Wireless system for hearing communication devices providing wireless stereo reception modes
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1. A system for a wearer having a first ear and a second ear, comprising:
- a remote source adapted to provide stereo audio wireless communications;
a first hearing communication device adapted transmit and receive wireless communications to and from the remote source, the wireless communications including first stereo channel audio information and second stereo channel audio information, wherein the first hearing communication device is adapted to provide the first stereo audio channel information to the first ear;
a second hearing communication device adapted to eavesdrop on the wireless communications between the remote source and the first hearing communication device to receive the second stereo channel audio information, the second hearing communication device adapted to provide the second stereo channel audio information to the second ear;
wherein the second hearing communication device is adapted to receive signals without an electrical connection to the first hearing communication device; and
wherein the eavesdropping includes the second hearing communication device receiving signals from the remote source using a mode that is different than a mode used by the first hearing communication device.
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Abstract
The present subject matter relates to the wireless stereo reception of first and second audio information by wireless hearing communication devices. One type of device which may employ the present subject matter is a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid. Various forms and protocols of signal transmission are employed in varying embodiments. The present subject matter includes various communication modes such as eavesdropping modes and relaying modes.
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1. A system for a wearer having a first ear and a second ear, comprising:
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a remote source adapted to provide stereo audio wireless communications; a first hearing communication device adapted transmit and receive wireless communications to and from the remote source, the wireless communications including first stereo channel audio information and second stereo channel audio information, wherein the first hearing communication device is adapted to provide the first stereo audio channel information to the first ear; a second hearing communication device adapted to eavesdrop on the wireless communications between the remote source and the first hearing communication device to receive the second stereo channel audio information, the second hearing communication device adapted to provide the second stereo channel audio information to the second ear; wherein the second hearing communication device is adapted to receive signals without an electrical connection to the first hearing communication device; and wherein the eavesdropping includes the second hearing communication device receiving signals from the remote source using a mode that is different than a mode used by the first hearing communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for a wearer having a first ear and a second ear, comprising:
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a remote source adapted to provide wireless communications; a first hearing communication device adapted to receive wireless communications including first audio information and second audio information from the remote source, the first hearing communication device adapted to provide the first audio information to the first ear, wherein the first hearing communication device includes a near field transmitter adapted for a magnetically coupled link; a second hearing communication device adapted to receive the second audio information from the first hearing communication device through the magnetically coupled link, the second hearing communication device adapted to provide the second audio information to the second ear; and wherein at least one of the first audio information and the second audio information includes stereo channel audio information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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