Patent ID: 9712927
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61N,H04R

Claim:
1. A binaural hearing assistance system comprising first and second hearing assistance devices adapted for being located at or in or fully or partially implanted in the head at left and right ears of a user; wherein each of the first and second hearing assistance devices comprises a) a first wireless interface comprising first antenna and transceiver circuitry adapted for establishing a first communication link to the respective other hearing assistance device based on near-field communication; b) a second wireless interface comprising second antenna and transceiver circuitry adapted for establishing a second communication link to an auxiliary device based on far-field communication; c) a link control unit operatively coupled to the second antenna and transceiver circuitry and configured to repeatedly provide a second link quality measure indicative of a link quality of the second communication link; wherein the first and second hearing assistance devices are configured to exchange said respective second link quality measures between them via said first and/or second communication links; and wherein said system is configured to receive an audio signal in one of said first and second hearing assistance devices from the auxiliary device via said second communication link and to relay it via said first communication link to the other hearing assistance device, in case the link quality measures as determined in said first and second hearing assistance devices fulfil a predefined criterion.