Communication system for users of hearing aids

• US 6,078,675 A
• Filed: 04/29/1996
• Issued: 06/20/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: GN Netcom A/S (GN Store Nord A/S)
• Original Assignee: GN Netcom A/S (GN Store Nord A/S)
• Inventors: Bowen-Nielsen, Jan, Winberg, Ole
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HUYEN D
• Application Number:
  US08/639,832
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• Field of Search: 381/68, 381/68.2, 381/68.4, 381/68.1, 381/68.5, 381/60, 381/68.6, 381/68.7, 381/69, 381/69.2, 381/312, 381/328, 381/315, 381/322, 381/323, 381/324, 381/331, 381/370 , 381/375, 381/330, 379/52, 379/430, 379/433
• US Class Current: 381/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils

Abstract

Communication system for users of hearing aids in connection with the use of a mobile telephone (1), and where the hearing aid user (5) wears at least one hearing aid (4). The system comprises a headset (3) coupled to the mobile telephone, said headset comprising a microphone (6) and a tele-coil (10) for communication with the hearing aid.

It is hereby avoided that electrical or electromagnetic noise from the mobile telephone penetrates the hearing aid.

Claims

1. Communication system for a hearing-aid user and for use in connection with a mobile telephone apparatus having a GSM protocol or a similar mobile telephone system, and where the hearing-aid user wears at least one hearing aid with tele-coil signal input, said system comprising:

a headset with a microphone coupled to the mobile telephone via a cable for placing the mobile telephone apparatus at a distance from the hearing aid, and the headset further comprising;

a housing, the hearing aid being disposed proximate to the housing;

a tele-coil, the tele-coil being disposed in the housing and coupled to the mobile telephone apparatus via the cable for communication with the hearing aid;

an audio receiver, the audio receiver being disposed in the housing and coupled to the tele-coil; and

wherein the tele-coil is arranged in such a manner that an axis of the coil points in a direction towards the hearing aid.

2. Communication system according to claim 1, wherein the tele-coil is coupled electrically to the audio receiver in the headset.