Patent ID: 7072480

Claim:
A hearing aid system, comprising: a hearing aid, comprising: at least one input transducer; a first signal processing unit configured to receive a signal from the at least one input transducer; an output transducer configured to receive a processed signal from the first signal processing unit and convert the signal into audible sound waves; and a reception unit; the hearing aid system further comprising: an external processor unit that is permanently allocated to a specific hearing environment, and is configured to process a received signal, thereby producing an external unit processed signal, adapted to the specific hearing environment, the external processing unit comprising: at least one second input transducer configured to receive the received signal for processing by the external processing unit; a second signal processing unit connected to the at least one second input transducer; and a transmission unit configured to send the external unit processed signal to the reception unit of the hearing aid so that the reception unit can output the processed signal to the output transducer.