Patent ID: 8737651

Claim:
A system for providing hearing assistance to at least one user, comprising: at least one audio signal source for providing audio signals; a first transmission unit comprising a digital transmitter for applying a digital modulation scheme to the audio signals from the audio signal source in order to transmit the audio signals via a digital audio link; a second transmission unit comprising a digital receiver for receiving the audio signals transmitted via the digital audio link and an analog transmitter for applying an analog modulation scheme to the received audio signals in order to transmit the audio signals via an analog audio link; at least one first receiver unit comprising a digital receiver for receiving audio signals from the digital transmitter and at least one second receiver unit comprising an analog receiver for receiving audio signals from the analog transmitter; first means for stimulating hearing of a user according to audio signals supplied from the at least one first receiver unit and second means for stimulating hearing of a user according to audio signals supplied from the at least one second receiver unit, whereby hearing assistance is provided to one or more users irrespective whether the one or more users has a digital or analog hearing assistance device.