25results about "Electronic input selection/mixing" patented technology

Improved hearing systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a hearing system includes memory device(s), audio input device(s) configured to receive audio input signals including audio information arising from a plurality of sound sources, audio output device(s), and processing device(s). During an inference mode, the processing device(s) are configured to operate in accordance with the first neural network to generate intermediate output signals that, to a higher degree than in the audio information, reflect or emphasize at least one desired sound source component of the audio information arising from a desired one of the sound sources of the plurality of sound sources determined to be the desired one of the sound sources at least indirectly based upon a first undershot angle evident from the audio information. The audio output device(s) are configured to generate audio output signals based at least indirectly upon the intermediate output signals.

Various implementations include hearing assist devices and systems for processing audio signals. In particular implementations, a process includes receiving an input signal via a microphone; performing a sound pressure level (SPL) shift that decreases a gain of the input signal to generate a gain reduced audio signal; amplifying the gain reduced audio signal using dynamic range compression to generate an amplified audio signal; generating a noise reduced amplified signal using active noise reduction that simultaneously processes the input signal; and outputting the noise reduced amplified signal to an electrodynamic transducer.

A hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises an interface and a processor. The hearing device is configured to obtain a microphone input signal from a microphone of the hearing device. The hearing device is configured to obtain a transceiver input signal from a transceiver of the interface. The hearing device is configured to determine a time offset between the microphone input signal and the transceiver input signal. The hearing device is configured to determine a time delay based on the time offset. The hearing device is configured to process the transceiver input signal for providing an output signal, wherein processing the transceiver input signal comprises applying the time delay to the transceiver input signal for providing a delayed transceiver input signal. The hearing device is configured to provide the output signal to a receiver of the hearing device for providing an audio output signal.

A method for calibrating an implantable adaptive body noise reduction system includes capturing an externally generated body noise reference signal with at least one sound sensor and at least one vibration sensor; operating the implantable adaptive body noise reduction system based on the externally generated body noise reference signal; monitoring the operation of the implantable adaptive body noise reduction system to identify a convergence point; and setting one or more parameters of the implantable adaptive body noise reduction system based on the convergence point.

Improved hearing systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, a hearing system includes memory device(s), audio input device(s) configured to receive audio input signals including audio information arising from a plurality of sound sources, audio output device(s), and processing device(s). During an inference mode, the processing device(s) are configured to operate in accordance with the first neural network to generate intermediate output signals that, to a higher degree than in the audio information, reflect or emphasize at least one desired sound source component of the audio information arising from a desired one of the sound sources of the plurality of sound sources determined to be the desired one of the sound sources at least indirectly based upon a first undershot angle evident from the audio information. The audio output device(s) are configured to generate audio output signals based at least indirectly upon the intermediate output signals.

A hearing aid comprising an ultrasonic processing unit, the hearing aid comprising: an input unit comprising a plurality of microphones configured to provide a corresponding plurality of electrical input signals characterizing sound in an environment in which the hearing aid is located affected by ultrasonic waves, the ultrasonic waves being characterized by an ultrasonic frequency, wherein each of the plurality of electrical input signals is provided in digitized form, the plurality of microphones being configured to have different port diameters such that the plurality of microphones have different sensitivities to the ultrasonic frequency; an ultrasonic processing unit in communication with the input unit, the ultrasonic processing unit being configured to receive the plurality of electrical input signals and generate an ultrasonically processed signal based on the different sensitivities of the plurality of microphones to the ultrasonic frequency; and an output unit configured to output an audible signal to a user wearing the hearing aid based on the ultrasonically processed signal.

A hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises an interface, and a processor. The hearing device is configured to obtain a microphone input signal from a microphone of the hearing device. The hearing device is configured to obtain a transceiver input signal from a transceiver of the interface. The hearing device is configured to determine a time shift between the microphone input signal and the transceiver input signal. The hearing device is configured to determine a time delay based on the time shift. The hearing device is configured to process the transceiver input signal for provision of an output signal, wherein to process the transceiver input signal comprises to apply the time delay to the transceiver input signal for provision of a delayed transceiver input signal. The hearing device is configured to provide the output signal to a receiver of the hearing device for provision of an audio output signal.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hearing aid including a multitude M≥3 microphones adapted for providing corresponding M electric input signals representative of an environment of a user, and an GSC beamformer configured to provide at least one beamformed signal based on a multitude of M intermediate beamformed signals, the GSC beamformer including a target maintaining beamformer and M−1 target cancelling beamformers, the M beamformers being configured to determine the multitude of M intermediate beamformed signals. The hearing aid is configured to operate in a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation, where the multitude of M microphones are active in the first mode of operation and a subset of the multitude of M microphones are active in the second mode of operation.

Presented herein are techniques for dynamically changing how a recipient-associated device (e.g., external component and / or user device linked to an external component) interacts with a user based on whether the external component of a medical device system is coupled to the recipient. In particular, a recipient-associated device in accordance with embodiments presented herein provides a first type of user interaction while the external component is coupled to the recipient, but the recipient-associated device provides a second (and different) type of user interaction when the external component is uncoupled / decoupled from the recipient (e.g., dynamically adjusting a user interface provided by a recipient-associated device based on whether the external component is coupled or decoupled from the recipient).

The present invention regards a hearing aid device at least one environment sound input, a wireless sound input, an output transducer, electric circuitry, a transmitter unit, and a dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system. The hearing aid device is configured to be worn in or at an ear of a user. The at least one environment sound input is configured to receive sound and to generate electrical sound signals representing sound. The wireless sound input is configured to receive wireless sound signals. The output transducer is configured to stimulate hearing of the hearing aid device user. The transmitter unit is configured to transmit signals representing sound and / or voice. The dedicated beamformer-noise-reduction-system is configured to retrieve a user voice signal representing the voice of a user from the electrical sound signals. The wireless sound input is configured to be wirelessly connected to a communication device and to receive wireless sound signals from the communication device. The transmitter unit is configured to be wirelessly connected to the communication device and to transmit the user voice signal to the communication device.

A hearing device component (6) comprises a sensor-unit (8) for receiving an audio-signal (AS), a separation device (9) for separating part-signals (PSi) from the audio-signal (AS), a classification device (10) for classifying the part-signals (PSi) separated from the audio-signals (AS), and a modulation device (11) for modulating the part-signals (PSi), wherein the classification device (10) is communicatively coupled to the modulation device (11) and wherein the modulation device (11) is designed to enable a concurrent modulation of different part-signals (PSi) with different modulation-functions depending on their classification.

Disclosed are embodiments of a hearing aid. The hearing aid comprises an input unit comprising a plurality of microphones configured to provide a corresponding plurality of electrical input signals representing a sound affected by an ultrasound in an environment of the hearing aid. The ultrasound is characterized by an ultrasound frequency. Each of the plurality of electrical input signals is provided in a digitized form. The plurality of microphones is configured to have different sensitivities towards the ultrasound frequency. The hearing aid comprises an ultrasound processing unit in communication with the input unit. The ultrasound processing unit is configured to receive the plurality of electrical input signals. The ultrasound processing unit is configured to determine, based on the different sensitivities towards the ultrasound frequency, an ultrasound processed signal. The hearing aid comprises an output unit configured to output, based on the ultrasound processed signal, an audible signal to the user wearing the hearing aid.

A hearing device comprises an interface, and a processor. The hearing device is configured to obtain a microphone input signal from a microphone of the hearing device. The hearing device is configured to obtain a transceiver input signal from a transceiver of the interface. The hearing device is configured to determine a time shift between the microphone input signal and the transceiver input signal. The hearing device is configured to determine a time delay based on the time shift. The hearing device is configured to process the transceiver input signal for provision of an output signal, wherein to process the transceiver input signal comprises to apply the time delay to the transceiver input signal for provision of a delayed transceiver input signal. The hearing device is configured to provide the output signal to a receiver of the hearing device for provision of an audio output signal.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hearing aid configured to be worn by a user. The hearing aids can include a sound scene analyzer for analyzing sound in at least one input audio signal and for providing a sound scene control signal indicative of a current sound environment. The hearing aid can further include a notification unit configured to provide a notification signal in response to a notification request signal indicative of a request for conveying a specific message to the user.

A hearing device component (6) comprises a sensor-unit (8) for receiving an audio-signal (AS), a separation device (9) for separating part-signals (PSi) from the audio-signal (AS), a classification device (10) for classifying the part-signals (PSi) separated from the audio-signals (AS), and a modulation device (11) for modulating the part-signals (PSi), wherein the classification device (10) is communicatively coupled to the modulation device (11) and wherein the modulation device (11) is designed to enable a concurrent modulation of different part-signals (PSi) with different modulation-functions depending on their classification.

A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a speaker; and a controller for transmitting a sound source to the speaker, receiving information including a plurality of hearing loss magnitudes of a user for a plurality of frequencies, respectively, comparing each of the plurality of hearing loss magnitudes with a first reference magnitude to obtain an inaudible frequency, the hearing loss magnitude of which is greater than or equal to the first reference magnitude, among the plurality of frequencies, and outputting, to the speaker, a compensation sound resource obtained by compensating the inaudible frequency among frequencies constituting the sound source.

A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, adapted to a particular user and configured to provide a user identification signal indicating whether or not a person currently wearing the hearing device is said particular user, comprises a processor configured to provide the identification signal based on a combination of 1) identification of characteristics of the user's voice, and 2) identification of at least one other parameter characteristic of the current user of the hearing device, wherein the another parameter characteristic of the current user of the hearing device comprises an acoustic transfer function, or impulse response, a) from the user's mouth to one or more microphones of the hearing device, and / or b) from a loudspeaker of the hearing device to one or more microphones of the hearing device.

A system and method of operating a hearing aid of a user includes receiving a mixed audio signal of multiple persons speaking and noise via a hand-held device microphone, the hand-held device such as a smartphone, being operationally connected to the hearing aid. The mixed audio signal is separated into individual speech streams of the persons speaking and the noise is attenuated. The individual speech streams are input into a voice-to-text application software to convert individual speech streams into text streams. Each individual text stream is displayed on a display screen of the hand-held device. The individual text streams on the hand-held device display are selected by the user to be transmitted as audio signals to the user's hearing aid. Lastly, the selected audio signals are amplified in the user's hearing aid while the non-selected speech streams and noise are attenuated.

This disclosure describes a method comprising: obtaining, by a processing system that includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry, a signal from a magnetic sensor of a hearing instrument; determining, by the processing system, a context of the hearing instrument based at least in part on the signal from the telecoil; and initiating, by the processing system, one or more actions based on the context of the hearing instrument.

A hearing aid focusing system is provided to enables a user to hear an environmental sound. The focusing system adaptively adjusts a hearing aid in response to visual information about a user environment from one or more image capture devices. The focusing system analyzes images captured of the environment to identify one or more sources of sound that warrants user attention. Once a sound source is pinpointed and determined to be significant for the user, microphones of the hearing aid are automatically adjusted as needed in vertical and / or horizontal directions toward the sound source.

Disclosed are embodiments of a hearing aid including a plurality of microphones and an ultrasound processing unit. The plurality of microphones is configured to provide a corresponding plurality of electrical input signals representing a sound affected by an ultrasound in an environment of the hearing aid, the ultrasound being characterized by an ultrasound frequency. The plurality of microphones is configured to have different sensitivities towards the ultrasound frequency. The ultrasound processing unit is configured to determine, based on the different sensitivities towards the ultrasound frequency, an ultrasound reduced signal.

One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relates to hearing aids. A hearing aid includes a plurality of microphones configured to receive an initial sound signal and convert the initial sound signal into an electrical signal; a processor configured to process the electrical signal and generate a control signal; and a speaker configured to convert the control signal into a hearing aid sound signal. To process the electrical signal and generate the control signal, the processor is configured to: adjust a directivity of the initial sound signal received by the plurality of microphones, so that a sound intensity of a first sound signal from a direction of the speaker in the initial sound signal is always greater than or always less than a sound intensity of a second sound signal from other directions around.

Disclosed herein is a hearing aid system having a user interface configured to provide a listening difficulty indication based on an interaction with a user. The listening difficulty indication is indicative of the user's listening difficulty in the sound environment. The hearing aid system further can include an auxiliary sound processor. The auxiliary sound processor is configured to provide a simulated audio signal based on the listening difficulty indication and a plurality of acoustic features.