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Managing a hearing assistance device via low energy digital communications

  • US 10,506,355 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2016
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hearing assistance device configured to communicate with an external communication device, the hearing assistance device comprising:

  • a microphone;

    an antenna;

    a speaker; and

    a processer configured to make selected characteristics and descriptors for each communication channel of the hearing assistance device accessible to the external communication device, the selected characteristics and descriptors compatible with a low energy digital communication protocol, and further configured to accept individual read/write cycles from the external communication device configured to use the low energy digital communication protocol to read and update the characteristics and descriptors using an abstraction layer, wherein the processor is configured to express sensor output using the selected characteristics and descriptors, wherein the hearing assistance device is configured to compensate for a wearer'"'"'s hearing loss based on the updated characteristics and descriptors, and wherein using the abstraction layer includes using software resident on the hearing assistance device to permit updating of hearing assistance device parameters by the external communication device.

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