Patent ID: 9049525
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing aid system comprising a hearing aid and an external device; wherein the hearing aid comprises a hearing aid link component for providing a wireless link with the external device, a hearing aid memory configured for holding a first hearing aid variable, and hearing aid signal processor configured for initiating the logging of the first hearing aid variable in response to a trigger signal transmitted from the external device; and the external device comprises an external device link component for providing the wireless link with the hearing aid, an external device acoustical-electrical input transducer for providing an electrical audio signal, an external device memory configured for holding a recording of an audio sample of the electrical audio signal, a user input and an external device signal processor configured for initiating the recording of the audio sample and for initiating the transmission of the trigger signal to the hearing aid in response to an activation of the user input thereby providing time synchronization between the external device and the hearing aid and ensuring that the audio sample and the first hearing aid variable can be grouped together.