Sound environment classification by coordinated sensing using hearing assistance devices
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorDavid A. Preves
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for classifying a sound environment for hearing assistance devices using redundant estimates of an acoustical environment from two hearing assistance devices and accessory devices. In one example, a method for operating a hearing assistance device includes sensing an environmental sound, determining a first classification of the environmental sound, receiving at least one second classification of the environmental sound, comparing the determined first classification and the at least one received second classification, and selecting an operational classification for the hearing assistance device based upon the comparison.
Claims20
A method for operating a hearing assistance device, the method comprising:
- sensing an environmental sound;
- determining a first classification of the environmental sound;
- receiving at least one second classification of the environmental sound;
- comparing the determined first classification and the at least one received second classification;
- and
- selecting an operational classification for the hearing assistance device based upon the comparison.
A system comprising:
- a first hearing assistance device comprising:
- a microphone configured to sense an environmental sound;
- a transceiver configured to receive at least one second classification of the environmental sound;
- and
- a processor including:
- a classification module configured to determine a first classification of the sensed environmental sound;
- and
- a consensus determination module configured to compare the determined first classification and the at least one received second classification, and, when the determined classification is the same as the at least one received second classification, to select an operational classification for the hearing assistance device based upon the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.