Patent ID: 8515114

Claim:
A system for a wearer having a first ear and a second ear, comprising: a remote source adapted to provide stereo audio wireless communications; a first hearing communication device adapted transmit and receive wireless communications to and from the remote source, the wireless communications including first stereo channel audio information and second stereo channel audio information, wherein the first hearing communication device is adapted to provide the first stereo audio channel information to the first ear; a second hearing communication device adapted to eavesdrop on the wireless communications between the remote source and the first hearing communication device to receive the second stereo channel audio information, the second hearing communication device adapted to provide the second stereo channel audio information to the second ear; wherein the second hearing communication device is adapted to receive signals without an electrical connection to the first hearing communication device; and wherein the eavesdropping includes the second hearing communication device receiving signals from the remote source using a mode that is different than a mode used by the first hearing communication device.