METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING INFORMATION FROM HOME APPLIANCES TO A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE

摘要

Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for providing a gateway for a wireless hearing assistance device. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for wirelessly communicating with a hearing assistance device. One or more message and alert inputs are received and the message and alert inputs are processed to obtain an output. The output is wirelessly transmitted to a hearing assistance device, and the output is configured to be played via audio to a wearer of the hearing assistance device and to interrupt a current audio stream being played to the wearer, in various embodiments. Another aspect of the present subject matter relates to the one or more message and alert inputs being received from one or more home appliances through a hub device. The output informs the wearer of the hearing assistance device of states of the one or more home appliances.

主权项

1. A system for communication between one or more home appliances and a wearer of a hearing assistance device, the system comprising:
a hub device configured to receive status information from the one or more home appliance, produce a status signal representative of the status information, and transmit the status signal, the status information indicative of a status of each home appliance of the one or more home appliance; and a gateway device including:
an input configured to receive the status signal from the hub device;a processor configured to process the status signal to produce an output adapted to be played via audio by the hearing assistance device to the wearer; anda wireless transmitter configured to transmit the output to the hearing assistance device.