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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2020
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dustin Degen, Waconia, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to hearing assistance devices that can control other devices based on hearing assistance device events and/or status. In an embodiment, a hearing assistance system includes a hearing assistance device that can include a control circuit, a microphone in electrical communication with the control circuit, an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit, and a power supply circuit. The hearing assistance device can be configured to initiate sending a hearing accommodative command to a separate controllable device upon occurrence of a hearing assistance device event. The hearing assistance device event can be raised by detection of at least one of the hearing assistance device not being worn by the subject, the hearing assistance device in a not-in-use operating state, the hearing assistance device entering a recharging mode, and the hearing assistance device entering a shut-down sequence. Other embodiments are also included herein.