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US 2022/0036909 A1Published application
Sound processing with increased noise suppression
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsStefan J. Mauger, Adam A. Hersbach, Pam W. Dawson, John M. Heasman
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Abstract
A method for processing sound that includes, generating one or more noise component estimates relating to an electrical representation of the sound and generating an associated confidence measure for the one or more noise component estimates. The method further comprises processing, based on the confidence measure, the sound.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving at least one sound signal at a hearing prosthesis having an array of electrodes;
- generating a noise-reduced signal from the at least one sound signal by over-removing noise from the at least one sound signal in a manner that intentionally introduces increased-speech distortion in the noise reduced signal;
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- generating a control signal for controlling stimulation of at least one electrode of the array of electrodes using the noise-reduced signal.
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A hearing prosthesis, comprising:
- one or more inputs configured to receive at least one sound signal;
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- at least one processor configured to:
- generate a noise-reduced signal from at least one portion of the at least one sound signal by over-removing noise from the at least one portion of the at least one sound signal in a manner that intentionally increases distortion of speech in the noise-reduced signal, and
- generate, based on the noise-reduced signal, at least one control signal for controlling one or more electrical stimulation signals for delivery to a recipient of the hearing prosthesis.
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