Patent ID: 11917374
Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A head-wearable hearing instrument comprising:
a first portion configured for placement at, or behind, an ear of a user, and comprising a radio-frequency data communication interface, the radio-frequency data communication interface configured for data transmission in transmit time slots and for data reception in receipt time slots, wherein the transmit time slots and the receipt time slots are associated with the radio-frequency data communication interface;
a second portion configured for placement in an ear canal of the user, and comprising a sensor configured to sense a property associated with an operation of the head-wearable hearing instrument, wherein the sensor is also configured to generate sensor data based on the sensed property;
a wired data communication link extending between the first and second portions for wired-transmission of the sensor data from the second portion to the first portion in transmit time slots associated with the wired data communication link;
wherein at least one of the transmit time slots associated with the wired data communication link is non-overlapping in time with respect to the receipt time slots and/or the transmit time slots associated with the radio-frequency data communication interface.