Hearing Aids Embrace Wireless Solutions

April 6, 2012
In other Nordic news, hearing solutions company GN ReSound, has employed the company’s nRF24L01+ in its ReSound Alera™ hearing aid. This offering enables users to wirelessly stream audio from consumer electronics devices such as TVs directly to their hearing aid(s) over a range to 20 m (see figure).

In other Nordic news, hearing solutions company GN ReSound, has employed the company’s nRF24L01+ in its ReSound Alera™ hearing aid. This offering enables users to wirelessly stream audio from consumer electronics devices such as TVs directly to their hearing aid(s) over a range to 20 m (see figure).

In operation, the end user connects a TV or other device—smartphone, desktop personal computer (PC), laptop, tablet, home cinema system, radio, etc.—to a small audio streamer box equipped with a Nordic nRF24L01+ 2.4-GHz transceiver. This pairs with a second nRF24L01+ located in the ReSound Alera hearing aid. When a user wants to watch TV, they simply push a button on the back of the hearing aid. Alternately, an optional remote control can be used to select the device’s designated wireless channel (typically between 1 and 3) to immediately stream wireless audio in stereo.

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Paul Whytock | Editor-in-Chief

Paul Whytock is European Editor for Microwaves & RF and European Editor-in-Chief for Electronic Design. He reports on the latest news and technology developments in Europe for his US readers while providing his European engineering audience with global news coverage from the electronics sector. Trained originally as a design engineer with Ford Motor Co., Whytock holds an HNC in mechanical, electrical, and production engineering.

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