24results about "Details for specific frequency response" patented technology

A hearing device with an adjustable vent is disclosed. The device includes at least one microphone configured to provide an input signal representing sound, a processor configured to process the input signal and provide a processed signal, at least one loudspeaker configured to receive the processed signal from the processor and to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal to the ear of a user, an earpiece comprising a vent, and an electrically controllable valve configured to control the vent, and a valve control unit configured to receive one or more control signals in dependence of a current hearing situation of the hearing device, wherein the valve control unit is configured to adjust the electrically controllable valve in dependence of the one or more control signals to provide the vent to be in a state between an acoustically more open and an acoustically less open state.

The present description relates to an acoustic output device, comprising: a housing; a bone conduction vibrator, which is used for generating bone-conducted sound waves, the bone-conducted sound waves being transmitted to the cochlea by means of the housing to generate sound; an air conduction vibrator, which is used for generating air-conducted sound waves, the air-conducted sound waves being transmitted to the ear of a user by means of sound guide holes in the housing, and a processing circuit, which is configured to provide a first audio signal for the bone conduction vibrator, and provide a second audio signal for the air conduction vibrator, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to adjust a low-frequency component in the first audio signal or adjust a high-frequency component in the second audio signal. The low-frequency component in the first audio signal or the high-frequency component in the second audio signal are adjusted by means of the processing circuit, such that the ratio of bone-conducted components to air-conducted components in the output of the acoustic output device is variable, so as to adjust high and low frequency output effects of the acoustic output device. Thus, the acoustic output device is suitable for different scenarios, thereby enhancing the use experience of the acoustic output device.

Provided with a voice transmission device that can deliver clear voice to a user without invading the user and can be practically used. A voice transmission device 1 of the present disclosure includes: a transducer 2; a transmission plate 3 configured to transmit a mechanical vibration to a bone of a head of a person; a housing 4 that houses the transducer 2; and a ring member 7 arranged to cover a side surface of the housing 4. The transducer includes: a magnetostrictive element 21; permanent magnets 22a, 22b arranged at both ends of the magnetostrictive element 21; and a coil 23. The permanent magnet 22a arranged at one end of the magnetostrictive element 21 is connected to a transmission plate 3. The housing 4 includes: a housing portion 41 that houses the transducer 2; and a counter mass 42 connected to the permanent magnet 22b arranged at the other end. The ring member 7 holds a side surface of the housing 4 via a damper member 6.

The present invention relates to a method for providing a mode of a hearing aid earphone that provides external sound and music sound set at customized decibels suitable for a user's hearing condition in a hearing mode of a hearing aid function and a music mode of an earphone function, and to a system therefor.

The present invention relates to an audio assembly for a hearing device, said audio assembly comprising 1) a nozzle comprising a sound channel and a sound outlet acoustically connected to the sound channel, wherein the sound channel, in a plan essentially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sound channel, has a cross-sectional area, AN, limited by a sound channel wall, and 2) a miniature receiver at least partly positioned in the sound channel, wherein the miniature receiver, in a plan essentially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the miniature receiver, has a cross-sectional area, AR, defined by a housing of the miniature receiver, and wherein the housing of the miniature receiver comprising a sound output port and a venting opening, wherein the longitudinal axes of the sound channel and the miniature receiver are essentially parallel when the miniature receiver is at least partly positioned in the sound channel, and wherein the cross-sectional area, AN, of the sound channel exceeds the cross-sectional area, AR, of the miniature receiver, and wherein the excess cross-sectional area of the sound channel forms an acoustical passage defining an acoustical mass between a part of the sound channel wall and an outer housing part of the miniature receiver, and wherein the acoustical passage extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the sound channel, and wherein the acoustical passage is acoustically connected to the sound outlet of the nozzle and to the sound output port of the miniature receiver whereby the acoustical passage is arranged between the sound outlet of the nozzle and the sound output port of the miniature receiver. The present invention further relates to hearing device comprising an audio assembly.

Filter arrangement for a microphone module (100) with an acoustic input tube (105), wherein a cavity (106) is arranged as a resonance chamber between the input tube (105) and a region of the filter arrangement designed for connection to a microphone module (100) or to a device (102) with a microphone module (100), wherein a Helmholtz resonator is formed as an ultrasonic filter (1) through the cavity (106) and the input tube (105), which exhibits a resonance at a defined frequency, wherein the resonance chamber has a significantly larger diameter than the input tube (105) and / or an opening (103) in front of the microphone module (100) to cause a transverse resonance in addition to the Helmholtz resonance.

Provided is a sound output device. The sound output device includes a sound output unit, an ear hook, one or more microphones, and a processing circuit. The sound output unit includes a housing and a diaphragm disposed in the housing. A front cavity and a rear cavity are respectively provided on two sides of the diaphragm in the housing, the front cavity is acoustically coupled to a sound outlet hole provided on the housing, the sound outlet hole is disposed toward an ear canal of the user, and the rear cavity is acoustically coupled to a pressure relief hole provided on the housing. The ear hook includes a first portion located between an auricle and a head of a user, and a second portion extending toward a side of the auricle away from the head and connected to the sound output unit. The one or more microphones, disposed on the ear hook, are configured to collect an ambient sound to generate an electric signal. The processing circuit is configured to perform an amplifying processing on the electric signal generated by the one or more microphones, and send a processed electric signal to the sound output unit. At least one of the one or more microphones is located at the first portion of the ear hook, and a connecting line between the at least one of the one or more microphones and the sound outlet hole passes through the auricle.

The invention relates to a method for direction-dependent noise suppression for a hearing system (2), which comprises a hearing device (1), wherein, by means of at least one first input transducer (21) of the hearing system (2) and a second input transducer (22) of the hearing system (2), an interference signal (36) and a target signal (40) are generated from ambient sound, wherein the interference signal (36) and / or the target signal (40) are referenced to a useful signal source arranged in a target direction (38), wherein the target signal (40) is generated with a target directional characteristic which is homogeneous or substantially homogeneous over a half-space (66) opposite the target direction (38), wherein, for at least a first plurality of frequency bands, an acoustic characteristic (42, 46) of the target signal (40) is compared with a corresponding acoustic characteristic (42, 44) of the interference signal (36).and based on the aforementioned comparison, a preliminary weighting factor (51) is determined, the range of values ​​(80) of which has at least three values ​​(80a, 80b, 80), wherein, for each frequency band, a weighting factor (54) is formed based on the preliminary weighting factor (51), and wherein an input signal (56) of the hearing system (2) to be processed is weighted frequency band by frequency band based on the respective weighting factor (54), and an output signal (58) is generated based on the input signal (56) to be processed in this way.

A sound noise-shielding device and a masking earphone are provided in this disclosure. Earphones, hearing aids and noise-masking earplugs are integrated. The noise-masking earplugs are used to directly block real sounds, so that for patients with misophonia, stress response caused by sounds received by the earphones can be reduced, and these sounds can be converted into other acceptable sounds by the bone conduction earphones. Sometimes there may be some mixed sounds at the same time, and the computer can't distinguish them because of their fusion. A separate network is used to extract fused audio separately, and a spectrogram of an individual sound is obtained correspondingly and detected. By training the network, a sound recognition model that can accurately detect sound information can be obtained.

The present application discloses personalization of algorithm parameters of a hearing device, wherein a method of personalizing one or more parameters of a processing algorithm used in a processor of a hearing aid for a specific user comprises: performing a predictive test for estimating the hearing ability of a user when the user listens to test signals having different characteristics; analyzing the results of the predictive test of the user and providing a hearing ability measure of the user; selecting a specific processing algorithm of the hearing aid; selecting a cost-benefit function and / or a key value for the specific processing algorithm related to the hearing ability of the user from one or more related psychometric functions according to the characteristics of the test signals; and determining one or more personalization parameters of the specific processing algorithm for the user according to the hearing ability measure and the cost-benefit function.

The invention relates to an ear worn device (1), particularly a wireless headphone or a hearing aid, comprising a first module (10) configured to be inserted at least partially into an ear canal (2a) of a user, wherein the first module (10) comprises a loudspeaker (11) configured to emit sound into the ear canal (2a) of the user, and wherein the first module (10) comprises at least one microphone (12, 13) configured to pick up sound, and a second module (20) configured to be arranged outside of the concha cava (2b) adjacent to said ear canal (2a) of the user when the first module (10) is inserted into said ear canal (2a), wherein the second module (20) comprises at least one electronic component (21) which is operatively coupled to the loudspeaker (11) and / or the at least one microphone (12, 13) of the first module, wherein the first ambient microphone (12) is configured to be arranged behind the tragus (2c) of the ear (2) of the user adjacent to the ear canal (2a) and faces away from the ear canal (2a).

The present disclosure relates to a microphone, a processor, a speaker, and a support member. The microphone is disposed in the support member, an outer surface of the support member is provided with a recessed portion, the support member is further provided with a microphone hole, the microphone hole has a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other, the first opening is located in the recessed portion, and the second opening is located on an inner surface of the support member and connected to the microphone, and the recessed portion is configured to prevent the user from touching or blocking the first opening.

An ear-wearable electronic hearing device comprises a housing configured to be worn on, in or about an ear of a wearer, a power source disposed in the housing, and audio processing circuity disposed in the housing and operably coupled to an acoustic transducer. A microphone array comprises a plurality of microphones disposed in or on the housing and operatively coupled to the audio processing circuitry. The microphone array comprises a particular microphone comprising a mechanical feature that causes the particular microphone to exhibit an acoustic-to-mechanical characteristic that differs from that of other microphones of the microphone array, wherein the different acoustic-to-mechanical characteristic provides for increased wind noise suppression by the particular microphone relative to that achievable by the other microphones.

An electronic sound recording device having a housing, a housing wall and an opening through which sound can enter. The housing has a printed circuit board having a through-hole as a sound channel. A microphone has a microphone port mounted on and facing the printed circuit board and open to the through-hole. A sound duct having a sound passage arranged between the printed circuit board and housing wall. The sound passage connects the opening of the housing wall to the through-hole of the printed circuit board. The device has a washer having a bore and arranged between the printed circuit board and the sound duct such that the sound passage is connected to the through-hole of the printed circuit board via the bore. To achieve effective acoustic low pass filtering, the bore has a diameter smaller than both a diameter of the through-hole and a diameter of the sound passage.

The invention discloses hearing aid equipment, which comprises a microphone, a processor, a loudspeaker and a support member, and is characterized in that the microphone is arranged in the support member, and the outer surface of the support member is provided with an inner concave part; the supporting piece is further provided with a microphone hole, the microphone hole is provided with a first opening and a second opening which are opposite, the first opening is located in the inner concave part, and the second opening is located in the inner surface of the supporting piece and is in butt joint with a microphone; and the inner concave part is used for preventing a user from touching and blocking the first opening. As the inner concave part is arranged on the outer surface of the supporting piece, the first opening of the microphone hole is located in the inner concave part, the microphone hole is hidden in a sinking mode, and the inner concave part forms a convex blocking structure relative to the microphone hole, when a user touches the control key, the user can only touch the outer side edge of the inner concave part; when a user touches the key, the microphone hole in the concave part cannot be touched, namely the microphone hole cannot be blocked when the user touches the key by mistake, howling caused by blocking of the microphone hole can be avoided, and the user experience can be improved.

A voice transmission device 1 of the present disclosure includes: a transducer 2; a transmission plate 3 configured to transmit a mechanical vibration to a bone of a head of a person; a housing 4 that houses the transducer 2; and a ring member 7 arranged to cover a side surface of the housing 4. The transducer includes: a magnetostrictive element 21; permanent magnets 22a, 22b arranged at both ends of the magnetostrictive element 21; and a coil 23. The permanent magnet 22a arranged at one end of the magnetostrictive element 21 is connected to a transmission plate 3. The housing 4 includes: a housing portion 41 that houses the transducer 2; and a counter mass 42 connected to the permanent magnet 22b arranged at the other end. The ring member 7 holds a side surface of the housing 4 via a damper member 6.

A device, including an implantable microphone, including a transducer, and a chamber in which a gas is located such that vibrations originating external to the microphone based on sound are effectively transmitted therethrough, wherein the transducer is in effective vibration communication with the gas, wherein the transducer is configured to convert the vibrations traveling via the gas to an electrical signal, the chamber and the transducer correspond to a microphone system, wherein the chamber corresponds to a front volume of the microphone system, and the transducer includes a back volume corresponding to the back volume of the microphone system, and the implantable microphone is configured to enable pressure adjustment of the front and / or back volume in real time.

To provide customized audio processing based on user-specific audio information and hardware-specific audio information.SOLUTION: A method of audio signal processing comprises: accessing user-specific audio processing information for a particular user; determining identity information of an audio device for producing sound output from an audio signal; based on the identity information of the audio device, accessing device-specific audio processing information for the audio device; generating a customized audio-processing procedure for the audio signal based on the user-specific audio processing information and the device-specific audio processing information; and generating a customized audio signal by processing the audio signal with the customized audio-processing procedure.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Provided is a sound output device. The sound output device includes a sound output unit, an ear hook, one or more microphones, and a processing circuit. The sound output unit includes a housing and a diaphragm disposed in the housing. A front cavity and a rear cavity are respectively provided on two sides of the diaphragm in the housing, the front cavity is acoustically coupled to a sound outlet hole provided on the housing, the sound outlet hole is disposed toward an ear canal of the user, and the rear cavity is acoustically coupled to a pressure relief hole provided on the housing. The ear hook includes a first portion located between an auricle and a head of a user, and a second portion extending toward a side of the auricle away from the head and connected to the sound output unit. The one or more microphones, disposed on the ear hook, are configured to collect an ambient sound to generate an electric signal. The processing circuit is configured to perform an amplifying processing on the electric signal generated by the one or more microphones, and send a processed electric signal to the sound output unit. At least one of the one or more microphones is located at the first portion of the ear hook, and a connecting line between the at least one of the one or more microphones and the sound outlet hole passes through the auricle.

Various embodiments of an ear-wearable electronic device are disclosed. The device includes a shell, a faceplate connected to a second end of the shell to form an enclosure, and an electromechanical package disposed at least partially within the enclosure. The package includes a flexible printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) disposed within the enclosure proximate to a first end of the shell and extending along an assembly axis, where the PCBA includes a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface; and a micro-mechanical systems (MEMS) receiver disposed on or at least partially in the concave inner surface of the PCBA. The device further includes an acoustic path disposed at least partially within the enclosure and extending between an inlet that is acoustically coupled to a receiver port of the MEMS receiver and an outlet that is disposed at the first end of the shell.

A method of personalizing one or more parameters of a processing algorithm for use in a hearing aid of a specific user comprises • Performing a predictive test for estimating a hearing ability of the user when listening to signals having different characteristics; • Analyzing results of said predictive test for said user and providing a hearing ability measure for said user; • Selecting a specific processing algorithm of said hearing aid, • Selecting a cost-benefit function related to said user's hearing ability in dependence of said different characteristics for said algorithm; and • Determining, for said user, one or more personalized parameters of said processing algorithm in dependence of said hearing ability measure and said cost-benefit function.

The present disclosure relates to a microphone, a processor, a speaker, and a support member. The microphone is disposed in the support member, an outer surface of the support member is provided with a recessed portion, the support member is further provided with a microphone hole, the microphone hole has a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other, the first opening is located in the recessed portion, and the second opening is located on an inner surface of the support member and connected to the microphone, and the recessed portion is configured to prevent the user from touching or blocking the first opening. Since the outer surface of the support member is provided with the recessed portion, and the first opening of the microphone hole is located in the recessed portion, the microphone hole forms a recessed hidden configuration, and the recessed portion forms the partition structure outward relative to the microphone hole. Therefore, when a user touches and controls the button, the user can only touch an outer edge of the recessed portion and is prevented from contacting the microphone hole in the recessed portion. That is, even if the user inadvertently touches the button, the microphone hole can not be obstructed, thereby avoiding howling caused by obstructing the microphone hole, and improving user experience.

The embodiment of the invention relates to a sound production device which comprises a sound production part which comprises a shell and a vibrating diaphragm arranged in the shell, a front cavity and a rear cavity are arranged in the shell and on the two sides of the vibrating diaphragm respectively, the front cavity is acoustically coupled with a sound outlet hole formed in the shell and facing the external auditory canal of a user, and the rear cavity is acoustically coupled with a pressure relief hole in the shell; the ear hook comprises a first part hung between the auricles of the user and the head of the user and a second part which extends towards one side, deviating from the head, of the auricles of the user and is connected with the sound production part; the one or more microphones are arranged on the ear hook and are configured to collect environment sound to generate corresponding electric signals; and the processing circuit is used for amplifying the electric signal generated by the microphone and sending the processed electric signal to the sound production part. At least one of the one or more microphones is located at the first part of the ear hook, and a connecting line of the at least one microphone and the sound outlet hole penetrates through the auricle of the user.

The present disclosure relates to an acoustic output device, the acoustic output device includes: a housing; a bone conduction vibrator, configured to generate a bone conduction sound wave, the bone conduction sound wave being transmitted to a cochlea through the housing to generate a sound; an air conduction vibrator, configured to generate an air conduction sound wave, the air conduction sound wave being transmitted to an ear of a user through a sound guiding hole on the housing; and a processing circuit, configured to provide a first audio signal to the bone conduction vibrator and a second audio signal to the air conduction vibrator. The processing circuit is further configured to adjust a low-frequency component in the first audio signal or adjust a high-frequency component in the second audio signal. By adjusting the low-frequency component in the first audio signal or adjusting the high-frequency component in the second audio signal via the processing circuit, proportions of a bone conduction component and an air conduction component in an output of the acoustic output device are made variable, thereby adjusting high-frequency and low-frequency output effects of the acoustic output device, so that the acoustic output device is suitable for different scenarios, and user experience of the acoustic output device is improved.