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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120082330 | METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A HEARING AID AND HEARING AID A hearing aid is enabled for dynamic compression in a way to further improve the perception of acoustic signals in the provision of hearing assistance to a hearing-impaired person. Here, an input signal is divided into a plurality of frequency bands. Input-level-control... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120014546 | BALANCED ARMATURE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEARING A device to transmit an audio signal to a user comprises a transducer and a support. The support is configured for placement on the eardrum to drive the eardrum. The transducer is coupled to the support at a first outer location to decrease occlusion and a second inner ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008792 | Hearing Aid Apparatus There is described a hearing aid comprising input transducer means for converting input acoustic signals into electrical input signals, signal processor means and output transducer means. The signal processor means is operable to divide said electrical input signals int... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110286618 | ENHANCED ENVELOPE ENCODED TONE, SOUND PROCESSOR AND SYSTEM There is disclosed a system (20) for processing sound signals for use in a hearing prosthesis, the system comprising a transducer (1) for converting a sound signal into an electrical signal (30). A first, processor (4) for processing said ele... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110237295 | HEARING AID SYSTEM ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY AMPLIFY AUDIO SIGNALS A hearing aid includes a microphone to convert sounds into electrical signals and a memory to store a plurality of voice prints and a plurality of sound-shaping instructions. Each of the plurality of sound-shaping instructions is associated with one of the plurality of ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110200217 | System and method for audiometric assessment and user-specific audio enhancement According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a system for audiometric assessment and user-specific acoustic enhancement, comprising an audiometry management module, a tone generator coupled to the audiometry management module and adapted to generate streams of ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110135129 | ACOUSTIC PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS A processing method and apparatus for reducing noise in an auditory prosthesis, for example a hearing aid or cochlear implant, are disclosed. The noise floor of the input sound signal is estimated, and the base output level of the output signal is moved in response, in ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110007918 | FILTER BANK CONFIGURATION FOR A HEARING DEVICE A filter bank configuration for a hearing device has filters in an analysis filter bank and corresponding filters in a synthesis filter bank that are coupled pair-wise to form a channel in each case. In order to compensate for a hearing loss, sub-band signals are amplif... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100246869 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC FITTING USING REAL EAR MEASUREMENT According to a method embodiment for performing a real ear measurement (REM), a stimulus signal is transformed into a frequency domain stimulus signal with a plurality of frequency ranges. The frequency domain stimulus signal is amplified with a desired gain for each of... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100208924 | POWER DIRECT BONE CONDUCTION HEARING AID SYSTEM The hearing aid system (102) has a sound-to-vibration conversion circuitry including a microphone system (108), an electronic amplifier (114) and a vibrator (120). A housing (121) accommodates the vibrator (120). The vibrator (<... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100195858 | HEARING DEVICE The invention relates to a hearing device 1 adapted for placement in, at or near a person's ear, the hearing device 1 comprising a microphone 2, a receiver 4 and a signal conditioning means 3 connected to the microphone 2 and to... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100128911 | METHOD TO REDUCE FEEDBACK IN HEARING AIDS Disclosed is a method of reducing feedback in a hearing aid adapted to be worn by a user, the method comprising the step of: receiving an audio input signal in an input transducer in the hearing aid; wherein the method further comprises the steps of: transforming the in... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100046777 | HEARING AID PROCESSING APPARATUS, ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, HEARING AID PROCESSING SYSTEM, HEARING AID PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREOF A hearing aid processing apparatus (100) includes: audio input units (101, 121) configured to receive an input audio; hearing aid signal processing units (104, 124) configured to generate first and second output signals each having different frequen... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090290734 | HEARING APPARATUS WITH AN EQUALIZATION FILTER IN THE FILTER BANK SYSTEM Multi-stage filter bank systems with filter banks of different bandwidth frequently cause interference in hearing apparatuses and in particular in hearing devices. Therefore a hearing apparatus is proposed with a filter bank system having a multi-stage analysis filter b... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090290737 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A MULTILEVEL FILTER BANK AND CORRESPONDING FILTER BANK AND HEARING APPARATUS A filter bank system that is optimized with respect to group delay and power consumption is provided. The filter bank system has multiple levels and has an input-side and an output-side filter bank based on a defined filter type. The input-side filter bank has input cha... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090290736 | FILTER BANK SYSTEM FOR HEARING AIDS The object of the invention is to make sub-band processing in hearing aids less computationally intensive. For this purpose a filter bank system comprising an analysis filter bank for decomposing an input signal into sub-band signals, a processing device for amplifying ... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090285406 | METHOD OF FITTING A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO A HEARING IMPAIRED USER The present invention relates to a method of adapting signal processing characteristics of a portable communication device to a hearing impaired user, comprising the steps of determining a perceptual reference level (PRL) of a first stimuli signal (FSS) in a reference f... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090147976 | Tinnitus masking systems Tinnitus masking systems for treating tinnitus are described where a device is coupled to a surface of a bone or to a tooth or several teeth. Such a device may comprise an oral appliance having an electronic and/or transducer assembly for generating sounds via a vibrati... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090103742 | Hearing Aid Apparatus There is described a hearing aid comprising input transducer means for converting input acoustic signals into electrical input signals, signal processor means and output transducer means. The signal processor means is operable to divide said electrical input signals int... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090060240 | Method and apparatus for configuring a handheld audio device using ear biometrics A method and apparatus configure a handheld audio device to communicate audio information by identifying an ear being used with the handheld audio device and by configuring the handheld audio device in response to the ear identification to communicate audio information ... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080279410 | Directional hearing enhancement systems A hearing enhancement system that enhances a user's hearing based on a directional speaker is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system can include an interface unit that has a directional speaker and a microphone. The microphone captures input audio signals that are tra... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080240477 | Wireless multiple input hearing assist device A wireless hearing assist device including a microphone unit and a receiver unit. The microphone unit includes a microphone that receives audio signals, a frequency profile adjustment control circuit that adjusts frequency profile of the received audio signals based on ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080240478 | Method for adjusting a hearing device with a standardization of processing values A hearing device wearer is to have improved possibilities of being able to perform a fine adjustment of his/her hearing device according to a basic setting. To this end, each processing value of a multi-channel processing system is standardized, in particular a filter b... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080144869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BAND SPLIT COMPRESSORS IN A HEARING AID In a method and hearing aid (200) for processing sound signals for hearing impaired persons by providing multi-band compression processing an input sound signal is filtered by a band split filter (202) into a number of frequency bands to obtain band split ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080130928 | Hearing apparatus with unsymmetrical tone balance unit and corresponding control method For hearing apparatus and especially for hearing devices a tone balance unit is to be able to be used even under difficult general conditions. Therefore a hearing apparatus with a signal processing device, through which signals are able to be processed in a number of fr... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080123886 | HEARING AID WITH ENHANCED HIGH FREQUENCY REPRODUCTION AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL A hearing aid (50) comprises means (55, 56, 57, 58) for reproducing frequencies above the upper frequency limit of a hearing impaired user. The hearing aid (50) according to the invention comprises means (55, 57) for transposing higher bands ... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080085023 | Auditory Front End Customization A method and system for implementing an acoustical front end customization are disclosed. The customization is implemented to optimize the sound level for each individual cochlear implant user. A known audio signal is generated using a sound source and captured by a mic... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080082327 | Sound Processing Apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a sound processing apparatus which can allow a user to hear a sound with improved intelligibility even if the sound is hard to hear. The analyzing means 15 is adapted to analyze the input signal from the A/D con... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070280495 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device which... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070242835 | Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm whi... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070237347 | Hearing device A hearing device utilizes the effect of forming combination tones from two different tones within the ear based on non-linear transmission characteristics of the ear. The sound signals picked up and converted into electrical signals by the microphone are transposed by a... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070230713 | Tinnitus rehabilitation device and method A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm whi... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070230729 | System and method for generating auditory spatial cues This invention relates to a hearing aid system (100, 200, 300) for generating auditory spatial cues. The hearing aid system (100, 200, 300) comprises a first microphone unit (306) adapted to convert sound received at a first microphone (102) ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070217639 | Method of obtaining settings of a hearing instrument, and a hearing instrument According to the invention, a real ear acoustic coupling quantity representative of the acoustic coupling of a hearing instrument to the user's ear or an anatomical transfer quantity—for example the Real-Ear-to-Coupler-Difference (RECD), the Microphone Location Effect... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070195979 | Method for testing using hearing aid Hearing loss is evaluated and compensated by applying a hearing aid having substantially uniform frequency response across several bands of the audible spectrum, evaluating hearing loss in each band using the hearing aid, programming the hearing aid to compensate for th... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070133832 | Apparatus, systems and methods for relieving tinnitus, hyperacusis and/or hearing loss A system and method for relieving tinnitus, hyperacusis, and/or hearing loss is described. One method described includes manipulating an audio signal, associating an audio signal with synchronization information, and transmitting the audio signal and associated synchron... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070121975 | SWITCHING STRUCTURES FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE A hearing aid is provided with a switch that automatically, non-manually controls at least one of inputs, filters, or programmable parameters in the presence of a magnetic field. ... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070019833 | Hearing device and method for setting an amplification characteristic The amplification of a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, is to be improved for different useful signal level ranges. Provision is made to this end for the hearing device first to determine the useful signal level range and then to displace a knee point of the... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20050226447 | Phase based feedback oscillation prevention in hearing aids A method for reducing oscillation of a feedback signal in a hearing aid and hearing aid configured according to the present method is provided. The method includes the steps of determining the phase of the feedback signal over a feedback path of the hearing aid and shif... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050226446 | Intelligent hearing aid A hearing aid that is capable of automatically switching between a full-function mode and a sleep mode depending on the location of the hearing aid. The hearing aid comprises a hearing aid module for processing an input signal and generating a compensated output signal ... | 10/13/2005 |
