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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2023
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Justin R. Burwinkel, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Peter J. Tetrick, Chaska, MN (US);
Jeffrey Paul Solum, Greenwood, MN (US);
Thomas Scheller, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to assistive listening devices and systems for providing audio streams to device wearers within sound fields. In an embodiment an assistive listening device is included having a control circuit, an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit, a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit, and a communications circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit. The control circuit can be configured to issue a communication to an audio communication device or audio provisioning device including at least one of a language preference, a set of hearing requirements, data regarding a presentation delay, and an authorization status identifier, digital code, digital token, or digital key specific to a wearer of the assistive listening device. Other embodiments are also included herein.