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Hearing aid, hearing aid apparatus, method of hearing aid method, and integrated circuit

A technology for hearing aids and external devices, applied in the directions of hearing aids, electrical components, transmission systems, etc., can solve problems such as troublesome hearing aids, and achieve the effect of being easy to find

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-06-02
PANASONIC CORP
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[0007] However, with the miniaturization of conventional hearing aids that can be inserted into the ear holes, especially for the elderly, there is a problem that it is troublesome to find the missing hearing aid once it disappears.

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[0055] refer to Figure 1A ~ Figure 1C ,as well as figure 2 , the hearing aid according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described. in addition, Figure 1A is a block diagram showing the configuration of the hearing aid 100 .

[0056] Hearing aid 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention includes microphone 110 as a sound pickup unit, operation switching unit 120 , wireless communication unit 130 , amplifier (amplifying unit) 140 , and earphone 150 as an output unit. Typically, two hearing aids 100 having the same configuration are used as a set of binaural hearing aids (hearing aid devices).

[0057] The microphone 110 collects sounds around the hearing aid 100 . The operation switching unit 120 switches the operation mode of the hearing aid 100 . Specifically, the hearing aid mode, the search mode and the searched mode are interactively switched. The wireless communication unit 130 performs transmission and reception of signals with externa...

Embodiment 2

[0095] Second, refer to the attached Figure 3A and 3B, hearing aids 200A and 200B according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described. in addition, Figure 3A It is a block diagram showing the data flow of hearing aid 200A operating in "hearing aid mode" and "search mode". Figure 3B It is a block diagram showing the data flow of the hearing aid 200B operating in the "hearing aid mode" and "searched mode". In addition, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same constituent elements as in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0096] Hearing aid 200B according to Example 2 further includes delayer (output delay unit) 260 between amplifier 140 and earphone 150 . The delayer 260 temporarily holds the sound output from the amplifier 140 and outputs it to the headphone 150 after delaying it for a predetermined time.

[0097] The operation switching unit 220 also performs the operation of controlling the delayer 260 ...

Embodiment 3

[0104] Second, refer to Figure 4A , Figure 4B , Figure 5A as well as Figure 5B Hearing aids 300A and 300B according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described. in addition, Figure 4A It is a block diagram showing the data flow of the hearing aid 300A operating in the "hearing aid mode" and "search mode". Figure 4B It is a block diagram showing the data flow of the hearing aid 300B operating in the "hearing aid mode" and "searched mode". Figure 5A as well as Figure 5B It is a figure which shows an example of the hearing characteristic of a deaf person. In addition, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same constituent elements as those in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0105] The hearing aid 300B according to the third embodiment further includes a storage unit 370 and stores parameters 371 for each user. The storage unit 370 is constituted by, for example, a nonvolatile memory or the...

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Abstract

A hearing aid (100) is worn to a user's ear and amplifies and outputs sounds. In particular, the hearing aid is provided with a microphone (110) as a sound collection part which collects sounds; a wireless communication part (130) which receives from a wirelessly connected external apparatus a search sound output instruction for outputting sounds for search; an amplifier (140) which amplifies inputted sounds; an earphone (150) as an output part which outputs the sounds amplified by the amplifier (140); and an operation switch part (120) which mutually switches to a hearing-aid mode of allowing the amplifier (140) to amplify by a first amplification factor the sounds for hearing aid being the sounds collected by the microphone (110) or a search target mode of allowing the amplifier (140) to amplify by a second amplification factor larger than the first amplification factor the sound for search according to reception of the search sound output instruction.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a hearing aid which can be easily found even if it is lost. Background technique [0002] In the past, deaf people often chose hearing aids that can be inserted into the ear holes because of the appearance. This type of hearing aid has a main body box in which electronic circuits such as microphones and batteries are installed, an external auditory canal insertion portion with a speaker hole, and a cover portion covering the battery, and has a shape and size that can be inserted into the ear hole as a whole (for example, refer to patent documents 1). [0003] In addition, there is also a hearing aid that is not easily lost or dropped due to carelessness because the hearing aid is attached with a strap (for example, refer to Patent Document 2). [0004] On the other hand, people with mild deafness have less need for daily use as described above, so when using a hearing aid that can be inserted into the ear hole, the frequency ...

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IPC IPC(8): H04R25/00H04B1/40
CPCH04R25/558H04R25/554
Inventor 房川歌津衣横仓惠美高木良明
Owner PANASONIC CORP
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