System and method for enhancing the inductive coupling between a hearing aid operating in telecoil mode and a communications device

摘要

A method and system to optimize the relative position of an inductive field of a hearing aid compatible device and a telecoil of a hearing assistive device, are provided. A Steerable Hearing Aid Compatible Device (SHAD) has a steerable inductive field for locating an inductive field in accordance with the location of a telecoil in the hearing assistive device. A Telecoil Hearing Assistive Device (THAD) has a telecoil and telecoil orientation tag. The location of the telecoil of the THAD is determined with respect to a reference system and this telecoil location information is stored on the telecoil orientation tag as Telecoil Location Information (TLI) and provided to the SHAD. In an exemplary embodiment the telecoil orientation tag may be an RFID tag that is read by a tag reader of the SHAD. The SHAD receives the TLI and generates an inductive field in accordance with the TLI, such as a position that is parallel to the telecoil of the THAD.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor, a hearing-assistive-device reference system; generating, by the processor, using a location determined at a telecoil of a hearing-assistive device and using the hearing-assistive-device reference system, telecoil location information; and initiating coupling, using the telecoil location information, of the telecoil and an inductive field emitted by a communication device.