Patent ID: 8565458

Claim:
A set-top box comprising: a decoder configured to receive media content form a content source and to decode the media content into an audio signal and a video signal; a video output to output a list of hearing aid profiles stored on the set-top box and the video signal to a display associated with the set-top box; a receiver configured to receive a selection between a first operating mode, a second operation mode and a third operating mode from a remote control device; a processor configured to process the audio signal according to a hearing aid profile, in response to receiving the selection, and to produce a modulated audio signal; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the audio signal to one or more speakers in the first operating mode, the audio signal to the one or more speakers and the modulated audio signal to the hearing aid in the second operating mode and the modulated audio signal to the one or more speakers in the third operating mode.