Back to results
US 2016/0366522 A1Published application
Hearing prostheses for single-sided deafness
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsMartin Evert Gustaf Hillbratt, Marcus Andersson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to hearing prostheses configured to execute sound processing (e.g., beamforming techniques) specifically designed to provide better performance for single-side deaf recipients.
Claims19
A method performed at a hearing prosthesis worn by a recipient, the method comprising:
- monitoring a spatial region proximate to a first ear of the recipient for a sound, wherein the spatial region is a head shadow region of a second ear of the recipient;
- detecting the sound within the spatial region;
- and
- presenting the sound to the recipient via the hearing prosthesis.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- monitoring a spatial region proximate to a first ear of a recipient using a hearing prosthesis comprising a pair of microphones and a signal processing path, wherein the signal processing path has sensitivity in a spatial region that is complementary to hearing of a second ear of the recipient at selected frequencies;
- determining whether a sound is present within the spatial region;
- and
- when the sound is present in the spatial region, activating one or more side-beamforming audio settings to present the sound to the recipient via the hearing prosthesis.
1 more element
A hearing prosthesis, comprising:
- two or more microphones configured to detect a sound signal at a first ear of a recipient having a second ear;
- a sound processor configured to:
- determine whether the sound signal is detected within a spatial region having an angular width so as to substantially avoid overlap with hearing of the second ear of the recipient at a plurality of frequencies, and
- when the sound signal is detected within a spatial region, generate stimulation drive signals representative of the sound signal;
- and
- a stimulation unit configured to generate, based on the stimulation drive signals, stimulation signals configured to evoke perception of the sound signal at the second ear.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.