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Hearing aid wireless network

  • US 8,571,241 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/2010
  • Issued: 10/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of initializing a wireless communication network comprising a hearing device including a wireless transceiver and a communication device comprising an other wireless transceiver, the method comprising:

  • transmitting interrogation data packets wirelessly by the hearing device and the communication device, respectively;

    turning one of the hearing device and the communication device first receiving one of the interrogation data packets into a slave device in the wireless communication network; and

    transmitting a reception acknowledgement data packet from the slave device indicating that the one of the interrogation data packets was received;

    turning the other one of the hearing device and the communication device into a master device in the wireless communication network upon receipt of the reception acknowledgement data packet from the slave device.

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