protocol both requires fewer signal carrying conductors and consumes lower power. Varying communication protocols include operation parameters, applications, content, and other data which may be used by components connected to a communication bus 1520. In one embodiment, the wireless communicator 1509 and signal processing electronics 1504 are connected to the communication bus 1520 and transmit and receive data using the communication bus 1520.
In various embodiments, the wireless interface 1104 includes components which enable the wireless interface 1104 to communicate with a programmable hearing aid 1101 using a streaming digital signal. In various embodiments, streaming digital data includes operational parameters, applications, and other data which is used by components. In one embodiment, compressed digital audio data is communicated to the hearing aids for diagnostic purposes. Additionally, in varying embodiments, digital streaming data communication is bidirectional, and in some embodiments it is unidirectional. One example of bidirectional communication includes the transmission of data which indicates the transmission integrity of the digital streaming signal, which, in some embodiments, allows for signal tuning. It should be noted that the data transferred to the hearing aids is not limited to data used for programming devices, and could contain other information in various embodiments.
In various embodiments, the wireless interface 1510 is powered by electricity supplied by the hearing aid programmer 1105. In one example, the over-voltage protection can compare the measured voltage in the at least one hearing aid programmer circuit 1605 to a threshold voltage. In further examples, if the measured voltage exceeds a threshold voltage limit, the over voltage protection enables the wireless interface 1104 to communicate wirelessly. Further examples do not enable the wireless interface 1104 to begin communicating wirelessly if the measured voltage does not exceed a threshold voltage limit.
In various embodiments, the over-voltage protection 1512, in response to a measured voltage 1605, electrically decouples the wireless electronics 1510 from the at least one hearing aid programmer circuit 1605. One benefit of decoupling the wireless electronics 1510 from the at lease one hearing aid programmer circuit 1605 is a decrease in the potential for damage due to excessive voltage.
Another benefit of over voltage protection is that the wireless electronics can be disabled while the output connector 1255 is connected to and programming hearing aids. Disabling the wireless electronics 1510 can conserve power in the hearing aid programmer 1105.
In various embodiments, the over voltage protection includes a detector 1602. In various embodiments, the detector 1602 monitors voltage on at least one hearing aid programmer circuit 1605. In various embodiments, the detector 1602 compares the measured voltage to a threshold voltage, and controls either or both of a power supply 1601 and a line protector 1603, using a communication line 1610. In various embodiments, the communication line 1610 carries communication using a standard communication protocol. In other embodiments, the communication occurs through point to point connections, not shown, which are switched to communicate information.
Control of a line protector, in various embodiments, includes opening the circuit between the wireless electronics 1510 and both the output connector 1255 and the hearing aid programmer 1105. Additionally, in various embodiments, the power supply is the source of energy for the wireless electronics 1510. In embodiments where the power supply is an energy source for the wireless electronics 1510, the detector 1602 can disable the supply of power to the wireless electronics 1510.
One benefit of the detector 1602 controlling wireless electronics 1510 is that the wireless electronics can be disabled while the output connector 1255 is connected to and programming hearing aids. Disabling the wireless electronics 1510 can conserve power in the hearing aid programmer 1105.
In various embodiments, the line protector 1603 does not require control inputs from a detector 1602, and instead measures voltage, and opens switches which electrically decouple the wireless electronics 1510 from power available from the hearing aid protector on a power circuit 1605.
In other embodiments, an analog or digital signal is conditioned and allowed to pass from line 1605 through line 1607 to the wireless electronics 1510. In varying embodiments, a signal carried on line 1607 originates in the hearing aid programmer 1105, and indicates to the wireless electronics 1510 to switch the line protector 1603. Embodiments which do not monitor voltage offer, in some embodiments, improved flexibility, and some examples decrease the likelihood of damaging wired hearing aids which are inadvertently connected to the wireless interface 1104.
In various embodiments, the cord is routed between a shroud 1257 which is adapted for making a mechanical connection compatible with a NOAHlink™, and a housing 1301 for wireless electronics. In one embodiment, the wireless module is located in the housing 1301, so that it is positioned near a hearing aid positioned in an ear canal.
In varying examples, benefits from positioning wireless electronics 1510 (pictured in
In various embodiments, the housing 1301 includes an output connector 1255 adapted for wired connection to hearing aids (not pictured). It should be noted that in various embodiments, the output connector may be located elsewhere on the wireless interface. In one example, the output connector 1255 is located in the shroud 1257.
One of ordinary skill in the art will understand that, the systems shown and described herein can be implemented using software, hardware, and combinations of software and hardware. As such, the term "system" is intended to encompass software implementations, hardware implementations, and software and hardware implementations.
In various embodiments, the methods provided above are implemented as a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave or propagated signal, that represents a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the respective method. In various embodiments, methods provided above are implemented as a set of instructions contained on a computer-accessible medium capable of directing a processor to perform the respective method. In various embodiments, the medium is a magnetic medium, an electronic medium, or an optical medium.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any arrangement which is calculated to achieve the same purpose may be substituted for the specific embodiment shown. This application is intended to cover adaptations or variations of the present subject matter. It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. Combinations of the above embodiments, and other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. The scope of the present subject matter should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
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Mitt Romney Converts to CatholicismBy
Okay, not exactly. But he did say that he feels as if he is Catholic during a campaign stop on Wednesday. He said we all are.
In case you have not already seen the video, Romney said in Ohio:
Religious liberty — our first freedom of those enumerated in the Bill of Rights. And the president and his administration said they are going to usurp your religious freedom by demanding that you provide products to your employees, if you're the Catholic Church, that violates your own conscience.
And so whether it's a Catholic businessperson or the Catholic Church itself they're being told what they have to do that violates their religious conscience. That attack on religious freedom I think is a dangerous and unfortunate precedent.
And I know we're not all Catholic in this room. Many presumably are. But I feel that we're all Catholic today. In our battle to preserve religious freedom and tolerance and freedom in this country, it is essential for us to push back against that.
The comments were well received — if you consider a standing ovation a warm reception. It was followed by a "Say it again" from the audience after applause. "I will say it again," Romney said. "That's one more good reason to get rid of Obamacare. And I'm going to get that done the first day I'm in office."
This was not his first comment on the HHS Mandate religious-liberty fight, but his strongest, most spirited yet.
Romney's "We're all Catholics" comment on Wednesday could not have been better timed. It was the same day that evangelical Wheaton College joined the Catholic University of America in suing the federal government in Washington D.C. federal district court.
It's worth pointing out that Romney is not a latter-day defender of religious liberty, having come up against ideological challenges to it while he was governor of Massachusetts. His comments Wednesday serve as a reminder that this election matters in ways that run much deeper than what party is in the White House.
The House of Representatives has been a powerhouse of attention to this issue, with Nebraska Republican Jeff Fortenberry in the lead, with an ecumenical, bipartisan coalition supporting his conscience-rights legislation. Speaker of the House John Boehner has insisted that the "If the president does not reverse the Department's attack on religious freedom, then the Congress, acting on behalf of the American people and the Constitution we are sworn to uphold and defend, must." That would be a lot more possible to do with a Senate that would support him and a president who would sign conscience protection.
Do we value religious liberty as we have or not? That's the choice.
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And if a Muslim businessman wanted to impose dhimmitude on Christians, since it's part of Islam, is that OK? K-Lo gonna stand up and be counted for oppression of Christians because it's part of his religious beliefs? This is a recipe for disaster. Letting people impose their religious beliefs on others has a long, sordid history. The only solution is to treat everyone EQUALLY regardless of religion…a lesson conservatives generally ignore
Yup, Mormons stand with Catholics on religious liberty, and with any other religion that cares to join them. I am a Mormon. Romney, from what I know of him, is a good Mormon. Don't believe anything the liberal news media says of either Romney or his faith, because they are not what media says they are. Read both sides of any story.
America's Most Biblically-Hostile U. S. President: Barack Hussein Obama
When one observes President Obama's unwillingness to accommodate America's four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out Catholics, he has equally targeted traditional Protestant beliefs over the past four years. So since he has attacked Catholics and Protestants, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Christian. But that, too, would be inaccurate. He has been equally disrespectful in his appalling treatment of religious Jews in general and Israel in particular. So perhaps the most accurate description of his antipathy toward Catholics, Protestants, religious Jews, and the Jewish nation would be to characterize him as anti-Biblical. And then when his hostility toward Biblical people of faith is contrasted with his preferential treatment of Muslims and Muslim nations, it further strengthens the accuracy of the anti-Biblical descriptor. In fact, there have been numerous clearly documented times when his pro-Islam positions have been the cause of his anti-Biblical actions. Listed below in chronological order are (1) numerous records of his attacks on Biblical persons or organizations; (2) examples of the hostility toward Biblical faith that have become evident in the past three years in the Obama-led military; (3) a listing of his open attacks on Biblical values; and finally (4) a listing of numerous incidents of his preferential deference for Islam's activities and positions, including letting his Islamic advisors guide and influence his hostility toward people of Biblical faith.
1. Acts of hostility toward people of Biblical faith:
• April 2008 – Obama speaks disrespectfully of Christians, saying they "cling to guns or religion" and have an "antipathy to people who aren't like them." 1
• February 2009 – Obama announces plans to revoke conscience protection for health workers who refuse to participate in medical activities that go against their beliefs, and fully implements the plan in February 2011. 2
• April 2009 – When speaking at Georgetown University, Obama orders that a monogram symbolizing Jesus' name be covered when he is making his speech. 3
• May 2009 – Obama declines to host services for the National Prayer Day (a day established by federal law) at the White House. 4
• April 2009 – In a deliberate act of disrespect, Obama nominated three pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican; of course, the pro-life Vatican rejected all three. 5
• October 19, 2010 – Obama begins deliberately omitting the phrase about "the Creator" when quoting the Declaration of Independence – an omission he has made on no less than seven occasions. 6
• November 2010 – Obama misquotes the National Motto, saying it is "E pluribus unum" rather than "In God We Trust" as established by federal law. 7
• January 2011 – After a federal law was passed to transfer a WWI Memorial in the Mojave Desert to private ownership, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by the Court. 8
• February 2011 – Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress. 9
• April 2011 – For the first time in American history, Obama urges passage of a non-discrimination law that does not contain hiring protections for religious groups, forcing religious organizations to hire according to federal mandates without regard to the dictates of their own faith, thus eliminating conscience protection in hiring. 10
• August 2011 – The Obama administration releases its new health care rules that override religious conscience protections for medical workers in the areas of abortion and contraception. 11
• November 2011 – Obama opposes inclusion of President Franklin Roosevelt's famous D-Day Prayer in the WWII Memorial. 12
• November 2011 – Unlike previous presidents, Obama studiously avoids any religious references in his Thanksgiving speech. 13
• December 2011 – The Obama administration denigrates other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights. 14
• January 2012 – The Obama administration argues that the First Amendment provides no protection for churches and synagogues in hiring their pastors and rabbis. 15
• February 2012 – The Obama administration forgives student loans in exchange for public service, but announces it will no longer forgive student loans if the public service is related to religion. 16
2. Acts of hostility from the Obama-led military toward people of Biblical faith:
• June 2011 – The Department of Veterans Affairs forbids references to God and Jesus during burial ceremonies at Houston National Cemetery. 17
• August 2011 – The Air Force stops teaching the Just War theory to officers in California because the course is taught by chaplains and is based on a philosophy introduced by St. Augustine in the third century AD – a theory long taught by civilized nations across the world (except America). 18
• September 2011 – Air Force Chief of Staff prohibits commanders from notifying airmen of programs and services available to them from chaplains. 19
• September 2011 – The Army issues guidelines for Walter Reed Medical Center stipulating that "No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading materials and/or facts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit." 20
• November 2011 – The Air Force Academy rescinds support for Operation Christmas Child, a program to send holiday gifts to impoverished children across the world, because the program is run by a Christian charity. 21
• November 2011 – The Air Force Academy pays $80,000 to add a Stonehenge-like worship center for pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans. 22
• February 2012 – The U. S. Military Academy at West Point disinvites three star Army general and decorated war hero Lieutenant General William G. ("Jerry") Boykin (retired) from speaking at an event because he is an outspoken Christian. 23
• February 2012 – The Air Force removes "God" from the patch of Rapid Capabilities Office (the word on the patch was in Latin: Dei). 24 • February 2012 – The Army orders Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners that their archbishop asked them to read. 25
3. Acts of hostility toward Biblical values: • January 2009 – Obama lifts restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, forcing taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions in other nations. 26
• January 2009 – President Obama's nominee for deputy secretary of state asserts that American taxpayers are required to pay for abortions and that limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional. 27
• March 2009 – The Obama administration shut out pro-life groups from attending a White House-sponsored health care summit. 28
• March 2009 – Obama orders taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. 29
• March 2009 – Obama gave $50 million for the UNFPA, the UN population agency that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations. 30
• May 2009 – The White House budget eliminates all funding for abstinence-only education and replaces it with "comprehensive" sexual education, repeatedly proven to increase teen pregnancies and abortions. 31 He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets. 32
• May 2009 – Obama officials assemble a terrorism dictionary calling pro-life advocates violent and charging that they use racism in their "criminal" activities. 33
• July 2009 – The Obama administration illegally extends federal benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service and Executive Branch employees, in direction violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 34
• September 16, 2009 – The Obama administration appoints as EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, who asserts that society should "not tolerate" any "private beliefs," including religious beliefs, if they may negatively affect homosexual "equality." 35
• July 2010 – The Obama administration uses federal funds in violation of federal law to get Kenya to change its constitution to include abortion. 36
• August 2010 – The Obama administration Cuts funding for 176 abstinence education programs. 37
• September 2010 – The Obama administration tells researchers to ignore a judge's decision striking down federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. 38
• February 2011 – Obama directs the Justice Department to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 39
-• March 2011 – The Obama administration refuses to investigate videos showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex traffickers get abortions for victimized underage girls. 40
• July 2011 – Obama allows homosexuals to serve openly in the military, reversing a policy originally instituted by George Washington in March 1778. 41
• September 2011 – The Pentagon directs that military chaplains may perform same-sex marriages at military facilities in violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 42
• October 2011 – The Obama administration eliminates federal grants to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for their extensive programs that aid victims of human trafficking because the Catholic Church is anti-abortion. 43
4. Acts of preferentialism for Islam:
• May 2009 – While Obama does not host any National Day of Prayer event at the White House, he does host White House Iftar dinners in honor of Ramadan. 44
• April 2010 – Christian leader Franklin Graham is disinvited from the Pentagon's National Day of Prayer Event because of complaints from the Muslim community. 45
• April 2010 – The Obama administration requires rewriting of government documents and a change in administration vocabulary to remove terms that are deemed offensive to Muslims, including jihad, jihadists, terrorists, radical Islamic, etc. 46
• August 2010 – Obama speaks with great praise of Islam and condescendingly of Christianity. 47
• August 2010 – Obama went to great lengths to speak out on multiple occasions on behalf of building an Islamic mosque at Ground Zero, while at the same time he was silent about a Christian church being denied permission to rebuild at that location. 48
• 2010 – While every White House traditionally issues hundreds of official proclamations and statements on numerous occasions, this White House avoids traditional Biblical holidays and events but regularly recognizes major Muslim holidays, as evidenced by its 2010 statements on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha. 49
• October 2011 – Obama's Muslim advisers block Middle Eastern Christians' access to the White House. 50
• February 2012 – The Obama administration makes effulgent apologies for Korans being burned by the U. S. military, 51 but when Bibles were burned by the military, numerous reasons were offered why it was the right thing to do. 52
A compelling summary revealing Obama's anti-Christian bias and pro-Muslim mandate.
I fear that very few will take heed.
Thank your for sharing.
I have been soul searching for quite a while to resolve which candidate is worst for devoted Catholics and I do not want to skip voting because I find fault with both of them. Seriously, they both scare me for different reasons but your lengthy list of Obama's thought process and decisions may have solved the dilemma. At least I can continue to have hope by praying The Divine Mercy chaplet and for God to have mercy on us and the whole world. Thank God for Pope John Paul II spreading this word throughout the world. Jesus, I trust in you.
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I am more concerned with what Obama does with my tax dollars than what Romney does with HIS OWN money. If he wants to wear 5k suits then so be it…he made the money…it's his to spend how he wants.
Amen to that……..about time someone says it isn't a crime to "make" money and be wealthy!
…except that the Church has always condemned rapacious greed. How, in the name of God and for the love of humanity, can "Catholics" defend the self-indulgence of such wardrobe costs while half of humanity starves? We rightly despise Marie Antonnette for her detachment from the misery of others, why not Mitt's?
Mitt as Catholic? That's a laugh. He doesn't want this tax returns viewed. Could it be because they (may) show he's given tons of $$$ to the Mormon faith?
One man's "self-indulgence" is another man's business tool. It would be terrible self-indulgence for me to own a huge four-wheel-drive pickup truck; for those who service radios on mountaintops, it's a business necessity. To decry Romney's possessions as "rapacious greed" is an act of judgment of the man's inner state, which we as Christians are forbidden by Christ to do.
Personally, I have found my own feelings along those lines to be simply sublimated envy, as in "how come he's got it, and I don't, when I'm at least as deserving as he is?" It's a very easy step from that sin to making such a sinful judgment.
And if he's given a ton of money to the Mormon faith – well, why shouldn't he? Their theology is screwy, but their rules for living are worthy of emulation. As a member of that church, he SHOULD contribute to it.
Might be a good point, but the fact is that the destruction of our religious freedom, and the harassment and likely destruction of our institutions on that basis, is MUCH more important. I'm not a big Romney fan, but if Obama wins, we know FOR SURE are in for four more years of this and even worse attacks on faith and freedom.
Owning a $5,000 suit is not "rapacious greed". Firstly, the phrase is somewhat redundant. Secondly, how you spend what you have earned is irrelevant to the concept of greed.
Only if you can provide an example of "excessive desire", can the term apply, and the etymology of the term requires that he have harmed other human beings to get his money, NOT that he refuses to give it away.
Who did Governor Romney misuse, harm, abuse, hurt, cheat or steal from to get his money?
One could easily justify referring to President Obama as greedy, as his greed for power and recognition has led him to commit multiple impeachable offenses. But a successful businessman is not, defacto, greedy.
He's doing everything that he can to convince people that he's not wearing magic underwear under his $5,0000 suit!
patback. Really? Bigotry is on the table for you?
It was a joke. My mothers are Mormon.
I realize that it was a joke. Jokes at the expense of race, gender and religion are known as bigotry.


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I got her in the middle of summer all bleached out and faded except her black legs and ears. The breeder called her a bay and I assumed she was until her winter coat came in. I have never been around a true brown, but the light muzzle is listed as a trait so now I am wondering what color my horse is. What do you think and how can I tell?
Bays usually have black manes/tails,lower legs and noses. If he's changing colours frequently as time goes by, I'd definitely say brown.
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Brown. She has the light red/fawn points on the muzzle, belly, and hindquarters.
Thanks guys! Like I said, I've never been around a brown before lol and trying to look at pics online and compare them to her to figure it out was giving me a headache because of all the variants and interpretations.
Brown can and do have black legs and mane and tail. A bay won't get lighter on the muzzle and flank, brown will.
Very much brown.
And like Chiilaa said, there can be light browns that look very bay with their obvious black points, but are actually brown.
Brown. The coloring of her muzzle definitely pegs her as one.
just for my own curiosity--do you have pics of the parents?
Can i ask why you are wanting to see the parents Cricket?
mainly because the youngster looks a lot like a friends brown with creme (only tested for creme, not brown)...so was curious to see if he had a creme parent or not :)
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College debt has a ripple effectJuly 21,2013Its amazing what a difference having the sun out on a cloudless day can do for ones spirit. Add to that a warm summer day, a balmy breeze, a pair of flip flops and no question, the livin is easy. Ill admit that summer is my favorite time of year, which is rather odd coming from a third generation Vermonter. Indeed on a cold January day when the world appears to be frozen solid and it is dark outside before 5 p.m., I think back to the long days of July when there was life on the trees and take comfort in knowing that the lake will thaw and the green mountains will once again be green.
I was reminded of how fleeting the summer is this morning when I was discussing the potential for a couple of days for a family vacation in August with my husband. First week was out; first weekend a soccer tournament; second week a work conference for me; second weekend more sports commitments and, oh yes, then we have to begin packing up our oldest son for college. Well, I guess that about takes care of August. Packing. College. Where did the summer go?
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The College Board reported that for a moderate college budget for the 2012-13 college year, the cost of an in-state public college was $22,261 and for a private college, the cost was just under $43,300. A few quick calculations and we are talking anywhere from $85,000 to $200,000 for a four-year education depending on travel and incidentals.
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Some might argue what is a difference between loans at 4 percent or 4.1 percent versus 3.85 percent? The difference can be felt in every major sector of the economy. Students living at home because they cant afford rent and the dream of home ownership remains just that. Living paycheck to paycheck, they cant buy a car, start a family or save money. Student debt has tripled in the past nine years. A survey by the American Institute of CPAs noted that just under half of all recent grads with student debt are postponing saving for retirement because its just out of their reach. Remember these young people are the future of our economy and its their ability to save and spend that fuels our future growth and economic expansion.
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ALBANY -- It's the countdown to Saturday's commencement at Albany State University.
The event will be unforgettable for two mothers and daughters in the Wright and Beach families. Both families reside in Albany.
Keshundra Wright, a psychology major, and her mother, Jennifer, a health care management major, began college at different times, but they'll march on the same day and sit a few rows apart.
Lesa Beach, who'll earn a master's degree as a family nurse practitioner, and her daughter, Courtney, a computer science major, are also among 406 ASU graduates who'll stroll the stage to the cheers and waves of supportive family members and friends.
There will be 312 bachelor's, 88 master's and six specialist degrees conferred. ASU's graduation ceremony takes place at 9:45 a.m. Saturday in the Albany Civic Center.
"The closer it gets to the ceremony, the more excited I get," said Jennifer Wright, a Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital employee.
She plans to work this week, and then take Friday off to attend a pre-commencement senior's reception in the Aerobics Room of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Gymnasium at 9 a.m. and the graduation rehearsal, which begins at 10 a.m., and takes place on the basketball court in the arena.
There were challenges on the journey to graduation for both mothers and daughters.
"I had kidney failure and in June began dialysis. I thought I wasn't going to make it, but I did with the support of friends, family and co-workers," Jennifer Wright said. She credits a cadre of ASU professors -- Cynthia Bennett, Cheryl Johnson, Sandra Washington, Robert Graper and Mary Morris, now deceased -- for helping her reach the milestone. "We encouraged each other," said Keshundra Wright.
"My daughter is proud of me," Beach said. "But she just doesn't know how proud I am of her. You have to be patient, keep the faith and keep God first. It was a struggle and I was tempted to give up, but kept going."
The commencement's keynote speaker is U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
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Lots of sunshine this afternoonMarch 26th, 2014 at 2:23 pm by Robb Ellis under Weather
Despite plenty of sunshine, temperatures remain chilly this afternoon. After a morning low of 15 degrees, temperatures have warmed into the 30s.
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Posted by Abe on 06/17/2008
This place is my meal-ready-to-eat solution every time my wife and I have no energy to prepare dinner at home. The service is always friendly, prices are reasonable to low and the food is truly good. They offer a good selection of India dishes for vegetarians and non-vegetarians and I am yet to be disappointed with a dish. And the surprise typically come at the end of the meal, when you realize for a dinner that includes two appetizers, naan and two entrées you end up paying well under $40.
Posted by Anonymous on 12/03/2007
The food is bland and tastes reheated. Although this place is a lot cheaper than other Indian choices on the UWS I am continually disappointed. I have tried this place 3 different times thinking each time I just hit it on a bad night. Not worth it even with cheap prices and snappy service.
Posted by Anonymous on 09/06/2007
I've gone to this place consistantly over the years, and it's always been delicious. The service is always very quick and courteous, prices are definitely reasonable for the area. The Spinach and Chickpeas are wonderful.
Posted by Gourmand on 07/20/2007
I think they must have changed chefs. The food used to be excellent. In particular, the Chicken Makhani was just the best around: fragrantly, prefectly seasoned. Now it is bland, and the overwhelming flavor is of SUGAR!!! The samosas have similarly fallen in standard. I ordered several times, to be sure, and it definitely consistently bad now. It is a shame. I won't be ordering from Indian Cafe anymore.
Posted by Anonymous on 07/01/2007
The Indian Cafe offers an average menu at an afforadable price. The lamb curry lunch special was decent enough. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to enjoy my meal for long, as the staff began to mop the floors with strong bleach filled water. I tried, unsucessfully, to fight the nausiating fumes to complete my meal. I notified the staff of my discomfort, and they reacted with an indifferance that should not be tolorated in a New York City eating establishment. There was no attempt by the staff to rectify the situation in any way, so I paid the bill and left. In short, average food for a good price. I adivse future customers to advoid the cleaning hours.
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Great food and atmosphere... and this week, ending Sunday May 27, the Indian Cafe is celebrating its 21st anniversary by rolling back prices 21 years to 1986!
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We ordered delivery from this place and they not only delivered subpar food, but also didn't bother to give us any utensils or napkins.