Hearing device with microphone switching and related method
AssigneeGN Hearing A/S
InventorsJesper B. BOLDT, Fredrik GRAN
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AssigneeGN Hearing A/S
InventorsJesper B. BOLDT, Fredrik GRAN
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A hearing device includes: first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and/or a secondary mixer input, primary mixer input being based on the first and second primary microphone input signals, the secondary mixer input being based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing controller is configured to increase an amount of the secondary mixer input in the mixer output for a time period after a presence of a sound event is determined, and reduce the amount of the secondary mixer input in the mixer output after the time period.
A hearing device comprising:
A method performed by a hearing device, the hearing device comprising a first housing to be worn behind a pinna of a user, a second housing to be worn in an ear canal or at an ear of the user, an elongated member extending between the first housing and the second housing, a first primary microphone and a second primary microphone in the first housing, a secondary microphone in the second housing, and a receiver, the method comprising:
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