Patent ID: 9020169
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a first hearing prosthesis prior to a first transmission interval, a data rate to be used by the first hearing prosthesis and a second hearing prosthesis during a second transmission interval, wherein the determined data rate is based on an acoustic environment in which the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis operate, and wherein the first hearing prosthesis and the second hearing prosthesis are bilateral hearing prostheses; based on the determined data rate, determining by the first hearing prosthesis at least one of (i) a payload length for each data packet transmitted during the second transmission interval or (ii) a length of the second transmission interval; during the first transmission interval, transmitting from the first hearing prosthesis to the second hearing prosthesis a first signal that includes an indication of the determined data rate, wherein the indication of the determined data rate comprises an indication of at least one of (i) the payload length for each data packet transmitted during the second transmission interval or (ii) the length of the second transmission interval; and transmitting a second signal from the second hearing prosthesis to the first hearing prosthesis during the second transmission interval, wherein the second hearing prosthesis transmits the second signal at the determined data rate for the second transmission interval.