Patent ID: 8693715

Claim:
A system for providing hearing assistance to at least one user, comprising: at least one audio signal source for providing audio signals; a transmission unit for wireless transmission of audio signals; at least one receiver unit for wireless reception of audio signals from the transmission unit; means for stimulating hearing of the user according to audio signals supplied from the at least one receiver unit, wherein the transmission unit comprises both an analog transmitter for applying an analog modulation scheme and a digital transmitter for applying a digital modulation scheme to the audio signals from the audio signal source and for simultaneously transmitting the audio signals via an analog audio link and a digital audio link, and wherein at least one of the receiver units comprises a digital receiver for receiving audio signals from the digital transmitter and at least one of the receiver units comprises an analog receiver for receiving audio signals from the analog transmitter, said analog and digital receivers both being operable at the same time to receive the audio signals simultaneously transmitted via analog and digital audio links, respectively.