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Method for communicating with a hearing aid

US8538050B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2006
Grant dateSep 17, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2460/13
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data is transferred to and from a hearing aid by transmitting an audible carrier having a frequency greater than 5 kilohertz, modulating the carrier with data, and detecting the modulated carrier in the hearing aid with a narrow band filter. The frequency is in a region where impairment occurs and there are many other sounds, thereby masking the communication, yet not interfering with it.

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