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A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to modify sound produced by a gaming application according to an otological profile of a user. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

This invention relates to a system (100, 200) for enabling a hearing device (106, 202) wireless access to a communication network (114). The system (100, 200) comprises a first transceiver unit (108) in said hearing device (106, 202) communicating according to a first communication protocol. The system (100, 200) further comprises a server device (112, 204) comprising an input / output unit (122), which is connected to the communication network (114) and communicates according to a second communication protocol, a second transceiver unit (118), which is connected wirelessly to the first transceiver unit (108) and communicates according to the first communication protocol, and comprising a translator unit (120), which interconnects the second transceiver unit (118) and the input / output unit (122) and translates between the first and second communication protocol.

A portable headset for equalizing air pressure across the tympanic membrane of a user's ears. The device comprises two earpieces secured at opposing ends of a headband. The earpieces are cup-shaped housings containing a fan and a speaker. A mesh screen covers the open portion of the housing to protect the user's ear from contact with the fan blades. Additionally, a cushion is disposed along the perimeter of the housing to buffer the user's ear from the device. When the device is turned on, the fans rotate and air is pushed into or pulled out of the ear canals. Rate of rotation and direction of rotation are controlled via at least one pressurization selection dial. Thus the air pressure can be changed as a plane ascends or descends through the atmosphere.

A system and method are provided for capturing hearing characteristics from self-administered hearing tests, including loudness tolerance levels at different sound frequencies, as an individualized shaped auditory profile for automatically enhancing audio to complement and address as closely as possible an individual's hearing deficits experienced via a particular signal pathway, the signal pathway including the audio device used to administer the test, the sound environment, and the user's hearing capabilities. The user may self-administer a hearing test on a convenient personal apparatus, such as a smartphone. The shaped auditory profile may then be used to produce enhanced sound subsequently transmitted to the individual via the same signal pathway. In certain of its aspects, the invention is useful for any individual seeking an enhanced hearing experience, whether having hearing within normal range or hearing that is impaired.

A method of processing a sound segment is used in a hearing aid. If the sound segment is a high-frequency type, the high-frequency portion of the sound segment will be processed with a frequency lowering process. If the sound segment is a mixed-frequency type (between high-frequency and low-frequency), the energy of at least some portion of the high-frequency portion of the sound segment will be decreased and then processed with a frequency lowering process.

In a method for operating a hearing aid, an input signal is generated by way of one or more microphones. The input signal is amplified in an amplifier with an adjustable gain factor and output as an amplified input signal by way of a receiver. Furthermore, an OVD (own-voice-detection) parameter is established by an OVD unit. The OVD parameter specifies whether or not the user themselves is speaking. The gain factor is adjusted in a manner dependent on the OVD parameter and additionally adjusted in a manner dependent on noise, in particular stationary noise.

A method (100) of fitting a hearing aid system comprising identification of an auditory neuro-synaptopathy of a person based on the sensitivity of the person to temporal masking, a hearing aid fitting system, a computerized device (200, 300), a server (302) hosting a web service and a computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed carry out said method.

A method compresses the dynamic range of an audio signal. The audio signal is multiplied by a scalar to produce a scalar multiplied version of the audio signal. The audio signal is rectified to produce a rectified version of the audio signal. The rectified version of the audio signal is modified according to a well-defined function to produce a modified rectified version of the audio signal. An output signal is produced based on a ratio between the scalar multiplied version of the audio signal and the modified rectified version of the audio signal. The output signal has a dynamic range less than the dynamic range of the audio signal.

A multichannel hearing aid (20) comprises at least one frequency channel having a compressor (38) with a compression threshold at an output level below the hearing threshold and an attack time above 0.5 seconds whereby hearing of a sudden sound in a stationary sound environment is facilitated. With this compressor, the amplification of low signal levels may be increased compared to the prior art, as the compressor kicks in to generally suppress steady noises. The gain may generally be increased as high as feasible in view of the microphone baseline noise, which should preferably be kept below the hearing threshold. Thus the user of the hearing aid will generally have the option of a higher gain of low level sounds than generally feasible with prior art hearing aids.

The application discloses a hearing assistance system, a system signal processing unit and a method for generating an enhanced electric audio signal, wherein the hearing assistance system comprises atleast two binaural hearing systems and a system signal processing unit in communication with at least one binaural hearing system. The system signal processing unit is configured to receive from saidfirst at least one binaural hearing system: a first system electric audio signal and first system spatial information related to said first system electric audio signal, said first system spatial information comprising at least one of a first system angle of incidence of incoming sound and a first system time delay between capturing sound by the two spaced apart hearing devices of said first hearing aid system, and to receive a second system electric audio signal and a second system spatial information related to said second system electric audio signal originating from said second binaural hearing system, said second system spatial information comprising at least one of a second system angle of incidence of incoming sound and a second system time delay between capturing sound by the twospaced apart hearing devices of said second hearing aid system. The system signal processing unit is further configured to process said first and second system electric audio signals based on said first and second system spatial information and to generate an enhanced electric audio signal.

A method transmits a multiplicity of digital data packets from a transmitter to a receiver arranged in a mobile device. A plurality of data packets in each case is combined to form a block. The multiplicity of data packets are sent out by the transmitter in such a manner that the time intervals between the individual data packets of the respective block vary over the blocks for a plurality of successive blocks, and / or the time duration of the blocks varies for a plurality of successive blocks, and / or the time intervals between the individual data packets in the block vary for a number of blocks. The blocks of data packets are received and decoded by the receiver.

A hearing prosthesis system includes a processor arranged to communicate a stimulation signal to a vibration stimulator of a first hearing prosthesis. The processor receives an indication of a measured input signal from a first transducer of a second hearing prosthesis. A processor calculates a feedback associated with the stimulation. The processor may also be further configured to adjust a gain table or an input to a feedback reduction algorithm in response to the calculated feedback. Additionally, the processor of the hearing prosthesis system may also be arranged to communicate a second stimulation signal to a vibration stimulator of the second hearing prosthesis. The processor receives an indication of a measured input signal from the first hearing prosthesis. Further, the processor calculates a second feedback associated with the second stimulation.

The invention discloses a hearing aid comprising a beam former filtering unit comprising a smoothing unit. The hearing aid comprises the components of: a first microphone and a second microphone; an adaptive beam former filtering unit which comprises a first memory, a second memory and an adaptive wavebeam former processing unit and is used for supplying an adaptively determined adaptive parameter which represents an adaptive beam picture, and is configured for damping unexpected noise on a constraint condition that sound in an objective direction is substantially unchanged; and a combined wavebeam former which is used for supplying a combined beam shaping signal based on a first electric input signal, a second electric input signal, a weighting parameter which is between a first group of complex values and a second group of complex values and changes along with frequency, and an adaptive parameter in which the combined complex value changes along with the frequency, wherein the adaptive beam former filtering unit comprises a smoothing unit and is used for used for applying a statistics expected operator through a time smoothing complex expression and a solid number expression.

An acoustical module including a receiver unit for generating audio sound, microphone units for receiving acoustical pressure signals, and acoustical pressure pick-up points. Each of the acoustical pressure pick-up points is acoustically connected to a microphone unit. The module further includes an acoustical filter for attenuating acoustical pressure signals from a first acoustical pressure pick-up point relative to a second acoustical pressure pick-up point. The invention further relates to a hearing device comprising an acoustical module.

The invention discloses hearing aid equipment and a hearing aid method, a voice acquisition module in the hearing aid equipment acquires a voice signal of a current environment, and the voice signal comprises a user voice signal; a noise reduction module performs noise reduction on the acquired voice signal to obtain a noise-reduced voice signal, and the noise-reduced voice signal comprises a uservoice signal; the voice recognition module adopts a preset voice recognition algorithm to perform voice recognition on the denoised voice signal to obtain text information corresponding to the user voice signal in the denoised voice signal; a voice synthesis module converts the text information into target voice by adopting a preset voice synthesis algorithm; and finally, the voice output moduleoutputs the target voice. The hearing aid device can output clear voice, the trouble of hearing impairment in a high-noise environment is eliminated, and the user experience is improved.

The application discloses a hearing aid system and a method of operating thereof. The system includes a speech processor communicatively coupled to a microphone. The speech processor is configured to process a microphone signal received at the speech processor for producing an electrical stimulation signal and an acoustic stimulation signal. The speech processor is also configured to generate a modified acoustic stimulation signal by modifying the acoustic stimulation signal at least for a part of a residual frequency range of a patient in dependence on effect of an implantable electrode array on mechanical properties of cochlea of the patient. The system also includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit comprising a cochlear implant communicatively coupled to the speech processor, the cochlear implant comprising the implantable electrode array configured to be located within a cochlea of the patient and to provide the electrical stimulation based on the electrical stimulation signal to a cochlea within a non-residual frequency range of the patient. The second unit communicatively coupled to the speech processor and adapted to provide the modified acoustic stimulation based on the modified acoustic stimulation signal to the cochlea within the at least in the part of the residual frequency range.

A method of processing a sound segment is used in a hearing aid. If the sound segment is a high-frequency type, the high-frequency portion of the sound segment will be processed with a frequency lowering process. If the sound segment is a mixed-frequency type (between high-frequency and low-frequency), the energy of at least some portion of the high-frequency portion of the sound segment will be decreased and then processed with a frequency lowering process.

A method (100) of fitting a hearing aid system comprising identification of an auditory neuro-synaptopathy of a person based on the sensitivity of the person to temporal masking, a hearing aid fitting system, a computerized device (200, 300), a server (302) hosting a web service and a computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed carry out said method.

The invention discloses a method and Bluetooth earphone system for realizing a hearing aid function by a single Bluetooth chip. The method for realizing the hearing aid function by the single Bluetooth chip comprises the following steps: converting a sound source collected by a microphone MIC into a digital signal through AD conversion; then attaching the converted digital signal to an output loop; and outputting he converted digital signal through a speaker SPK. The invention adds the hearing aid function to the basic functions of calling and playing music of an ordinary Bluetooth earphone. The differences of the invention from the hearing aids, Bluetooth hearing aids and the like on the market are that: compared with the ordinary hearing aids, the Bluetooth is added, which can be used for calling and playing music; and the difference of the invention from the Bluetooth hearing aid is that the invention is implemented by using the single Bluetooth chip, and the cost is greatly reduced.

A method compresses the dynamic range of an audio signal. The audio signal is multiplied by a scalar to produce a scalar multiplied version of the audio signal. The audio signal is rectified to produce a rectified version of the audio signal. The rectified version of the audio signal is modified according to a well-defined function to produce a modified rectified version of the audio signal. An output signal is produced based on a ratio between the scalar multiplied version of the audio signal and the modified rectified version of the audio signal. The output signal has a dynamic range less than the dynamic range of the audio signal.

Systems and methods for processing an audio signal are provided for replay on an audio device. An audio signal is spectrally decomposed into a plurality of subband signals using band pass filters. Each of the subband signals are provided to a respective modulator and subsequently, from the modulator output, provided to a respective first processing path that includes a first dynamic range compressor, DRC. Each subband signal is feedforward compressed by the respective first DRC to obtain a feedforward-compressed subband signal, wherein the first DRC is slowed relative to an instantaneous DRC. Subsequently, each feedforward-compressed subband signal is provided to a second processing path that includes a second DRC, wherein the feedforward-compressed subband signal is compressed by the respective second DRC and outputted to the respective modulator. Modulation of the subband signals is then performed in dependence on the output of the second processing path. Finally, the feedforward-compressed subband signals are recombined.

According to the voice signal conversion system and the voice signal processing method suitable for the hearing aid, the structural design is simple and reasonable, the voice signal processing effect can be improved, and the wearing comfort is improved. The system comprises a voice acquisition module, an anti-aliasing filtering module, a programmable gain amplification module, an analog-to-digital conversion module with offset compensation, a digital audio signal processing module and a voice output module which are integrated on the hearing aid and connected in sequence. The voice signal processing method based on the voice signal conversion system comprises the steps of picking up continuous analog voice signals, removing high-frequency harmonic components in the analog voice signals, adjusting the dynamic range of the voice signals, obtaining adjusted voice signals, performing analog-to-digital conversion on the adjusted voice signals, obtaining digital voice signals, and performing hearing compensation processing and digital signal algorithm processing on the digital voice signal to obtain a discrete digital signal sequence, performing digital-to-analog conversion on the discrete digital signal sequence, and outputting an analog audio signal.

The invention discloses a novel audio conversion device, which relates to audio converters. The novel audio conversion device comprises a sound signal transmitter and further comprises a microphone interface, an audio interface, a Bluetooth interface, and an audio switcher, a filter, an analog-to-digital converter, a DSP and a digital-to-analog converter connected orderly; the microphone interface, the audio interface and the Bluetooth interface are jointly connected with the filter, and the digital-to-analog converter is connected with the sound signal transmitter. The novel audio conversiondevice has the characteristics of being compatible to various input modes and enabling the existing hearing aid with a Bluetooth audio converter to be capable of being matched with more devices; by multiple noise reduction through the filter and the DSP, quality of voice is improved, and people with hearing disorders are helped to understand semantics better; through an audio switcher automatic tour round technology, audio input is automatically identified and conductive separately, and thus, the novel audio conversion device is more convenient and efficient to use.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for deriving hearing characteristics, including loudness tolerance levels at different sound frequencies, from self-administered hearing tests as a personalized shaped hearing profile for automatically enhancing audio, thereby compensating as closely as possible and address hearing deficits experienced by individuals through a specific signaling pathway that includes audio equipment for administering the test, the sound environment, and the hearing abilities of the user who self-administers the hearing test on a convenient personal device such as a smartphone. The shaped auditory profile can then be used to generate enhanced sounds that are then delivered to the individual via the same signaling pathway. In some of its aspects, the present invention is useful to any individual seeking an enhanced hearing experience, whether individuals with normal range hearing or individuals with impaired hearing.