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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2024
Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method for operating a hearing instrument worn in or on the ear and a hearing system having such a hearing instrument. In operation of the hearing instrument, an action of the hearing instrument or an external functional unit connected thereto can be triggered by a multiple, in particular double, finger tap on the hearing instrument. In a multiple tap test step, a multiple tap prompt to execute the multiple finger tap is output to the user. By way of a sensor integrated in the hearing instrument, in particular an acceleration sensor or a gyroscopic sensor, a measurement signal is detected which contains a signature of the executed multiple finger tap. The measurement signal is compared with a stored multiple tap pattern for the multiple finger tap. Feedback is output to the user as to whether the signature contained in the measurement signal corresponds to the multiple tap pattern.