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, the system configured for communications with a remote source, the system comprising:
- a first hearing communication device adapted to receive audio wireless communications including audio information from the remote source, wherein the audio wireless communications include a single channel carrying mono information or first and second stereo channel information from the remote source, the first hearing communication device adapted to provide the first stereo channel information or the mono information to the first ear, and configured to send wireless communications including the mono or the second stereo channel information to a second hearing communication device, the second hearing communication device adapted to provide the mono information or the second stereo channel information to the second ear, wherein the first hearing communication device includes a near field transmitter adapted for a magnetically coupled link, and wherein the first hearing communication device is configured to demodulate and decode stereo information and encode and relay communications to the second hearing assistance 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, the system configured for communications with a remote source, the system comprising:
- a first hearing communication device adapted to receive audio wireless communications including audio information from the remote source, wherein the audio wireless communications include a single channel carrying mono information or first and second stereo channel information from the remote source, the first hearing communication device adapted to provide the first stereo channel information or the mono information to the first ear, and configured to send wireless communications including the mono or the second stereo channel information to a second hearing communication device, the second hearing communication device adapted to provide the mono information or the second stereo channel information to the second ear, wherein the first hearing communication device includes a near field transmitter adapted for a magnetically coupled link, and wherein the first hearing communication device is configured to demodulate and decode stereo information and encode and relay communications to the second hearing assistance device.
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10. A method, comprising:
- wirelessly receiving a signal including mono audio information or first and second stereo channel audio information with a first hearing communication device;
transmitting the mono audio information or the second stereo channel audio information from the first hearing communication device to a second hearing communication device using a near field transmitter adapted for a magnetically coupled link, wherein the first hearing communication device is configured to demodulate and decode stereo information and encode and relay communications to the second hearing assistance device;
playing the mono audio information or the first stereo channel audio information to a first ear of a wearer using the first hearing communication device in or on the first ear; and
playing the mono audio information or the second stereo channel audio information to a second ear of the wearer using the second hearing communication device in or on the second ear. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- wirelessly receiving a signal including mono audio information or first and second stereo channel audio information with a first hearing communication device;
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