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Personal communication device with hearing support and method for providing the same

A communication device and hearing technology, applied in the adaptation of hearing aids for hearing loss, telephones with user guidance/use, telephone communication, etc., can solve the problem of expensive hearing aids or cochlear implants

Active Publication Date: 2013-07-24
JACOTI
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Another drawback of existing technology is that both hearing aids and cochlear implants are very expensive due to the need for custom hardware and custom chip development
Additionally, each filter exhibits very little time delay, whereby it does not interfere with normal speech perception (scattering) and interferes too much with

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[0060] The present invention will be described with respect to particular embodiments and with reference to certain drawings but the invention is not limited thereto but only by the claims.

[0061] Furthermore, in the description and claims, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish between similar elements and do not necessarily describe a temporal order, spatial order, hierarchical order, or any other manner of order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in other sequences than described or illustrated herein.

[0062] It should be noted that the term "comprising" used in the claims should not be interpreted as limited to the means listed below, it does not exclude other elements or steps. Thus, it should be interpreted as specifying the presence of said features, numbers, steps or components as referred to, but not...

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The present invention is related to a personal communication device arranged for providing hearing support. The personal communication device comprises an input for receiving an audio signal, programmable processing means and an output for outputting the processed signal. The programmable processing means is arranged for performing a filtering operation on a digital version of the audio signal in a first signal path based on parameter settings and for providing control logic for determining the parameter settings based on information on user preferences, on audiological information and on information on the listening situation, in which the personal communication device is used, obtained via sound environment analysis of the received audio signal and / or via sensing means of the personal communication device, so that the programmable processing means is operable as a hearing loss compensation module arranged for outputting a hearing loss compensated signal. The programmable processing means further has a second signal path in parallel with the first signal path, said second signal path comprising a module for transfer function calculation arranged for receiving the digital version of the audio signal and the parameter settings and for determining the filter coefficients of the filtering means based on the parameter settings and the digital version of the audio signal.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of personal communication devices adapted to provide the functionality of a digital hearing aid, bone conduction implant, middle ear implant or cochlear implant or combinations thereof. Background technique [0002] Hearing loss characteristics are quite individual, and hearing thresholds vary considerably from person to person. Hearing loss varies with frequency, as reflected by the clinical audiogram. Depending on the type and severity of hearing loss (sensorineural, conductive or mixed, mild, moderate, severe, or profound), the sound-processing characteristics of the human ear are compromised in different ways and require different types of functional intervention, ranging from image-conductive Simple input sound amplification in acute hearing loss to more complex sound processing and / or use of non-acoustic transducers (as in the case of deep sensorineural hearing loss). A typical hearing aid ca...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04R25/00H04M1/247H04M1/72478
CPCH04R2225/41H04M1/6016H04M1/2155H04M1/2475H04R25/50H04M1/72591H04R25/70H04R27/00H04M1/72478
Inventor J·靳丝伯根F·E·奥弗西尔斯A·扎罗斯基J·纽曼A·贝斯勒A·哈赞N·瓦克
Owner JACOTI
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