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US 9,756,434 B2Granted
Method of operating a binaural hearing aid system and a binaural hearing aid system
AssigneeWidex A/S
InventorsHenrik Holm, Jan Hesselballe
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Abstract
A method of operating a binaural hearing aid system (100) comprises an auxiliary device, wherein the hearing aids and the auxiliary device are wirelessly connected in a wireless network and wherein the power consumption is significantly reduced by having one hearing aid assuming the role of a passive slave in the wireless network. The invention further provides a binaural hearing aid system (100).
Claims17
A method of operating a binaural hearing aid system comprising the steps of:
- providing a first hearing aid, a second hearing aid and an auxiliary device;
- establishing a first short range data connection between said first hearing aid and said auxiliary device including the exchange of first connection information;
- using said first hearing aid to transmit data to said auxiliary device in order to maintain said first short range data connection;
- receiving the first connection information in said second hearing aid;
- using said first connection information to enable said second hearing aid to receive data transmitted over said first short range data connection without having to transmit acknowledgement data to said auxiliary device in order to maintain said first short range data connection.
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A binaural hearing aid system comprising
- a first hearing aid, a second hearing aid and an auxiliary device;
- a wireless link adapted to allow wireless data exchange between the auxiliary device and the hearing aids;
- wherein the first hearing aid and the auxiliary device are adapted to establish a first short range data connection by the exchange of first connection information;
- wherein said first hearing aid is further adapted to transmit data to said auxiliary device in order to maintain said first short range data connection;
- wherein said auxiliary device is adapted to maintain said first short range data connection in response to receiving said data from said first hearing aid;
- wherein one of the auxiliary device and the first hearing aid is adapted to transmit said first connection information to said second hearing aid;
- wherein said second hearing aid is adapted to use said first connection information to receive data transmitted over said first short range data connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.