Hearing aid comprising a physiological sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11134351B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US16878041

    申请日:2020-05-19

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user.

    Hearing aid system
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    公开(公告)号:US11297444B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16205934

    申请日:2018-11-30

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: The invention concerns a hearing aid system that comprises an ear canal member comprising a sensor arrangement. The sensor arrangement comprises at least one surface electrode located at a surface of said ear canal member to allow said at least one surface electrode to contact the skin of a user when said ear canal member is operationally mounted on the user. The at least one surface electrode (150) is adapted to pick up a low voltage electric signal from the user's skin. The sensor arrangement further comprises a light sensor (180) located at a surface of said housing to allow emitting light through skin proximate to the light sensor (180) and capturing reflected and/or scattered light when said ear canal member is operationally mounted on the user.
    The hearing aid system further comprises a sensor signal processing unit (170) that is connected to the surface electrode (150) and the light sensor (180) and that is configured to generate one or more sensor signals from each respective output signal of the at least one surface electrode (150) and the light sensor (180).
    The hearing aid system further comprises or is connected to an evaluation unit (300) that is configured to generate an electrocardiogram-representing signal (ECG) from low voltage electric signals picked-up by the at least one surface electrode (150) and a plethysmographic-curve-representing signal from an output signal of the light sensor (180).

    Hearing aid comprising a physiological sensor

    公开(公告)号:US12219324B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US18458585

    申请日:2023-08-30

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user.

    HEARING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR ORIENTATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220070567A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17459603

    申请日:2021-08-27

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing system comprising a hearing device, the hearing device being adapted for being worn by a user, the hearing system comprising an audio input unit configured to receive a multitude of audio signals comprising sound from a number of localized sound sources in an environment around the user, and a sensor unit configured to receive and/or provide sensor signals from one or more sensors, said one or more sensors being located in said environment and/or form part of said hearing system, and a first processor configured to generate and update over time data representative of a map of said environment of the user, said data being termed map data, said environment comprising a number of, stationary or mobile, landmarks, said landmarks comprising said number of localized sound sources, and said map data being representative of the physical location of said landmarks in the environment relative to the user, wherein the audio input unit comprises a microphone array comprising a multitude of microphones for picking up sound from said environment and providing respective microphone signals comprising sound from said number of localized sound sources and providing at least some of said multitude of audio signals, and wherein the hearing system comprising a head worn frame or structure whereon at least some, such as all, of said multitude of microphones are located.

    Hearing aid comprising a physiological sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11785397B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US17459370

    申请日:2021-08-27

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    CPC classification number: H04R25/505 H04R25/554 H04R2225/41

    Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user.

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