(19)
(11) EP 1 638 367 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/29

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/12

(21) Application number: 05028365.4

(22) Date of filing: 23.12.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04R 25/00(2006.01)
H04R 29/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(71) Applicant: Phonak AG
8712 Stäfa (CH)

(72) Inventor:
  • Platz, Rainer
    2013 Colombier (CH)

(74) Representative: Schwan - Schwan - Schorer 
Patentanwälte Bauerstrasse 22
80796 München
80796 München (DE)

   


(54) Wireless hearing system and method for monitoring the same


(57) The invention relates to a hearing system comprising a hearing device (14), an audio signal transmitter (24, 25), an audio signal source (32) for providing audio signals to the audio signal transmitter, an audio signal receiver unit (12) adapted to establish a wireless link (22) for transmission of the audio signals from the audio signal transmitter to the audio signal receiver unit which is connected to or integrated within the hearing device for providing the audio signals received from the audio signal transmitter as input to the hearing device, means (24, 28, 30, 40, 42, 52) for generating and wirelessly transmitting a polling signal (34) to the audio signal receiver unit, means (26, 28, 30, 44, 54, 56, 58) for receiving the polling signal at the audio signal receiver unit, means (26, 28, 30, 44, 48, 54, 56, 58) for generating and wirelessly transmitting a status information signal (36) containing data regarding the status of the wireless audio signal link and/or the receiver unit, and means (24, 28, 30, 38, 42, 52) for receiving the status information signal and displaying status information.







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