Communication system for users of hearing aids
AssigneeGN Netcom A/S
InventorsJan Bowen-Nielsen, Ole Winberg
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Abstract
Communication system for users of hearing aids in connection with the use of a mobile telephone (1), and where the hearing aid user (5) wears at least one hearing aid (4). The system comprises a headset (3) coupled to the mobile telephone, said headset comprising a microphone (6) and a tele-coil (10) for communication with the hearing aid. It is hereby avoided that electrical or electromagnetic noise from the mobile telephone penetrates the hearing aid.
Claims2
Communication system for a hearing-aid user and for use in connection with a mobile telephone apparatus having a GSM protocol or a similar mobile telephone system, and where the hearing-aid user wears at least one hearing aid with tele-coil signal input, said system comprising:
- a headset with a microphone coupled to the mobile telephone via a cable for placing the mobile telephone apparatus at a distance from the hearing aid, and the headset further comprising:
- a housing, the hearing aid being disposed proximate to the housing;
- a tele-coil, the tele-coil being disposed in the housing and coupled to the mobile telephone apparatus via the cable for communication with the hearing aid;
- an audio receiver, the audio receiver being disposed in the housing and coupled to the tele-coil;
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- wherein the tele-coil is arranged in such a manner that an axis of the coil points in a direction towards the hearing aid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.