Hearing aid having a classifier for classifying auditory environments and sharing settings

    公开(公告)号:US10356538B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US16124297

    申请日:2018-09-07

    Applicant: Widex A/S

    Abstract: A hearing system includes a hearing aid and a personal communication device connected via a short range data communication link. The hearing aid has a signal processor processing an input signal according to audio processing parameters, a sub-system applying respective sets of processing parameters for at least two modes, a classifier component analyzing the auditory environment statistically by comparing specific characteristics of the input signal to one or more thresholds. A program selector component selects automatically an appropriate mode for the signal processing sub-system according to the classifier output. The personal communication device offers the user a user interface for controlling and interacting with the program selector component of the hearing aid, and for generating and transmitting a notification to the hearing aid. Upon reception of the notification, the processor at least one of said one or more thresholds used by the classifier component.

    Method of operating a hearing aid system and a hearing aid system

    公开(公告)号:US10284979B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US15520730

    申请日:2014-10-21

    Applicant: Widex A/S

    Abstract: A hearing aid fitting system (400) adapted for providing sound samples illustrating the impact on sound quality from a hearing aid system defect and a method of providing such sound samples. The invention also relates to a hearing aid system and computer program code capable of carrying out such a method of providing sound samples illustrating the impact on sound quality from a hearing aid system defect and methods of operating and fitting hearing aid systems.

    METHOD AND HEARING ASSISTIVE DEVICE FOR HANDLING STREAMED AUDIO

    公开(公告)号:US20190069100A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16083078

    申请日:2016-03-11

    Applicant: Widex A/S

    Abstract: A hearing assistive device has an input transducer (12) converting sound into an audio signal applied to a processor (14; 65). The processor (14; 65) is configured to compensate a hearing loss of a user of the hearing assistive device and to output a compensated audio signal. An output transducer (16; 65) converts the compensated audio signal into sound. The hearing assistive device (10) further comprises a wireless transceiver (21) enabling audio streaming from an external device (30) to the hearing assistive device, an attenuator (23) associated with said processor (14; 65) applying attenuation to the compensated audio signal, and an audio stream analyzer (22a) classifying the audio stream received via said wireless transceiver. The attenuator (23) is controlled in accordance to the audio stream classification from the audio stream analyzer (22a). The invention further provides a method of operating a hearing assistive device.

    FLEXIBLE EAR PIECE FOR HEARING AID
    96.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180367925A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US16006275

    申请日:2018-06-12

    Applicant: Widex A/S

    Abstract: A hearing aid (1) comprises a flexible ear tip (36) for an ear piece (62) adapted for insertion into the ear canal of a user. The ear piece comprises a shroud having a generally ball-shaped hollow bulb made of soft resilient material. The shroud is oval for better adaptation to the ear canal, as ear canals of humans are generally oval. The invention further provides an ear piece, an ear plug, and a component for a communications device.

    COMMUNICATION CHANNELS BETWEEN A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND AT LEAST ONE HEAD-WORN DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20180227679A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-09

    申请号:US15887420

    申请日:2018-02-02

    Applicant: Widex A/S

    Abstract: A hearing assistive system, comprises a personal communication device (10) and a head-worn device (20). The personal communication device (10) has a user interface (12) being adapted for user interaction, a processor (11) controlling the user interface (12) and being adapted to run an application program, a short-range radio (13), and an output transducer (15). The head-worn device (20) has an input transducer (24) adapted for converting sound into an electric signal applied to a processor (21) outputting a modified audio signal via an output transducer (25). The application program is adapted to generate and output a data packet (70) on an audio carrier via the output transducer (15). The head-worn device (20) has an audio signaling block (26) for detecting and decoding the data packet (70) received by the input transducer (24). The head-worn device (20) has a controller (27) for controlling the operation of a short-range radio (28). The audio signaling block (26) is adapted to detect a radio pair command included in the data packet (70), and to instruct the controller (27) to enter pairing mode for the short-range radio (28), accordingly.

    INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPONENT FOR A HEARING ASSISTIVE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20180176695A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15847347

    申请日:2017-12-19

    Applicant: WIDEX A/S

    Abstract: A hearing assistive device having an input transducer (18) for picking up sound from the environment, a digital signal processor (27) for alleviating a hearing loss of a specific user by compensating an audio signal according to the users hearing deficit, and an output transducer (29) for reproducing the compensated audio signal. The hearing assistive device further includes an integrated circuit component (40) having at least one analog-to-digital converter adapted for receiving an audio input signal from a microphone and providing a data output for signal processing. The at least one analog-to-digital converter includes an AC filter (50) preventing audible signal losses towards the microphone, and the AC filter (50) is provided with all components integrated in the integrated circuit component (40).

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