摘要:
A system (2) for monitoring the status and/or performance of one or more hearing devices (8) is disclosed. The system (2) comprises a number of access points (4, 5) configured to receive wireless signals (14) transmitted by the hearing devices (8), wherein the access points (4, 5) are connected to a central unit (10) communicatively connected to the Internet/cloud (12), wherein the system (2) is configured to automatically monitor the status and/or performance of one or more parameter of the one or more hearing devices (8) received by access points (4, 5), wherein the monitored parameters are accessible from the central unit (10) and/or from a cloud service (12).
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to a method for reducing a listener's task-irrelevant auditory perception, the method comprising providing a measuring device or system configured for measuring the listener's alpha, beta gamma and/or theta activity and providing a generation device or system configured for generating an alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity boosting signal that, when provided to the listener will increase the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity. The listener's alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is measured and if the measured alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is below a predefined threshold, the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity is increased by the provision of the alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity boosting signal to the listener. This results in the listener's ongoing alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity being increased, resulting in facilitating reduction of task-irrelevant auditory perception, such as the auditory perception of noise or tinnitus, and thereby also increasing the listener's ability to understand speech under adverse listening conditions. The present disclosure further suggests using the listener's measured alpha, beta, gamma and/or theta activity to judge if the listener is ready to understand speech, and if this is not the case to delay a speech signal until a sufficiently high activity is present.
摘要:
The application relates to a binaural hearing system comprising left and right hearing devices adapted for being located at or in left and right ears of a user, or adapted for being fully or partially implanted in the head of the user, each of the left and right hearing devices comprising a) a multitude of input units IUi, i=1, ..., M, M being larger than or equal to two, each being configured to provide a time-variant electric input signal xi(t) representing sound received at an ith input unit, t representing time, the electric input signal xi(t) comprising a target signal component si(t) and a noise signal component vi(t), the target signal component originating from a target signal source; b) a configurable signal processing unit for processing the electric input signals and providing a processed signal y(t); c) An output unit for creating output stimuli configured to be perceivable by the user as sound based on the processed signal from the signal processing unit, d) transceiver circuitry for allowing a communication link to be established and information to be exchanged between said left and right hearing devices.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to hearing devices including an image capture device. Features of sound processing may be based on analysis of images from the image capture device.
摘要:
The application relates to a hearing system comprising a hearing device (HD), the hearing device comprising an input transducer (IT) and an output transducer (OT). In a first mode of operation the input transducer is operationally coupled to the output transducer via a forward path. A configurable output combination unit (Co) in the forward path is electrically connected to the output transducer and configurable to provide either the forward path signal, output probe signal, or a mixture of both. The hearing system further comprises a configurable probe signal generator (PSG), an adaptive feedback estimation unit (FBE) for generating an estimate of an unintended feedback path comprising an external feedback path (FBP) from output transducer to input transducer, using an adaptive feedback estimation algorithm and being operationally coupled to the forward path, and a control unit for controlling the configurable probe signal generator. Using a near perfect (or almost perfect) sequence or sweep as output probe signal has the advantage that the adaptation rate of the adaptive algorithm for estimating the feedback path and/or the precision of the feedback path estimate can be optimized.
摘要:
The application relates to a hearing assistance system comprising first and second spatially separated parts adapted for being mounted fully or partially at a first ear and on the head of a user, respectively, the first and second parts comprising a number of first and second electrodes located at a surface of first and second housings, respectively, to allow said first and second electrodes to contact the skin of the user when said parts are operationally mounted on the user's head. The first and second electrodes are adapted to pick up low-voltage electric signals from the user's brain and a reference voltage, respectively, to provide voltage difference signals. An improved binaural hearing assistance system further comprising a comparison unit for determining the voltage difference signal, and an electric interface allowing the reference voltage or a measure representative thereof to be transferred from said second part to said comparison unit is provided.
摘要:
The application relates to a hearing assistance device adapted for being located in or at a specific one of a left or a right ear of a user, and comprising an input unit for receiving an input signal and an output unit for providing an output signal. The application further relates to a method and to a hearing assistance system. The application aims at providing an improved scheme for detecting left/right placement of a hearing device. The hearing assistance device further comprises a memory unit wherein information about the intended location of the hearing assistance device is or can be stored, a location identification unit configured to extract an intended location from said memory unit, and a user interface configured to convey information related to the intended and/or current location of the hearing assistance device. A user is thus informed, if the hearing assistance device(s) is/are not located as intended.
摘要:
According to an embodiment, a hearing aid comprising a custom-fit ear mold is disclosed. The custom fit ear mold includes a retention part comprising a structure adapted to lock anatomically with at least one point at a surface of the pinna and/ or ear canal when the custom-fit earmold is positioned in the pinna and/ or ear canal of the user. The at least one point represents at least one retention point selected from the plurality of retention possibility points (RPPs), wherein each RPP of the plurality of the RPPs comprises a point wherein a normal, at the RPP, to a tangent plane containing the RPP intersects at another point at surface of the pinna and/ or ear canal such that the another point is proximal to a tympanic membrane of the user compared to position of the RPP relative to the tympanic membrane.
摘要:
The application relates to a hearing assistance system (a method and its use) for processing an input signal representative of sound according to a user's needs, the hearing assistance system comprising an implanted part adapted for being at least partially implanted in a user's head and comprising a sensing unit capable of measuring an endocochlear potential at one or more positions along the length of the cochlear partition. The hearing assistance system further comprises a decoder configured to receive said endocochlear potentials or signals derived therefrom and to transform the received signals into signals appropriately conditioned for use as control inputs to the signal processing unit, and wherein the signal processing unit is configured to process the electric input signal in dependence of said control inputs from said decoder. Thereby the processing of the audio signal of a hearing assistance device can be automatically adapted over time.