Phonak Ag

Sonova Ag

Lukas Florian Erni

Andi Vonlanthen

Ivo Hasler

Stefan Haenggi

Micha Knaus

Valentin Chapero-Rueda

Ivo Spieler

The method for operating a hearing system comprises the steps of It preferably comprises the steps of The hearing system comprises at least one decision unit adapted to deciding whether or not to execute functionalities the hearing system is requested to execute. The invention can make it possible to form hearing systems from a wide range of devices.

Hearing system and method for operating the same

A telephone handset (), e.g. a mobile phone, is equipped with an add-on module (). Thereby, the module () comprises a microphone unit () which is operated instead of the microphone unit intrinsically provided in the handset (). Further, the module () comprises a short-range wireless transmission unit () which is operated instead of a speaker unit () which is intrinsically provided in the handset (). The short-range wireless communication unit () establishes communication with a respective short-range wireless communication unit () in a hearing device () as soon as a distance between the telephone handset () and the hearing device () drops below a predetermined threshold value as detected by a distance detection unit ().

Telephone to hearing device communication

A hearing system with an analogue control element including a selector for precise and reliable user selection of desired predefined settings. The selecting range of the analogue control element is partitioned into segments, each identified by an identification digit. At least two successive segments define a section. Each section represents a particular setting of the hearing system and is identified by a section digit. The hearing system stores the identification digit and the section digit in the non volatile memory according to the position of the selector. The stored identification digit and section digit are controlled by the signal processing unit and are only modified when the position of the selector is moved over at least two successive segments of the selecting range.

Hearing system with analogue control element

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Lukas Florian Erni