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US 2025/0106569 A1Published application
Hearing aid comprising a wireless audio receiver and an own-voice detector
AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorFranz TREUE
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of hearing aids configured to be worn by a user which include an input gain controller configured to apply an input gain to an electric input signal at least when said hearing aid is in a wireless reception mode, where the input gain controller is configured to apply an input gain to said electric input signal of a) an own voice control signal and b) a type of audio transmitter.
Claims16
A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user, the hearing aid comprising:
- a microphone configured to provide an electric input signal representative of sound from an environment around the user;
- a wireless receiver unit configured to receive a wireless signal from a transmitter of another device or system and to provide an audio input signal based thereon, and to identify said audio input signal as originating from one of a multitude of different types of audio transmitters;
- an own voice detector configured to provide an own voice control signal indicative of whether or not or with what probability the user's own voice is present in said sound from the environment of the user;
- a mixer configured to provide a mixed signal comprising a mixture of said electric input signal, or a signal originating therefrom and said audio input signal, or a signal originating therefrom;
- an input gain controller configured to apply an input gain to said electric input signal, or to a signal originating therefrom, at least when said hearing aid is in a wireless reception mode, wherein said wireless receiver unit receives a signal from at least one of said multitude of different types of audio transmitters;
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- an output transducer for providing stimuli representative of said mixed signal or a signal originating therefrom, perceivable as sound to the user;
- wherein the input gain controller is configured to apply an input gain to said electric input signal, or to a signal originating therefrom in dependence of a) said own voice control signal and b) said type of audio transmitter.
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