Wireless Hearing Device Comprising Split Pairing Tables

A method of operating a hearing device, the method comprising:

• establishing, by a wireless communication interface, a wireless link with an external device;
• maintaining, by a pairing control unit of the hearing device, a plurality of paring tables,
• wherein each pairing table is configured to persistently store a limited number of pairing information entries for external devices paired with hearing device, and
• wherein, once the maximum number of external devices has been reached, one of the existing entries is overwritten when a new pairing information entry is to be stored in the paring table;
• and
• deciding, by the pairing control unit and based on target pairing table selection information provided to the pairing control unit during the pairing process, in which one of the paring tables a new pairing information entry is to be persistently stored.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by a hearing device, cause the hearing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• establishing, by a wireless communication interface, a wireless link with an external device;
• maintaining, by a pairing control unit of the hearing device, a plurality of paring tables,
• wherein each pairing table is configured to store a limited number of pairing information entries for external devices paired with the hearing device, and
• wherein, once a maximum number of external devices has been reached, one of the existing entries is overwritten when a new pairing information entry is to be stored in the paring table;
• and
• deciding, by the pairing control unit and based on target pairing table selection information provided to the pairing control unit during the pairing process, in which one of the paring tables a new pairing information entry is stored.