Patent ID: 8050439
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing aid system, comprising a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid mounted on the left and right ears, in which the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid each comprise: a microphone into which ambient sound is inputted; a hearing aid processor configured to subject sound inputted from the microphone to hearing aid processing; a speaker configured to output sound that has undergone the hearing aid processing; a communication component configured to perform wireless communication between the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid; and a battery configured to supply electrical power to the microphone, the hearing aid processor, the communication component, and the speaker, a battery charge detector configured to detect the remaining charge of the battery; and a power consumption controller configured to perform control so that the power consumption is reduced for whichever of the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid that has the lowest remaining battery charge when it has been detected that the difference in the remaining battery charges of the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid detected by the battery charge detector is greater than a specific value.