Abstract: A method operates a hearing device in an audio presentation system. In this case, the hearing device has a wideband transmitter and a narrowband receiver. The audio presentation system has a plurality of audio transmitters that operate using narrowband transmission and are arranged so as to be spatially at a distance from one another in the intended usage state, and a plurality of wideband transmitters that are arranged so as to be spatially at a distance from one another in the intended usage state. A variable that is characteristic of a position of a hearing device relative to the audio transmitters is initially ascertained by the wideband transmitters of the hearing device and of the audio presentation system. A specific one of the multiple audio transmitters of the audio presentation system is then selected to transmit audio to the hearing device on the basis of this characteristic variable.

Abstract: An admission control method for a restricted-admission area uses a hearing apparatus having an ultra-wideband communication device. An area-affiliated narrowband communication device checks for presence of the hearing apparatus, which likewise has a narrowband communication device. Upon detecting the hearing apparatus, an ultra-wideband communication connection between an area-affiliated ultra-wideband communication device and the hearing-apparatus-affiliated ultra-wideband communication device is established. An admission authorization associated with the hearing apparatus is checked for and the ultra-wideband communication connection is a basis for ascertaining a distance of the hearing apparatus from the restricted-admission area. If the admission authorization of the hearing apparatus exists and the hearing apparatus is disposed within a predefined distance from the restricted-admission area, the admission restriction is at least temporarily lifted.

Abstract: A hearing instrument has a housing to be worn behind or in a user's ear. The housing contains a wireless communication device with a transmitting and receiving unit and an antenna electrically connected thereto, and a capacitive control unit with a control and evaluation circuit and an electrode arrangement electrically connected thereto. The antenna of the wireless communication device and the electrode arrangement of the capacitive control unit are one and the same. The antenna has two antenna sections that are galvanically separated from one another and the two antenna sections are separately connected to the capacitive control unit and form different electrodes of the electrode arrangement.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing aid system which has a hearing aid with a sensor and a first radio communication unit, and a further device. A manual actuation is detected by the sensor, and a prompt to emit a test signal is sent to the further device by the hearing aid. The test signal is sent to the hearing aid by use of the further device and is received thereby by the first radio communication unit. The manual actuation is verified on the basis of physical properties of the received test signal.

Abstract: An in-the-ear hearing aid has a housing with a transmitting and receiving unit arranged therein and has an arc-shaped antenna element emerging from the housing, which is at least part of a handle element, with the aid of which the hearing aid is removable from the ear by the user. The antenna element has at least one helical conductor strand, which is used for transmitting or receiving a signal and which is connected to the transmitting and receiving unit arranged in the housing. An efficient, discrete antenna element is formed by this configuration.

Abstract: A method for operating a smart mobile device. The method includes checking for or ascertaining the presence of a device known to the mobile device by way of a radio module in a locked state of the mobile device, in which manual access to the data content thereof is disabled. In the event that the presence of the known device is detected, an ultra-wideband radio connection is used to ascertain whether the known device is within a predefined distance from the mobile device. The locked state of the mobile device is canceled if the known device is within the predefined distance.

Abstract: Each of a hearing device and a mobile terminal of a hearing device system has a wideband communications apparatus, a narrowband communications apparatus, and a controller. The mobile terminal further has a position detection system. The controllers establish and maintain a narrowband connection between the hearing device and the mobile terminal during normal operation. When the narrowband connection is disconnected, the mobile terminal determines and stores its current position as a loss position of the hearing device using the position detection system. The stored loss position is displayed to a user in a search mode and a wideband connection is established via the wideband communications apparatus. The actual position of the hearing device is derived and output to the user based of the wideband connection. A charger of the hearing device may be found in the same way as the hearing device.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing device in an audio presentation system. In this case, the hearing device has a wideband transmitter and a narrowband receiver. The audio presentation system has a plurality of audio transmitters that operate using narrowband transmission and are arranged so as to be spatially at a distance from one another in the intended usage state, and a plurality of wideband transmitters that are arranged so as to be spatially at a distance from one another in the intended usage state. A variable that is characteristic of a position of a hearing device relative to the audio transmitters is initially ascertained by the wideband transmitters of the hearing device and of the audio presentation system. A specific one of the multiple audio transmitters of the audio presentation system is then selected to transmit audio to the hearing device on the basis of this characteristic variable.

Abstract: An admission control method for a restricted-admission area uses a hearing apparatus having an ultra-wideband communication device. An area-affiliated narrowband communication device checks for presence of the hearing apparatus, which likewise has a narrowband communication device. Upon detecting the hearing apparatus, an ultra-wideband communication connection between an area-affiliated ultra-wideband communication device and the hearing-apparatus-affiliated ultra-wideband communication device is established. An admission authorization associated with the hearing apparatus is checked for and the ultra-wideband communication connection is a basis for ascertaining a distance of the hearing apparatus from the restricted-admission area. If the admission authorization of the hearing apparatus exists and the hearing apparatus is disposed within a predefined distance from the restricted-admission area, the admission restriction is at least temporarily lifted.

Abstract: A circuit board of a hearing aid, in particular of a hearing aid device, has a base body to which a first electrical component and a second electrical component are bonded, more specifically are directly electrically connected by means of a conductive track. An electrically conductive, continuous antenna surface, as well as a communications receiver that is electrically connected at two different feed points to the antenna surface, are bonded to the base body. The antenna surface is partially opened between the feed points. A method describes the steps for manufacturing the circuit board and to a hearing aid having the circuit board.