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Method and system for wireless communication between a telephone and a hearing aid

  • US 10,117,030 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2017
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A telephone having an electronic processing circuit providing a processed audio signal supplied to a loudspeaker via an electrical signal line, and being modified by mounting an interface circuit to the telephone so the modified telephone becomes adapted to transfer a speaker signal from the telephone to a hearing aid via a dedicated wireless link;

  • wherein interface circuit includes all of the following;

    an input connected to the electrical signal line for receiving the speaker signal,an analog-to-digital converter for converting the speaker signal to a digital signal,a processor for preparing the digital signal for transmission, anda transceiver configured to establish the dedicated wireless link between the telephone and the hearing aid, whereby a signal representing sound picked up from the electronic processing circuit is sent to the hearing aid for processing in accordance with a user'"'"'s hearing impairment.

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