Patent ID: 8130990

Claim:
A hearing aid system, comprising: a first and a second hearing aid, each comprising: an input transducer for receiving an input signal and converting into an electrical input signal, a signal processing unit for processing and amplifying the electrical input signal and emitting an electrical output signal, an output transducer for converting the electrical output signal into an output signal perceivable by a user as an acoustic signal, and a wireless signal transmission between the hearing aids, wherein a signal transmitted wirelessly from the second hearing aid to the first hearing aid is received in the first hearing aid, wherein the first hearing aid automatically switches the respective hearing aid on or off based on a field strength of the received signal, wherein for the automatic switching the respective hearing aid on or off, the field strength or a variable dependent on the field strength is at least approximately determined by the first hearing aid, and wherein the determined field strength or the determined variable dependent is compared with a first threshold value, and wherein the first hearing aid is automatically switched on or off when the determined field strength or the determined variable dependent exceeds the first threshold value.