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Wireless binaural hearing system

  • US 9,860,655 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2011
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A binaural hearing system, comprising:

  • a left-ear hearing device;

    a right-ear hearing device; and

    an auxiliary device,each of the hearing devices being arrangeable at or in a corresponding ear of an individual,the hearing devices and the auxiliary device being adapted to communicate with each other in a network by transmitting and receiving messages within a predefined radio frequency range,the left-ear hearing device and the right-ear hearing device being adapted to alternatingly transmit beacon messages, the beacon messages comprising network data for control of the network, each of the beacon messages being transmitted at the start of a corresponding frame of the network,the auxiliary device having a connected mode wherein it transmits data messages and a disconnected mode wherein it does not transmit data messages,the auxiliary device being adaptedto enable the connected mode in dependence on receiving the beacon messages,to synchronise its transmission of data messages with the received beacon messages, andto switch from the connected mode to the disconnected mode in dependence on not receiving the beacon messages,wherein each of the left-ear hearing device and the right-ear hearing device is configuredto connect the auxiliary device to the network by executing an initialization procedure,to maintain a record indicating whether the auxiliary device is connected to the network through a respective one of the hearing devices, andto transmit information indicating that said auxiliary device is connected to the network through the respective one of the hearing devices to the respective other hearing device.

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