Method for training a speaker recognition unit of a hearing aid and combination of such a hearing aid and a communication device

A method for training a speaker recognition unit of a hearing aid of a user, which comprises the steps of:

• connecting the hearing aid to a communication device of the user, for carrying out a remote conversation between the user of the hearing aid and a conversation partner of the user;
• receiving an audio signal of the conversation partner by the communication device for output to the user;
• assigning a speaker ID to the conversation partner;
• extracting a number of speech samples of the conversation partner from the audio signal;
• assigning the speech samples to the speaker ID and forming a training data set jointly therewith;
• training the speaker recognition unit of the hearing aid using the training data set in order to recognize the conversation partner in a future conversation;
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• determining the speaker ID by means of a contact directory, in which the speaker ID and an item of contact information for establishing a remote conversation are stored in each case for a number of possible conversation partners.