Method of processing a voice segment and hearing aid
AssigneeUnlimiter Mfa Co., Ltd.
InventorsNeo Bob Chih-Yung Young, Kuan-Li Chao, Vincent Shuang-Pung Liaw, Yun-Da Hsieh, Pao-Chuan Torng, Kuo-Ping Yang, Shu-Hua Guo
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Abstract
A method of processing a voice segment includes checking whether a voice segment is a vowel segment. If the voice segment is not a vowel segment, then the process checks whether the voice segment is a high frequency consonant or a low frequency consonant. If the voice segment is a high frequency consonant, then the voice segment will be processed to lower its frequency.
Claims20
A method of processing a voice segment in a hearing aid comprising an audio receiver and an audio processing module, comprising:
- receiving in said hearing aid an input voice, and dividing said input at least one voice segment;
- in said audio processing module, checking whether said voice segment is a vowel segment;
- if the voice segment is not a vowel segment:
- checking whether the voice segment is a high frequency consonant or a low frequency consonant;
- and
- if the voice segment is a high frequency consonant, processing the voice segment to lower its frequency.
A hearing aid, comprising:
- an audio receiver, configured to receive an input voice;
- an audio processing module, electrically connected to the audio receiver;
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- a speaker;
- wherein the audio processing module is configured to divide the input voice into a plurality of voice segments;
- check whether each voice segment is a vowel segment;
- if the voice segment is not a vowel segment, check whether the voice segment is a high frequency consonant or a low frequency consonant, and if the voice segment is a high frequency consonant, processing the voice segment to lower its frequency;
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- the speaker is arranged to output the plurality of processed or unprocessed voice segments.
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