Binaural hearing system and method
AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorPauli Minnaar
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Abstract
The present disclosure regards a binaural hearing system configured to receive sound signals from the environment having two hearing instruments to be worn on respective sides of the head of a user and to generate a binaural signal using the received sound signals of both hearing instruments.
Claims12
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored a software program which, when executed by a processor, implements a user interface configured to operate a hearing aid,
- wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to select a hearing direction relative to the hearing aid, the user interface is configured to cause the hearing direction selected by the user interface to be transmitted to the hearing aid from a device comprising the user interface, the user interface being configured to receive input from a touch sensitive display, and
- wherein selecting more than one hearing direction enables a wider subspace of hearing direction to be selected.
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored a software program which, when executed by a processor, implements a user interface configured to operate a hearing aid,
- wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to select a hearing direction relative to the hearing aid, the user interface is configured to cause the hearing direction selected by the user interface to be transmitted to the hearing aid from a device comprising the user interface, the user interface being configured to receive input from a touch sensitive display, and
- wherein the user interface is configured to control a binaural hearing aid system comprising two hearing instruments, wherein the hearing direction is used to determine which one of the hearing instruments is the ipsilateral hearing instrument and which one of is the contralateral hearing instrument, so that binaural directionality is combined with front/back directionality in order to focus on a sound source selected by the user.
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored a software program which, when executed by a processor, implements a user interface configured to operate a hearing aid,
- wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to select a hearing direction relative to the hearing aid, the user interface is configured to cause the hearing direction selected by the user interface to be transmitted to the hearing aid from a device comprising the user interface, the user interface being configured to receive input from a touch sensitive display,
- wherein the user is allowed to select a hearing direction via the user interface by touching one of a plurality of selection circles displayed in a touch sensitive display, each selection circle corresponding to one direction of sound, and
- wherein the circles each correspond to a 90°-subspace of a 360°-space corresponding to the sound environment around the head of the user.
A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user at an ear, the hearing aid configured to receive instructions transmitted from a device as a result of execution of a software program implementing a user interface, said user interface allowing a hearing direction relative to the hearing aid to be selected and transmitted from said device to said hearing aid, wherein said hearing aid comprises
- an input transducer for receiving a sound signal from the environment and for generating an electrical signal from the received sound signal,
- a signal processing unit, including a frequency filter unit for generating a higher frequency part and a lower frequency part from said electrical signal, and
- a transmitter unit configured to transmit said higher frequency part of said electrical signal to another hearing aid, and a receiver unit configured to receive a higher frequency part of said electrical signal from said other hearing aid,
- wherein the signal processing unit comprises a processing unit for processing said higher frequency part of said electrical signal with a processing filter prior to transmission or for processing said higher frequency part of said electrical signal after reception of said higher frequency part by the receiver unit with a processing filter, and
- wherein the signal processing unit is configured for generating a processed electrical signal from a combination of a lower frequency part and a higher frequency part of said electrical signal or a higher frequency part of the electrical signal processed with said processing filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.