476 results about "Hearing aid" patented technology

The invention discloses a Bluetooth hearing-aid earphone optimization method and system for adaptive hearing compensation. The method comprises the following steps: S1, acquiring a personalized hearing curve of a user and background audio data of left and right ears in each typical scene, and respectively preprocessing the background audio data; s2, extracting time-frequency fusion features of each typical scene, generating scene feature vectors, and constructing a scene feature vector library; s3, calculating a scene perception conversion vector, an abrupt change risk vector and a smooth gain vector; s4, calculating a binaural gain change vector, a binaural synchronous entropy vector, a phase alignment factor vector and a left and right ear cooperative gain vector; and S5, according to the left and right ear cooperative gain vectors, processing the background audio data after left and right ear preprocessing in the current scene, and outputting the processed background audio data to the Bluetooth hearing-aid earphone. According to the invention, the problem of gain abrupt change generated during scene switching of the existing Bluetooth hearing-aid earphone and the problem of spatial perception distortion caused by binaural coordination imbalance can be solved.

A hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid, and a portable auxiliary device’ adapted to establish a communication link between them. The hearing aid comprises a microphone providing an electric input signal, a signal processor, and an output unit. The auxiliary device comprises a microphone providing an auxiliary electric input signal, and a user control interface allowing a user to initiate a specific calibration mode of operation of the hearing aid system. The signal processor of the hearing aid is configured to receive corresponding time segments of said electric input signal and said auxiliary electric input signal to provide an estimate of an acoustic transfer function from said microphone of said auxiliary device to said microphone of said hearing aid. A method of operating a hearing aid system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in various applications related to own voice detection and estimation.

1. The name of the design product: hearing aid. 2. The use of the design product: hearing aid and hearing aid charging case for assisting hearing. 3. The design points of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best shows the design points: assembly state diagram. 5. Other components that need to be explained: component 1 is a hearing aid charging case, and component 2 is a hearing aid.

1. The name of the designed product: hearing aid. 2. The use of the designed product: worn on the ear, for hearing assistance, audio transmission. 3. The design points of the designed product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best shows the design points: set 1 perspective view. 5. Other circumstances that need to be explained: set 1 and set 2 are symmetrical design.

The invention relates to the technical field of hearing-aid communication terminals, and discloses a hearing-aid operation method, system and terminal for communication data for old people. The hearing-aid operation method is applied to a terminal host integrated with a hearing-aid unit, an audio unit, a communication unit, a positioning unit, an AI processing unit and a wireless connection unit, and specifically comprises the following steps: S101, obtaining a user start request, synchronously collecting an environment simulation sound signal through a terminal microphone array, and converting the environment simulation sound signal into a high-resolution digital audio stream through an ADC module; according to the invention, a hardware end deeply integrates hearing aid, communication and an AI processing unit to integrate an environment sound enhancement function and a family interaction function into the same data processing stream, and a self-adaptive multi-filtering technology based on scene perception is adopted, so that noise reduction, frequency band enhancement and signal shaping parameters can be dynamically adjusted according to a real-time acoustic environment; and speech definition and auditory safety in a complex environment are obviously improved.

The present disclosure provides a hearing aid system. The hearing aid system comprises a hearing aid main body and an earplug piece, the hearing aid main body is provided with a first playback channel, and the hearing aid main body is used for extending into an ear canal; the earplug piece comprises a supporting connecting layer, a temperature-sensitive deformation layer and an extension heat conduction coating layer, the supporting connecting layer is connected with the temperature-sensitive deformation layer, the extension heat conduction coating layer is connected to the peripheral wall of the side, away from the supporting connecting layer, of the temperature-sensitive deformation layer in a coating mode, and the supporting connecting layer is connected with the hearing aid body; a first playback via hole is formed in the supporting connecting layer, a second playback via hole is formed in the temperature-sensitive deformation layer, and the second playback via hole is used for being communicated with an ear canal; the temperature-sensitive deformation layer is used for being heated to deform and expand in the ear canal, and the extension heat-conducting coating layer is used for extending to deform to fit the ear canal when the temperature-sensitive deformation layer is heated to deform and expand, so that the extension heat-conducting coating layer is clamped and propped against the inner wall of the ear canal. The hearing aid system is good in use comfort in the long-term wearing and using process.

According to some embodiments, an ear-worn device, e.g., a hearing aid, is provided that operates to monitor the health of a wearer of the ear-worn device based on an audio signal detected by the ear-worn device. In some embodiments, a method of monitoring the health of the wearer of the ear-worn device includes: detecting the audio signal with a microphone of the ear-worn device; processing the detected audio signal using a processor of the ear-worn device; and outputting, from an output signal generator of the ear-worn device, a generated output audio signal. In some embodiments, processing the detected audio signal includes: extracting data indicative of a health event associated with the wearer by processing the detected audio signal with a machine learning model; generating the output audio signal based on the detected audio signal; and outputting the data indicative of the health event.

The invention discloses a back-of-ear hearing aid parting design method based on auricle shape clustering, and relates to the technical field of back-of-ear hearing aid body shell design. According to the method, firstly, an overall model is processed through rigid alignment and non-rigid registration, a statistical shape model of auricles is constructed in combination with a principal component analysis method, shape model coefficients corresponding to the overall model after registration and alignment are extracted, then, the shape model coefficients obtained through extraction are clustered, and the shape of the auricles is obtained. According to the method, the representative shape model coefficient of each clustering center is obtained, and the corresponding three-dimensional auricle model can be reconstructed by inputting the shape model coefficient of each type of center, so that a reference basis is provided for the modeling design of the body shell of the behind-the-ear hearing aid. According to the method, the behind-the-ear hearing aid product can be better matched with the shape of the region behind the ear of the user, so that the fitting degree and comfort during wearing are remarkably improved, and the method has certain application prospects and popularization value.

The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to improve a user's understanding of speech in real-time conversations by processing the audio through a neural network contained in a hearing device. The hearing device may be a headphone or hearing aid. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to an apparatus to enhance incoming audio signal. The apparatus includes a controller to receive an incoming signal and provide a controller output signal; a neural network engine (NNE) circuitry in communication with the controller, the NNE circuitry activatable by the controller, the NNE circuitry configured to generate an NNE output signal from the controller output signal; and a digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry to receive one or more of controller output signal or the NNE circuitry output signal to thereby generate a processed signal; wherein the controller determines a processing path of the controller output signal through one of the DSP or the NNE circuitries as a function of one or more of predefined parameters, incoming signal characteristics and NNE circuitry feedback.

A hearing aid comprising an induction coil is disclosed, wherein the hearing aid comprises: a faceplate; a custom ear shell adapted to at least partly fit into an ear canal of a specific person, the custom ear shell being connected to the faceplate; a rechargeable battery enclosed in the faceplate and the custom ear shell; and an induction coil, e.g. a hearing aid induction coil, for wireless charging of the rechargeable battery, the induction coil being arranged at least partly in contact with the custom ear shell, wherein the induction coil is arranged as a printed or deposited material on a flexible substrate.

The invention relates to the field of chip clamps, in particular to a hearing aid output limit adjusting method, which comprises an adjusting system, and the adjusting system comprises a hardware module and a software module. The hardware module comprises a DSP module, a collection module, a power amplifier module and a power supply module. The software module comprises a signal processing module, a user interface module and a system management module; the DSP module is used for realizing a complex signal processing algorithm and analyzing sound signals in real time through cooperation of an efficient digital signal processor and an artificial intelligence algorithm, and the method is used through modular connection, collects and analyzes user hearing signals in real time, dynamically adjusts output limitation in combination with hearing conditions and environmental factors of a user, and improves the user experience. In this way, comfort of the user in various hearing scenes can be guaranteed, hearing of the user can be effectively protected, perfect balance between the amplification effect and the comfort of the user is achieved, habits of the user are conveniently recorded in cooperation with the DSP module and the system management module, and user experience is improved.

The application discloses a kind of adaptive hearing compensation Bluetooth hearing aid optimization method and system, comprising: S1: collecting user individual hearing curve and the background audio data of left and right ear under each typical scene and respectively pre-processing;S2: extracting the time-frequency fusion feature of each typical scene, generate scene feature vector and construct scene feature vector library;S3: calculate scene perception conversion vector, mutation risk vector, smooth gain vector;S4: calculate binaural gain change vector, binaural synchronization entropy vector, phase alignment factor vector and left and right ear collaborative gain vector;S5: according to left and right ear collaborative gain vector, the background audio data of left and right ear pre-processed under current scene is handled, and output to Bluetooth hearing aid.The application can solve the gain mutation problem generated when existing Bluetooth hearing aid switches scene and the problem of spatial perception distortion caused by binaural collaborative disorder.

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 utility model discloses a hearing aid, which comprises a receiver, the front end of the receiver is provided with a receiver connecting part, the hearing aid further comprises a hearing aid adapter, the hearing aid adapter comprises an adapter main body, a first adapter connecting part arranged at the rear end of the adapter main body and a second adapter connecting part arranged at the front end of the adapter main body; the earplug head comprises an earplug connecting part which is arranged at the rear end of the earplug head and is detachably connected with the hearing aid adapter; the first adapter connecting part is detachably connected with the receiver connecting part, and the second adapter connecting part is detachably connected with the earplug connecting part. The utility model also discloses a hearing aid adapter. The device is low in cost, simple to manufacture and convenient to replace.

A hearing aid device is provided that has a body housing a microphone electrically connected to an amplifier. A receiver, in communication with the amplifier, receives an electrical signal converted from sound. A unique feature of the device is the inclusion of a dome, designed to contact within the ear, which is removably attachable to the receiver via a threaded connection mechanism. This mechanism can either be a direct male threaded attachment on the receiver that engages with a female thread within the dome or incorporate a dome insert with the female thread. The dome, typically bell-shaped, mushroom-shaped or umbrella shaped with a size range from 4 millimeters to 12 millimeters depending on individual comfort level and hearing loss, and formed of silicone or a similar material that offer flexibility, durability, and a good formability, can be efficiently detached by twisting between one to six rotations, facilitating easy cleaning or replacement. Made from material that's easily cleaned by a soft cloth, the dome ensures clarity in sound delivery and optimal hygiene for the user.

1. Name of the product in this design: Main unit (ceiling-mounted hearing aid). 2. Purpose of this design: For the main unit of a pendant hearing aid, for display and button control. 3. The key design feature of this product is its shape. 4. The image or photograph that best illustrates the design's key points: 3D rendering 1.

The application discloses a hearing aid health analysis method based on physiological signal monitoring function, comprising the following steps: collecting physiological signal data of a user in real time through a multi-modal biological sensor array integrated in a hearing aid body; the hearing aid body comprises a digital signal processor and a wireless communication module; the physiological signal data at least comprises an electroencephalogram signal, a galvanic skin response signal and a temporal artery pulse signal; the physiological signal data is subjected to motion artifact elimination processing through an adaptive filtering algorithm; a preprocessed physiological signal is subjected to feature extraction through an embedded health analysis engine, and a composite health feature vector comprising a sympathetic nerve activity index, a cognitive load metric and a cardiovascular function index is generated; a health risk assessment report is dynamically generated based on the association between the composite health feature vector and a preset hearing scene; and a graded health alarm signal is output through a bone conduction vibration unit and an audio synthesis module of the hearing aid body.

1. The name of the design product: hearing aid (321). 2. The use of the design product: a device for helping people with impaired hearing to compensate for their hearing. 3. The design features of the design product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design features: assembly state diagram. 5. Component 1 and component 2 are symmetrical structures, omitting the rear view, left view, right view, top view, bottom view and perspective view of component 2. 6. Other circumstances that need to be explained Component description: Component 1 of the appearance is a left hearing aid, component 2 is a right hearing aid, and component 3 is a charging compartment for holding and charging components 1 and 2.

1. The name of the designed product: hearing aid (LS528). 2. The use of the designed product: for amplifying environmental sound, helping the hearing impaired to hear normal conversation and other important sound. 3. The design points of the designed product: in shape. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: perspective view 1.

The invention relates to an audio processing method and hearing aid equipment, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining an original audio signal collected by a microphone, carrying out the noise reduction and feedback sound elimination processing of the original audio signal through a signal processing model, obtaining a model output signal, and determining a to-be-played audio according to the model output signal; the signal processing model is obtained by training simulation audio, the simulation audio is obtained through closed-loop simulation, and the simulation audio comprises noise and feedback sound. In the method, noise reduction and feedback sound elimination are carried out on the to-be-processed audio through the signal processing model obtained through simulation audio training, audio processing based on artificial intelligence is realized, the adaptability of a processing process and a complex scene is improved, noise and sound feedback in the obtained audio are weakened, multi-task optimization is realized, and the processing efficiency is improved. And the audio quality is correspondingly improved.

The application provides a method, device, electronic equipment and readable storage medium for using a hearing aid, the method is applied to the technical field of the hearing aid, and the method comprises the steps of receiving a gesture instruction sent by the hearing aid; determining a target terminal device working mode matched with a target gesture indicated by the gesture instruction according to a preset gesture and a corresponding relationship of the terminal device working mode; and in the case that the target terminal device working mode is a hearing aid volume adjustment mode, adjusting the volume of the hearing aid by performing a posture adjustment operation on the terminal device. The volume of the hearing aid is adjusted through the posture adjustment operation of the terminal device, which not only can reduce the operation of the user and bring a good experience to the user, but also can improve the adjustment efficiency.

The present invention relates to an over-ear headset-type hearing aid that has a Bluetooth audio function and that is configured to prevent howling, and provides: an over-ear headset-type hearing aid with a Bluetooth audio function, which is equipped with over-ear type headsets that cover ears of a user, a headband that connects the headsets and elastically supports same, and a head cushion, and which has microphones embedded between the head cushion and respective microphone holes in the headband; and an embodiment of a circuit configuration.

The utility model discloses a hearing aid anti-loss rope, and belongs to the technical field of medical auxiliary tools. According to the utility model, the problems of complex operation, inconvenient wearing and the like of hearing aid anti-lost measures in the prior art are solved. The device comprises a neck connecting rope and a hearing aid connecting rope, the middle of the neck connecting rope is connected with the middle of the hearing aid connecting rope, one end of the neck connecting rope is detachably connected with the other end of the neck connecting rope, and a left connecting piece and a right connecting piece which are the same in structure are arranged at the two ends of the hearing aid connecting rope respectively. The left connecting piece comprises a plurality of elastic rings which are sequentially arranged on the hearing aid connecting rope, the elastic rings can be arranged on the hearing aid in an interference sleeving mode, fixing rings are arranged on the two sides of the joint of the neck connecting rope and the hearing aid connecting rope, and the neck connecting rope and the hearing aid connecting rope are sleeved with the fixing rings; and the neck connecting rope and the hearing aid connecting rope are connected in a sliding manner. The hearing aid is simple in structure, convenient to wear, high in comfort level and capable of effectively preventing the hearing aid from being lost.

Method (100) for calibrating a hearing aid (400) worn by a user, the method (100) being implemented by a processing and control unit (330) of a system (300) for calibrating the hearing aid (400), the method (100) comprising the steps: a) receiving (110) at least one acoustic stimulus; and for each one of the detected acoustic stimulus: b) determining (120) a first set of parameters of such a detected acoustic stimulus, c) receiving (130) at least one EEG response, d) determining (140) a second set of parameters of a respective EEG response, e) performing a first verifying step (150) wherein it is verified whether the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters satisfy or not at least one of predetermined first conditions, f) if the detected at least one EEG response is detected within a certain timeframe from a sound onset time and if the outcome of the first verifying step (150) is positive, storing (151) the detected acoustic stimulus in association with the detected at least one EEG response.

The invention provides an acoustic feedback control method and a hearing aid. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a first signal; the acoustic features of the first signal are input into a howling detection model, howling gains output by the howling detection model are obtained, and the howling detection model is obtained through supervised learning with sample howling gains when the sample near-end signals are played as labels; the first signal and the howling gain are input into a parameter filter model to obtain a filtering parameter output by the parameter filter model, frequency domain filtering is performed on the first signal based on the filtering parameter to obtain a second signal, and the parameter filter model is obtained by performing supervised learning by taking the sample near-end signal as a label of the second signal; a speaker signal is determined based on the second signal. According to the method and the hearing aid provided by the invention, filtering parameter estimation adjustment is realized based on the two neural network models, stable and reliable sound feedback elimination is realized on the premise of not sacrificing sound quality and not influencing normal hearing feeling of a user, and a howling suppression effect is ensured.

Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for sound pressure level measurement for hearing devices. Various aspects include a method for sound pressure level measurement using self-mixing interferometry. The method includes directing a coherent light signal towards an eardrum of a user using an optical generation device, directing an audio signal towards the eardrum of the user using an audio generation device, and sensing a reflected light signal from the eardrum of the user using an optical sensor device. Displacement of the eardrum caused by the audio signal is computed using the reflected light signal, and real ear sound pressure level (SPL) at the eardrum is computed based on the displacement of the eardrum.

1. The name of the design product: device usage record graphical user interface for electronic device. 2. The use of the design product: the design product is used for electronic device. 3. The design points of the design product: the graphical user interface in the electronic device. 4. The picture or photo that best indicates the design points: design 1 front view. 5. The electronic device is a conventional design, and other views are omitted. 6. Design 1 is designated as the basic design. 7. The use of the graphical user interface: after establishing a connection relationship with the hearing aid, the sound log function can be used to view various usage records of the hearing aid. Interface interaction process: design 1 front view is used to display the cumulative usage time of both ears and the recent wearing time information; in design 1 front view, the interface is jumped to design 1 interface change state diagram by sliding upwards, design 1 interface change state diagram is used to display the average wearing time information and more reasonable wearing suggestions; the interaction process and use of design 2 are the same as those of design 1.

According to the ear winding type external antenna Bluetooth hearing aid, one end of an antenna assembly is inserted into a shell, the antenna assembly abuts against an extrusion assembly along with continuous insertion of the antenna assembly into the shell, then the extrusion assembly is compressed by the antenna assembly, then the antenna assembly is rotated by a fixed angle, and then the antenna assembly is loosened; under the reset acting force of the extrusion assembly, the extrusion assembly drives the antenna assembly to be clamped into the shell, at the moment, the antenna assembly abuts against an antenna module on the hearing aid chip, then part of the shell is inserted into the ear canal of a user, the receiver is located in the ear canal of the user, and then the antenna assembly is hung on the ear back of the user. Therefore, the hearing aid is more fit with the ear of the user.

The invention discloses a hearing aid speech enhancement method and device based on artificial intelligence, and a medium, and relates to the technical field of speech signal processing, and the method comprises the steps: inputting a standardized speech enhancement input feature into a direction perception high-frequency speech enhancement model, extracting a coding feature through a shared coding part in the direction perception high-frequency speech enhancement model, and carrying out the recognition of the coding feature; determining a target sound source direction through a direction information generation part in a direction perception high-frequency speech enhancement model, converting the target sound source direction into direction-related information, and combining the direction-related information with the encoding features to generate direction enhancement features; and inputting the direction enhancement feature into a high-frequency recovery part of a direction perception high-frequency speech enhancement model, performing enhancement processing on a high-frequency band corresponding to the target sound source to obtain high-frequency enhancement data, and compensating the high-frequency enhancement data according to the audiogram of the wearer to obtain individualized high-frequency enhancement frequency domain amplitude data. According to the invention, the recognition capability of the wearer on the target voice is improved.