Hearing assistance system with automatic side detection

A hearing assistance system, comprising a first hearing device to be worn at a first ear of a user and a second hearing device to be worn at a second ear of the user, wherein each of the hearing devices comprises an interface for data exchange with the other hearing device and a 3-axes accelerometer sensor for generating an acceleration signal indicative of the acceleration of the respective hearing device;

• wherein the system comprises a judgement unit for judging, by analyzing both the acceleration signal of the first hearing device and the acceleration signal of the second hearing device, for each hearing device whether it is presently worn at the right ear or at the left ear of the user.

A method of detecting the respective side of a user's head at which each of a first hearing device and a second hearing device of a binaural system is presently worn, comprising:

• generating, by utilizing a 3-axes accelerometer sensor of each of the hearing devices, an acceleration signal indicative of the acceleration of the respective hearing device;
• and
• judging, by comparing the acceleration signal of the first hearing device and the acceleration signal of the second hearing device, for each hearing device whether it is presently worn at the right ear or at the left ear of the user.