62results about "Details for specific frequency response" patented technology

Various embodiments of an ear-wearable electronic device are disclosed. The device includes a housing having a top shell and a bottom shell, a microphone disposed within the housing, and an acoustic path disposed at least partially within the housing and extending between an acoustic port disposed at an outer surface of the housing and an outlet disposed within the housing that acoustically couples the acoustic path to an inlet of the microphone. The device further includes an acoustic filter disposed at least partially within an inner surface of the top shell and includes a neck and a resonance cavity acoustically coupled to the neck. The acoustic filter is acoustically coupled to the acoustic path via the neck. Further, the acoustic filter is configured to reduce an intensity of acoustic waves sensed by the microphone in a first frequency range.

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.

The invention provides a sound transmission device which can transmit clear sound to a user without damaging the user and can be actually used. This sound transmission device (1) is provided with: a transducer (2); a transmission plate (3) that transmits vibration to the bone of the head of a person; a housing (4) that houses the transducer (2); and a ring member (7) that is disposed so as to cover the side surface of the housing (4). Furthermore, the transducer (2) includes a giant magnetostrictive element (21), permanent magnets (22a, 22b) disposed at both ends of the giant magnetostrictive element (21), and a coil (23), and the permanent magnet (22a) disposed at one end is connected to the transmission plate (3). The housing (4) is configured so as to include a housing part (41) that houses the transducer (2), and a counterweight body (42) that is connected to the permanent magnet (22b) disposed at the other end. In addition, the ring member (7) holds the side surface of the housing (4) via the damper member (6).

Various embodiments of an ear-wearable electronic device are disclosed. The device includes a housing having a top shell and a bottom shell, a microphone disposed within the housing, and an acoustic path disposed at least partially within the housing and extending between an acoustic port disposed at an outer surface of the housing and an outlet disposed within the housing that acoustically couples the acoustic path to an inlet of the microphone. The device further includes an acoustic filter disposed at least partially within an inner surface of the top shell and includes a neck and a resonance cavity acoustically coupled to the neck. The acoustic filter is acoustically coupled to the acoustic path via the neck. Further, the acoustic filter is configured to reduce an intensity of acoustic waves sensed by the microphone in a first frequency range.

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 small receiver for a listening device, the small receiver comprising a rectangular housing, an audio output port arranged in the rectangular housing, and a hinged diaphragm arranged in the rectangular housing and separating a front volume portion and a rear volume portion in the rectangular housing, the hinged diaphragm comprising a hinge portion and a movable portion, at least the movable portion of the hinged diaphragm being adapted to vibrate in response to a drive signal applied to a voice coil fixed to the movable portion of the diaphragm, a hinged diaphragm, and a magnetic motor arranged in the rectangular housing, the magnetic motor being adapted to generate a static magnetic field in a gap in which at least a part of the voice coil is arranged. The present invention also relates to an audio assembly for a listening device comprising a nozzle having an audio channel in which the small receiver is at least partially arranged internally. The present invention further relates to a listening device comprising the small receiver or the audio assembly.

The disclosure relates to a hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising a sound delivery (SD) part configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal, the SD part comprising a sound tube having an axis in which direction sound is propagating, wherein the sound tube is acoustically coupled to an electroacoustic transducer; and a mechanical element configured to be connected to the SD part, the element comprising a structure enclosing a cavity with an opening facing the SD part when the element is connected to the SD part such that the cavity is acoustically coupled to the electroacoustic transducer.

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 disclosure relates to a hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user, the hearing device comprising - a sound delivery (SD) part (20, 50, 100, 120) configured to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal, the SD part (20, 50, 100, 120) comprising a sound tube (58) having an axis (59) in which direction sound is propagating, wherein the sound tube (58) is acoustically coupled to an electroacoustic transducer (14, 54, 107); and - a mechanical element (12, 62, 112, 122, 132, 142, 162, 182, 192, 202, 212, 222, 232, 242, 252, 262, 362) configured to be connected to the SD part (20, 50, 100, 120), the element comprising a structure (61, 111, 121, 131, 141, 161, 181, 191, 201, 211, 221, 221, 231, 241, 261, 361) enclosing a cavity (64) with an opening (63) facing the SD part (20, 50, 100, 120) when the element is connected to the SD part (20, 50, 100, 120) such that the cavity (64) is acoustically coupled to the electroacoustic transducer (14, 54, 107). To provide for an advantageous modification of the sound outputted by the electroacoustic transducer (14, 54) and / or protection of the electroacoustic transducer (14, 54, 107), the disclosure proposes that the structure (61, 111, 121, 131, 141, 161, 181, 191, 201, 211, 221, 231, 241, 261, 361) comprises a section (66, 116, 126, 146, 166, 186, 196, 236, 366) in which thinner portions (71) and thicker portions (72) are alternatingly arranged around an axis (79) of the structure, wherein the axis (79) of the structure is aligned within 20° relative to the axis (59) of the sound tube (58) when the element is connected to the SD part (20, 50, 100, 120).

To provide a hearing aid that improves the effect of hearing compensation.SOLUTION: A hearing aid 10 includes a signal input module 100 that receives an initial sound and converts the initial sound into an electrical signal, a signal processing module 200 that processes the electrical signal to generate a control signal, and at least one output transducer 300 that converts the control signal into user's bone-conducted sound waves and air-conducted sound waves that can be heard by user's ears. The sound intensity of the air-conducted sound audible to the user's ear is within a target frequency range. The air-conducted sound wave is transmitted to the user's ear, so that it is higher than the sound intensity of the initial sound received by the signal input module.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A hearing aid and a method performed by a hearing aid including at least one microphone unit, an accelerometer unit, and a processor. The method performed by the hearing aid includes generating a processed microphone signal including attenuating the microphone signal in accordance with an attenuation value; wherein the attenuation value is based on a measure of correlation between a microphone signal from the microphone unit and an acceleration signal from the accelerometer unit. The hearing aid instantly reduces noise arising from mechanical handling of the hearing aid based on input from the microphone unit and the accelerometer unit.

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.

An earpiece of hearing device for insertion into an ear canal of a user and having a longitudinal axis, the earpiece includes an earpiece housing having a distal end, a proximal end, and an outer surface connecting the distal end to the proximal end, a receiver comprising a receiver housing, the receiver located within the earpiece housing, and a vent mechanism arranged in the earpiece housing, wherein the vent mechanism is arranged distal to the receiver.

An apparatus includes a bobbin, at least one counterweight assembly, and at least one spring. The bobbin includes at least one core and at least one electrically conductive coil wound around at least a portion of the bobbin. The at least one counterweight assembly is configured to move in response to magnetic fields generated by the bobbin. The at least one spring is in mechanical communication with the at least one counterweight assembly. The at least one spring is configured to resiliently deform in response to movement of the at least one counterweight assembly. The at least one spring includes at least one piezoelectric element.

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.

The present application discloses a method and system for configuring a bone conduction hearing assistance device, which includes the following steps: obtaining hearing loss data of a wearer; determining reference output parameters of the bone conduction hearing assistance device at each sound level and each frequency band based on the hearing loss data; obtaining an adjustment value of the reference output parameters; the adjustment value is at least related to the frequency band; configuring the bone conduction hearing assistance device based on the reference output parameters and the adjustment value.

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.

An earphone control method, a computer program, and a computer device are provided. [Solution] According to one embodiment, an earphone control method includes applying minimum audible level information for each frequency band of a user to an earphone, and controlling an output sound output by the earphone based on the applied minimum audible level information for each frequency band.

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).

An inventive hearing instrument (1) comprises - a main housing (2) having an outer wall enclosing an interior from the outside, - a microphone (4) having a mic-housing (16), a membrane (12) being 5 disposed within the mic-housing (16) and defining a membrane plane (32), and a port hole (20) penetrating a first side-wall (22) of the mic-housing (16), the microphone (4) being aligned within the interior of the main housing (2), and - a sound transmission channel (30) being aligned outside an inner volume of the mic-housing (16), ending with a first end at the port hole (20) and fluidically connecting the port hole (20) with the outside through a mic-opening (24) that penetrates the outer wall of the main housing (2). The sound transmission channel (30) is guided in a curved way such that it intersects the membrane plane (32), the sound transmission channel (30) thus being divided in a port-side part (34) and a rear-side part (36) that is located within a rear- side region of the membrane plane (32) with regards to the port hole (20). An air column within the rear-side part (36) of the sound transmission channel (30) has parts that are perpendicular to the membrane plane (32). An effective length (leff) of the rear-side part (36) of the sound transmission channel (30) is chosen in dependence on a sensitivity (Smic) to acoustic inertia of the microphone (4). Also, at least a segment of the sound transmission channel (30) is formed within an element (22, 46, 60) that is integral to the microphone (4).

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.

The present invention discloses a method and system for identifying and calibrating spatial information of a hearing aid based on dual microphones. First, a dual microphone array pickup module is used to collect ambient sound signals and obtain a main microphone signal and a secondary microphone signal. Then, the main microphone signal and the secondary microphone signal are processed to obtain the maximum energy value of each frequency point of the two microphone signals. Next, the modulation amount of the maximum energy value of each frequency point at each frequency point is calculated. Based on the modulation amount of the maximum energy value of each frequency point at each frequency point; the present invention realizes the function of fully utilizing the spatial orientation information of the dual microphones of the hearing aid to identify different usage scenarios, and can refine and calibrate the algorithm architecture of the hearing aid according to the specific scenario so as to provide a better usage experience, significantly improve the speech clarity and wearing comfort, enhance the communication confidence and quality of life of users in daily life and social occasions, and is suitable for being widely promoted and used.

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.

The embodiments of the present description relate to a sound production device, comprising: a sound production portion, which comprises a housing and a diaphragm arranged in the housing, wherein in the housing, a front cavity and a rear cavity are respectively provided on two sides of the diaphragm, with the front cavity being acoustically coupled to a sound output hole provided on the housing and facing the external auditory canal of a user, and the rear cavity being acoustically coupled to a pressure relief hole on the housing; an ear hook, which comprises a first part for being hung between the user's auricle and head, and a second part that extends towards the side of the user's auricle facing away from his / her head and is connected to the sound production portion; one or more microphones, which is / are arranged on the ear hook and configured to collect ambient sound to generate corresponding electrical signals; and a processing circuit, which is configured to amplify the electrical signals generated by the microphones, and send the processed electrical signals to the sound production portion. At least one of the one or more microphones is located on the first part of the ear hook, and the line connecting at least one microphone to the sound output hole goes across the user's auricle.

An electronic sound recording device (4, 20), in particular a hearing instrument (4), comprises a housing (6, 22) having a housing wall (30) and an opening (32) formed therein through which opening (32) sound can enter the housing (6, 22). Inside said housing (6, 22), a printed circuit board (34) is arranged. The printed circuit board (34) has a through-hole (40) that acts as a sound channel through said printed circuit board (34). A microphone (8, 24) having a microphone port (42) is mounted on said printed circuit board (34) such that said microphone port (42) faces said printed circuit board (34) and opens to said through-hole (40). A sound duct (44) having a sound passage (48) formed therein is arranged between the printed circuit board (34) and housing wall (30) such that said sound passage (48) connects said opening (32) of the housing wall (30) to said through-hole (40) of the printed circuit board (34). Furthermore, the electronic sound recording device (4, 20) comprises a washer (46) having a bore (50). The washer (46) is arranged between the printed circuit board (34) and the sound duct (44) such that the sound passage (48) of the sound duct (44) is connected to the through-hole (40) of the printed circuit board (34) via said bore (50) of the washer (46). In order to achieve effective acoustic low pass filtering, said bore (50) has a diameter smaller than both a diameter of said through-hole (40) of the printed circuit board (34) and a diameter of said sound passage (48) of the sound duct (44).