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US 2010/0303249 A1Published application
System and method of improving audio signals for the hearing impaired
AssigneeAble Planet, Incorporated
InventorKevin R. Semcken
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Abstract
A system and method for using an audiogram and audio filters to provide improved audio characteristics for hearing impaired listeners by equalizing the received sound level of the signal across the frequency spectrum. The system and method further provide for modifying an audio signal based on the personal hearing characteristics of a listener to compensate for hearing loss.
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A system for altering an audio signal to compensate for a listener's hearing loss, the system comprising:
- a computer program for accepting hearing response data representing the listener's hearing loss;
- an equalizer, for accepting an input audio signal and providing a first modified audio signal;
- wherein the equalizer is configured by the computer program to modify the input audio signal based on the hearing response data to provide the first modified audio signal;
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- an audio playback system electrically connected to the equalizer for accepting the first modified audio signal.
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A method of altering an audio signal to compensate for a listener's hearing loss, comprising the steps of:
- measuring a frequency response data for a hearing-impaired person;
- receiving the frequency response data into a computer program;
- configuring an equalizer to boost or attenuate an audio signal based on the frequency response data;
- receiving an input audio signal from an audio playback system into the equalizer for producing a first modified audio signal;
- providing the first modified audio signal to an audio playback system.
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