US 12,035,110 B2
Hearing assistance devices with control of other devices
Dustin Degen, Waconia, MN (US)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/638,615
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/047967
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/041522, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,737, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337962 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G08B 17/117 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G08B 5/38 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/558 (2013.01) [G08B 7/06 (2013.01); G08B 17/117 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 25/602 (2013.01); H04R 25/603 (2019.05); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G08B 5/38 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing assistance system comprising:
a hearing assistance device comprising
a control circuit;
a microphone in electrical communication with the control circuit;
an electroacoustic transducer for generating sound in electrical communication with the control circuit;
a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the control circuit;
wherein the hearing assistance system is configured to initiate sending a hearing accommodative command to a separate controllable device upon occurrence of a hearing assistance device event, wherein the hearing accommodative command comprises at least one of a sound mode change and an alert mode change, and wherein the sound mode change causes the volume setting on the controllable device to be increased or decreased;
wherein the hearing assistance device event is raised by detection of at least one of
the hearing assistance device not being worn by a subject;
the hearing assistance device in a not-in-use operating state;
the hearing assistance device entering a recharging mode; and
the hearing assistance device entering a shut-down sequence.