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US 2014/0177857 A1Published application
Method of processing a signal in a hearing instrument, and hearing instrument
AssigneePhonak AG
InventorMartin Kuster
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Abstract
A method of processing a signal in a hearing instrument includes the steps of calculating a coherence between two microphone signals or microphone combination signals having different directional characteristics, determining an attenuation from the coherence, and applying the attenuation to the signal.
Claims17
A method of processing a signal in a hearing instrument, the method comprising the steps of:
- calculating a coherence between a plurality of microphone signals or microphone combination signals, the microphone signals or microphone combination signals having different directional characteristics;
- determining an attenuation from the coherence;
- and
- applying the attenuation to the signal.
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A hearing instrument or hearing instrument system, comprising a plurality of microphones and a signal processor in communication with the microphones, the processor being programmed to carry out a method comprising the steps of:
- calculating a coherence between a plurality of microphone signals or microphone combination signals, the microphone signals or microphone combination signals having different directional characteristics;
- determining an attenuation from the coherence;
- and
- applying the attenuation to the signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.