Patent ID: 8605913
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing aid system, comprising: a first hearing aid wearable either on a user's left ear or on a user's right ear; a second hearing aid wearable either on the user's left ear or on the user's right ear; and a side detection device for automatically detecting which of the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid is worn on the user's left ear and which of the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid is worn on the user's right ear, wherein the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid are adjustable by a first parameter setting to match an individual hearing loss in the user's left ear and by a second parameter setting to match an individual hearing loss in the user's right ear, wherein both of the first parameter setting and the second parameter setting are stored in both of the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid, and wherein the first parameter setting or the second parameter setting is activated automatically by a respective hearing aid of the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid based on the automatic detection of an ear on which the respective hearing aid is being worn.