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US 9,866,975 B2Granted
Hearing assistance system and method
AssigneeSonova AG
InventorsMarc Secall, Amre El-Hoiydi, Stephan Gehring, Hilmar Meier
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AssigneeSonova AG
InventorsMarc Secall, Amre El-Hoiydi, Stephan Gehring, Hilmar Meier
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A hearing assistance system having a hearing assistance device to be worn at one of a user's ears and a scanning device, the hearing assistance device and the scanning device both having an interface for wireless data exchange between the hearing assistance device and the scanning device, wherein the hearing assistance device is adapted for wireless data exchange with an external device, wherein the scanning device is adapted to scan for wireless signals from the external device and to transmit, once such signals have been received by the scanning device, a message to the hearing assistance device for notifying the hearing assistance device of the availability of the external device, and wherein the hearing assistance device is adapted to decide, upon receipt of such notification message from the scanning device, whether on not to initiate wireless data exchange with the external device.
A hearing assistance system, comprising a hearing assistance device (10) to be worn at one of a user's ears and a scanning device (50, 52, 54),
A method of providing hearing assistance to a user (40) wearing a hearing assistance device (10) at one of the user's ears, with the hearing assistance device being adapted for wireless data exchange with an external device (60, 62, 64, 66, 68), the method comprising:
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