Patent ID: 8686855

Claim:
A method of for transmitting streamed audio data to a hearing device from a portable communications device, in an environment with interference caused by one or more RFID-signals emitted from RFID interrogators or RFID tags surrounding the portable communications device, the method comprising: detecting presence of the interference caused by the one or more RFID-signals in a channel or a frequency range used to communicate by the portable communications device with the hearing device; capturing, including receiving and decoding, said one or more RFID-signals from the RFID interrogators or the RFID tags surrounding the portable communications device; storing said one or more RFID-signals in a memory of the portable communications device together with a sequential indicator; analysing the stored RFID-signals with a processing unit of the portable communications device; selecting a frequency range or channel of a wireless communication interface of the portable communications device for transmitting a streamed audio signal from said portable communications device to said hearing device to avoid the detected interference based on results of the analysing; and transmitting said streamed audio signal on the selected frequency range or channel.