Patent ID: 9414170
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04R

Claim Text:
1. A binaural hearing aid comprising a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid, each of the first and second hearing aids comprising: a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal; a signal processor for processing the first audio signal into a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid; and a wireless communication unit connected to the signal processor for wireless communication and being coupled with an antenna for emission and/or reception of an electromagnetic field; wherein the first hearing aid has a detector connected to the wireless communication unit of the first hearing aid, the detector being configured to detect a signal strength of a communication signal transmitted from the second hearing aid and received through the wireless communication unit of the first hearing aid; wherein the first hearing aid has an adjustable antenna matching mechanism configured to improve antenna reception and/or antenna emission of the antenna of the first hearing aid in the binaural hearing aid based on the detected signal strength of the received communication signal transmitted from the second hearing aid in the binaural hearing aid; and wherein the antenna matching mechanism is configured to operate based on a matching parameter, the matching parameter comprising a capacitance value of a matching circuitry, and wherein the adjustable antenna matching mechanism is adjustable based on the detected signal strength being less than a threshold.