Abstract:
In a new hearing aid, an energy storage unit is coupled to supply peak currents to a wireless communication unit of the hearing aid, and the energy storage unit is further coupled to a power supply of the hearing aid for energy replenishment from the power supply through a current limiting unit, such as a resistor.
Abstract:
An in-the-ear hearing aid has a housing with an audio input end and an audio output end. The housing is formed of two sections which are coupled together along a seam which extends between the two ends. An elastomeric sheath can enclose the housing.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a head-wearable hearing and communication device comprising an ambient microphone arrangement configured to receive and convert environmental sound into a microphone input signal and an ear canal microphone configured to receive and convert ear canal sound pressure into an electronic ear canal signal. The head-wearable hearing device further comprises a mixer combining a compensated ear canal signal and the microphone input signal to produce a hybrid microphone signal. The hybrid microphone signal may be transmitted to a far end recipient through a wireless or wired data communication link.
Abstract:
A new method of modelling a feedback path from a receiver to a microphone in a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is provided, the method comprising transmitting an electronic probe signal with a maximum allowable signal level and duration to the receiver for conversion into an acoustic probe signal output by the receiver while recording the microphone output signal, determining at least one parameter of the feedback path based on the recorded microphone output signal, and finalizing the transmitting by decreasing the signal level of the probe signal so that the modelling is terminated with a signal level of the probe signal that is smaller than a previous signal level of the probe signal, whereby discomfort experienced by the user listening to the probe signal is alleviated, since decreasing the signal level of the probe signal at the end of the initialisation process is perceived less disturbing due to the so-called "peak/end rule" and "duration neglect" discovered by Nobel Prize winner in Economics Daniel Kahneman.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an in-the-ear hearing aid, the hearing aid having a first end and a second end, the hearing aid comprising a microphone configured to receive sound, a processing unit configured to provide a processed audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user, an output transducer for providing an acoustic output, an antenna and a wireless communication unit for wireless communication, where the antenna is provided closer to the first end than to the second end of the hearing aid, and a polarization element configured for forming the polarization of the antenna, where the polarization element is provided between the first end and the second end of the hearing aid.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a hearing device and related method. The hearing device comprises a processing unit, a memory unit and an interface. The hearing device may comprise a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device. The processing unit is configured to receive a connection request for a session via the interface; and to obtain a session identifier. The processing unit may be configured to transmit via the interface a connection response comprising a hearing device identifier and the session identifier. The processing unit is configured to receive, via the interface, an authentication message comprising an authentication key identifier and client device data. The processing unit may be configured to select a hearing device key from a plurality of hearing device keys in the memory unit based on the authentication key identifier. The processing unit may be configured to verify the client device data based on the selected hearing device key; and to terminate the session if verification fails.
Abstract:
A hearing aid having a hearing aid housing, the hearing aid housing having a first end and a second end, is provided, comprising a microphone configured to receive an audio signal, a processing unit configured to process the audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user, a speaker for providing the processed audio signal to the user, a battery, one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication, a first antenna and a second antenna for emission and/or reception of an electromagnetic field being interconnected with each one of the one or more wireless communication units. The battery is provided closer to a second end of the hearing aid than to a first end of the hearing aid, and the second antenna is provided between the battery, such as between a center axis of the battery, and the second end of the hearing aid. It is an advantage of the hearing aid that a first antenna and a second antenna are provided in the hearing aid, increasing the wireless communication capabilities of the hearing aid.
Abstract:
A hearing aid includes: a first module accommodating first circuitry; a second module accommodating second circuitry; and an interconnecting member configured for interconnecting the first circuitry with the second circuitry; wherein the second circuitry comprises a memory for storing data relating to a configuration of the second module including the second circuitry, and data communication circuitry configured for transmission of the data relating to the configuration from the memory to the first circuitry.