System and method for selectively coupling hearing aids to electromagnetic signals

摘要

Systems, devices and methods are provided for selectively coupling hearing aids to electromagnetic fields. One aspect relates to a hearing aid device. In various embodiments, the hearing aid device (110,231, 331,431,531,631,731,910) includes an induction signal receiver (241,641,741,932,1032,1132,1232) for receiving induction signals (236,336), a microphone system for receiving acoustic signals (237), a hearing aid receiver (238,638,738,936), and a signal processing circuit (239, 339,439,639,739). The signal processing circuit includes a proximity sensor for detecting an induction source (123,234). The signal processing circuit presents a first signal to the hearing aid receiver that is representative of the acoustic signals. When the induction source is detected, the signal processing circuit presents a second signal to the hearing aid receiver that is representative of the induction signals and transmits a third signal (233,333,433,533) representative of the induction signals from the hearing aid device to a second hearing aid device (232,332,432,532,832). Other aspects are provided herein.