Patent ID: 8300864
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H04M,H04R,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A binaural hearing aid system comprising: a first and second hearing instruments; and a telephone apparatus, wherein the telephone apparatus comprises a transmitter for establishing a short range digital, low-power link to the first and second hearing instruments that each include a corresponding receiver, the hearing aid system is configured to provide the wireless link for multicasting to said first and second hearing instruments, the first and second hearing instruments of the binaural hearing aid system are configured to create an inter-instrument wireless link between the first and second hearing instruments for exchanging parameter settings and audio data, and the inter-instrument link is an alternative to the direct link from the telephone apparatus to the first or second hearing instruments, the audio data of the signal from the telephone apparatus being forwarded from the first or second hearing instrument to the second or first hearing instrument via said inter-instrument link.