HEARING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Abstract
A system for providing hearing assistance to at least one user, having: at least one audio signal source; a first transmission unit with a digital transmitter for applying a digital modulation to the audio signals and to transmit the audio signals via a digital audio link; a second transmission unit with a digital receiver for receiving the audio signals transmitted via the digital audio link and an analog transmitter for applying an analog modulation to the received audio signals and to transmit the audio signals via an analog audio link; at least one first receiver unit having a digital receiver for receiving signals from the digital transmitter and at least one second receiver unit with an analog receiver for receiving signals from the analog transmitter; and a device for stimulating the hearing of a user according to audio signals supplied from the first and second receiver units.
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46 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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24. A system for providing hearing assistance to at least one user, comprising:
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at least one audio signal source for providing audio signals; a first transmission unit comprising a digital transmitter for applying a digital modulation scheme to the audio signals from the audio signal source in order to transmit the audio signals via a digital audio link; a second transmission unit comprising a digital receiver for receiving the audio signals transmitted via the digital audio link and an analog transmitter for applying an analog modulation scheme to the received audio signals in order to transmit the audio signals via an analog audio link; at least one first receiver unit comprising a digital receiver for receiving audio signals from the digital transmitter and at least one second receiver unit comprising an analog receiver for receiving audio signals from the analog transmitter; first means for stimulating hearing of a user according to audio signals supplied from the at least one first receiver unit and second means for stimulating hearing of a user according to audio signals supplied from the at least one second receiver unit. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for providing hearing assistance to at least one user, comprising:
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providing audio signals from at least one audio signal source to a first transmission unit, applying a digital modulation scheme to the audio signals from the audio signal source and transmitting the audio signals via a wireless digital audio link; receiving the audio signals transmitted via the digital audio link by a digital receiver of a second transmission unit; applying an analog modulation scheme to the received audio signals in order to transmit the audio signals via an analog audio link; wirelessly receiving, by at least one first receiver unit comprising a digital receiver, audio signals via the digital audio link and, by at least one second receiver unit comprising an analog receiver, audio signals via the analog audio link; stimulating, by first stimulation means, hearing of a user according to audio signals supplied from the at least one first receiver unit, and stimulating, by second stimulation means, hearing of a user according to audio signals supplied from the at least one second receiver unit.
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