Hearing aid having an adaptive antenna matching mechanism and a method for adaptively matching a hearing aid antenna

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PATENT NO 9414170
APP PUB NO 20140185813A1
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13797795

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A method of matching a hearing aid antenna in a binaural hearing aid in accordance with a detected signal strength of a received communication signal, the binaural hearing aid having a first hearing aid to be positioned at one ear of a user and a second hearing aid to be positioned at another ear of the user, the method includes: receiving a communication signal by a wireless communication unit in the first hearing aid; detecting a signal strength of the received communications signal; and controlling a matching mechanism positioned in the first hearing aid and/or the second hearing aid to improve antenna reception and/or antenna transmission according to the detected signal strength.

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GN RESOUND A/SLAUTRUPBJERG 7 BALLERUP DK-2750

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Özden, Sinasi Rodovre, DK 14 300
Akdeniz, Birol Brøndby Strand, DK 7 92

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