摘要:
A device includes an ear occlude, an output transducer that is acoustically coupled to an ear canal of a wearer of the device, a voice microphone configured to generate a first electrical signal that is proportional to a voice-generated sound pressure at the microphone, and signal processing circuitry, electrically coupled to the output transducer and the microphone, including a compensator configured to generate, from the first electrical signal, a second electrical signal, and output the second electrical signal to the output transducer, wherein the compensator is tuned to cause GOE, a ratio of a sound pressure within the ear canal to a voice-generated sound pressure at a mouth reference point when the ear is occluded and electronically-aided to be approximately equal to GU, a ratio of the sound pressure within the ear canal to the voice-generated sound pressure at the mouth reference point when the ear is unoccluded.
摘要:
An earpiece device (10, 110, 210, 210') provides advanced communication to the user thereof, for controlling a total sound dose (TND), including an audio output from an audio source (16) reaching an ear of the user occluded at the outer ear canal (15) by an in-ear device (14), for allowing an external ambient sound to be heard by the ear of the user, and for allowing a voice (NSV) of the user to be transmitted to a telecommunication transmission link (TTL). The present invention also contemplates a method of operation of the earpiece device (10, 110, 210, 210').
摘要:
The present invention proposes a method for operating a hearing device comprising an ambient microphone (1), a signal processing unit (2), a receiver (3) and an ear canal microphone (4), the method being characterised by the steps of filtering the audio signal processed by the signal processing unit (1.) with a filter (7) having a transfer function at least comprising a transfer function from an output of the receiver (3) to an input of the ear canal microphone (4) when the hearing device is turned on and being worn in an ear canal of the user, computing a difference between the audio signal picked up by the ear canal microphone (4) and the filtered signal, and detecting a presence of own-voice of the user based on the difference. Furthermore, a hearing device including an own-voice detection unit (5) is provided, which is adapted to perform the proposed method.
摘要:
An earmold for an ear canal of a user, the earmold having an earmold shell and extending along an axis, the earmold shell having a tip end, the tip end facing a tympanic membrane of the user when worn by the user, the earmold includes: a first microphone connected to a first microphone opening for receiving sound in the ear canal, wherein the first microphone opening is arranged in a first position at a first distance from the tip end of the earmold shell; and a receiver opening for providing sound in the ear canal, wherein the receiver opening is arranged in a second position at a second distance from the tip end of the earmold shell; wherein the first position is different from the second position.
摘要:
The present invention describes a hearing device (1) with a BTE (Behind-The-Ear) unit (10) and a thin acoustic tube (22). The BTE unit (10) has a microphone (14), an amplifier (16), a power source (18), and a receiver (20) and is configured to be mounted behind or on the ear (12) of a user. The thin acoustic tube (22) has a proximal end (24) and a distal end (28) with the proximal end (24) being connected to the receiver (20) of the BTE unit (10) and the distal end (28) being connected to a flexible mounting insert (34). The flexible mounting insert (34) comprises a dome shape part (40) and at least one core hole (42) permeable for sound transmitted from the thin acoustic tube (22). The thin acoustic tube (22) is configured to be arranged in a user's ear canal (32) to transmit sound generated by the BTE unit (10) to a tympanic membrane (38) of the user. The flexible mounting insert's (34) diameter is adapted to at least have the same diameter as a ear canal (32) diameter of a user to close the ear canal (32) of the user and has at least one internal vent pathway (66) located on the circumference of the core hole (42).
摘要:
In a digital hearing aid device (1) frequency modification is employed above a lower spectral bound and in accordance with a compression factor. The frequency modification is dynamically adjusted in dependence on a sound environment analysis (10) or an end-user input (30), by modifying the frequency modification parameters such as a lower spectral bound and a compression factor. The adjustment can be based on an interpolation between predefined parameters. In certain sound environments, such as loud noise, own-voice and telephone conversations, frequency modification is reduced or switched off. The proposed solutions have the advantage that the occurrence of disturbing noise and of distortions of harmonic relationships at the end-user's ear is reduced and signal processing resources as well as battery resources are saved.