US 11,818,549 B2
Hearing aid system and a method for operating a hearing aid system
Markus Mueller, Mannedorf (CH); and Leo den Hartog, Zurich (CH)
Assigned to Sonova AG, Staefa (CH)
Filed by SONOVA AG, Staefa (CH)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,239.
Application 17/569,239 is a continuation of application No. 16/412,453, filed on May 15, 2019, granted, now 11,259,128.
Claims priority of application No. 102018111742.6 (DE), filed on May 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132254 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/554 (2013.01) [H04R 1/10 (2013.01); H04R 25/50 (2013.01); H04R 25/02 (2013.01); H04R 25/65 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing system comprising:
a first hearing device configured for arrangement in an ear canal of a first ear of a user; and
a second hearing device configured for arrangement proximate to the first hearing device at the ear canal of the first ear of the user,
wherein:
the first hearing device and the second hearing device each include a microphone, a signal processing unit, a loudspeaker, and a battery, such that both the first hearing device and the second hearing device are configured to function as a hearing device to provide sound to the ear canal independently and when combined;
the first hearing device and the second hearing device, when not combined, are each configured to be alternatively inserted at least partially within the ear canal at the first ear of the user to provide the sound to the ear canal; and
the second hearing device is configured to charge the battery of the first hearing device.