Patent ID: 7639828
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing system comprising a hearing device having an output transducer for stimulation of a user's hearing, an audio signal transmitter, an audio signal source for providing audio signals to the audio signal transmitter, an audio signal receiver unit adapted to establish a wireless link for transmission of said audio signals from said audio signal transmitter to said audio signal receiver unit, said audio signal receiver unit being connected to or integrated within said hearing device for providing said audio signals received from said audio signal transmitter as input to said hearing device, means for generating and wirelessly transmitting a polling signal to said audio signal receiver unit, means for receiving said polling signal at said audio signal receiver unit, means for generating and wirelessly transmitting, when said polling signal has been received, a status information signal containing data regarding a status of at least one of said wireless audio signal link and said receiver unit, and means for receiving said status information signal and displaying status information derived from said status information signal to a person other than said user of the hearing device, wherein the means for generating and transmitting the polling signal comprise an activation element which is manually operable by said person other than said user.