Own voice detection on a hearing device and a binaural hearing device system and methods thereof

A hearing device comprising:

• a first input transducer configured to provide a first electric input signal;
• a second input transducer configured to provide a second electric input signal;
• a voice detector module configured to detect own voice of a user of the hearing device based on one or more detection criteria, the voice detector comprising a first filter configured for filtering the first electric input signal, and a second filter configured for filtering the second electric input signal;
• a processing unit configured to provide a first electric output signal based on the first electric input signal and the second electric input signal;
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• an output transducer configured to provide an acoustic output signal based on the first electric output signal;
• wherein the voice detector module further comprises:
• a first primary filter configured to filter the filtered first electric input signal to provide a first primary filtered signal;
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• a first secondary filter configured to filter the filtered second electric input signal to provide a first secondary filtered signal;
• wherein the first primary filter and the first secondary filter are further configured to provide a first directional pattern signal comprising a directional null into a direction of (1) the own voice or (2) a far field signal in front of the user, the first directional pattern signal being based on the first primary filtered signal and the first secondary filtered signal.

A hearing device comprising:

• a first input transducer configured to provide a first electric input signal;
• a second input transducer configured to provide a second electric input signal;
• a voice detector module configured to detect own voice of a user of the hearing device based on one or more detection criteria, the voice detector comprising a first filter configured for filtering the first electric input signal, and a second filter configured for filtering the second electric input signal;
• a processing unit configured to provide a first electric output signal based on the first electric input signal and the second electric input signal;
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• an output transducer configured to provide an acoustic output signal based on the first electric output signal;
• wherein the voice detector module comprises a first adaptive filter configured to provide a monaural direction of arrival estimate;
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• wherein the voice detector module further comprises an attack-and-release filter configured to filter the monaural direction of arrival estimate.

A hearing device comprising:

• a first input transducer configured to provide a first electric input signal;
• a second input transducer configured to provide a second electric input signal;
• a voice detector module configured to detect own voice of a user of the hearing device based on one or more detection criteria, the voice detector comprising a first filter configured for filtering the first electric input signal, and a second filter configured for filtering the second electric input signal;
• a processing unit configured to provide a first electric output signal based on the first electric input signal and the second electric input signal;
• an output transducer configured to provide an acoustic output signal based on the first electric output signal;
• a third input transducer configured to provide a third electric input signal;
• wherein the voice detector module is further configured to process the third electric input signal, the voice detector module further comprising a third filter configured to filter the third electric input signal;
• wherein the processing unit is further configured to process the third electric input signal;
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• wherein the first electric output signal is further based on the third electric input signal.

A hearing device comprising:

• a first input transducer configured to provide a first electric input signal;
• a second input transducer configured to provide a second electric input signal;
• a voice detector module configured to detect own voice of a user of the hearing device based on one or more detection criteria, the voice detector comprising a first filter configured for filtering the first electric input signal, and a second filter configured for filtering the second electric input signal;
• a processing unit configured to provide a first electric output signal based on the first electric input signal and the second electric input signal;
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• an output transducer configured to provide an acoustic output signal based on the first electric output signal;
• wherein the voice detector module comprises a first attack-and-release filter configured to filter a monaural direction of arrival estimate.