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Hearing system, hearing device and method of operating and method of maintaining a hearing device

US8032079B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 3, 2005
Grant dateOct 4, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2225/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The hearing device is adapted to automatically requesting an establishment of a communication connection to at least one hearing device support provider. The hearing device support provider may comprise a person knowledgeable in hearing devices, at the hearing device seller and/or at the hearing device manufacturer, and it may comprise a computer with a suitable software. Said automatically requesting said establishment of said communication connection will usually happen, when at least one change in internal status of the hearing device occurs, like a failure or a memory overflow or the upcome of a repeatedly occurring event. The hearing device may by itself decide upon the type of change in internal status, which hearing device support provider to connect to. Typically, at least one long-range communication connection is involved.

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