aid 440 and cell phone 441 using a usb otg communication link exploits features of the devices to provide a number of new or improved functions these functions include but are not limited to placing cell phone telephone calls where audio is played to the user 39 s ear using the hearing aid receiver and thus compensating for a user 39 s hearing impairment if any streaming audio from an audio file on the cell phone through the hearing aid receiver exchanging data files between the hearing aid 440 and the cell phone 441 and programming editing or monitoring the operation of the hearing aid 440 using the cell phone 441 using the cell phone to program edit and monitor the hearing aid through the usb communication link reduces the need for a separate hearing aid programmer as is commonly required fig5 shows a first wireless usb enabled hearing aid 550 according to one embodiment of the present subject matter in wireless communication with a second wireless usb enabled hearing aid 551 the first hearing aid includes a microphone 551 a receiver 552 flash memory 553 and a wireless usb controller 554 with an attached antenna 555 connected to hearing aid electronics 556 connecting one hearing aid to another hearing aid over a wireless usb connection 557 allows the hearing aids to exchange data and data files including but not limited to audio data and audio data files in various embodiments hearing aids connected using a wireless usb connection can hot sync data in one hearing aid with data in the.