Augmented hearing device
AssigneeSonion Nederland B.V.
InventorsMorten Kjeldsen Andersen, Hamidreza Taghavi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an augmented hearing device comprising a receiver of a first type being adapted to generate sound signals in a first and in a second frequency range, a receiver of a second type being adapted to generate sound signals in a third frequency range, said third frequency range being between the first and second frequency ranges, and an input port for receiving signals to be reproduced as sound signals via at least one of the receivers. The input port may be arranged to receive wireless input signal, such as Bluetooth input signals. The present invention further relates to a method for operating a hearing device.
Claims19
A method for operating an augmented hearing device including a receiver of a first single moving coil type and a receiver of a second type, comprising:
- configuring the augmented hearing device in response to an input signal provided to the hearing device, wherein the act of configuring the augmented hearing device comprises determining whether only a single receiver or a plurality of receivers should be active and wherein only a single receiver is active if a speech signal is provided to the hearing device in order to save power.
A method for operating an augmented hearing device including a receiver of a first single moving coil type and a receiver of a second type, comprising:
- configuring the augmented hearing device in response to an input signal provided to the hearing device, wherein the act of configuring the augmented hearing device comprises controlling a controllable switch for selecting between a plurality of modes of operation of the augmented hearing device, wherein a first mode of operation involves simultaneous operation of the first and second type receivers in order to generate audio sound, and wherein a second mode of operation involves operation of only a single receiver.
An augmented hearing device, comprising:
- a receiver of a first single moving coil type being adapted to generate sound signals in a first frequency range and a second frequency range;
- a receiver of a second type being adapted to generate sound signals in a third frequency range, said third frequency range being positioned between the first and second frequency ranges;
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- an input port for receiving signals to be reproduced as sound signals via at least one of the receivers.
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