HEARING AID COMPRISING AN ACTIVE OCCLUSION CANCELLATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230421971A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18339265

    申请日:2023-06-22

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    CPC classification number: H04R25/453 H04R2225/021 H04R2225/025 H04R2225/57

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a hearing aid configured to be worn by a user at or in an ear of the user and having an ITE-part adapted for being located at or in an ear canal of the user. The hearing aid can include an active occlusion cancellation system (AOCS) for providing an acoustic anti-occlusion signal configured to cancel or diminish a sense of occlusion of the user when the user is speaking, or otherwise is using his or her voice, or when otherwise moving the jaws. Methods of operating a hearing aid are further disclosed.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A TRANSMITTER

    公开(公告)号:US20230100340A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17994568

    申请日:2022-11-28

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, is configured to be arranged at least partly on a user’s head or at least partly implanted in a user’s head. The hearing device comprises a) at least one input transducer for picking up an input sound signal from the environment and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal; b) a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer, the signal processor being configured to analyze the electric input signal and to provide a transmit control signal in dependence thereof; c) a memory buffer, e.g. a cyclic buffer, for storing a current time segment of a certain duration of said at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof; and a transmitter for transmitting at least a part of said time segment, or a processed version thereof, to an external device in dependence of said transmit control signal.

    HEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A PERSONALIZED BEAMFORMER

    公开(公告)号:US20210168518A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US17109329

    申请日:2020-12-02

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing system configured to be located at or in the head of a user, comprises a) at least two microphones providing at least two electric input signals, b) an own voice detector, c) access to a database (Ol, Hl) comprising c1) relative or absolute own voice transfer function(s), and corresponding c2) absolute or relative acoustic transfer functions for a multitude of test-persons, d) a processor connectable to the at least two microphones, to the own voice detector, and to the database. The processor is configured A) to estimate an own voice relative transfer function for sound from the user's mouth to at least one of the at least two microphones, and B) to estimate personalized relative or absolute head related acoustic transfer functions from at least one spatial location other than the user's mouth to at least one of the microphones of the hearing system in dependence of the estimated own voice relative transfer function(s) and the database (Ol, Hl). The hearing system further comprises e) a beamformer configured to receive the at least two electric input signals, or processed versions thereof, and to determine personalized beamformer weights based on the personalized relative or absolute head related acoustic transfer functions or impulse responses. A method of determining personalized beamformer coefficients (wk) is further disclosed.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A MICROPHONE ADAPTED TO BE LOCATED AT OR IN THE EAR CANAL OF A USER

    公开(公告)号:US20200322736A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16909390

    申请日:2020-06-23

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, configured to be worn by a user, comprises a) two or more input transducers (e.g. microphones) wherein said two or more input transducers during use of the hearing device are arranged with a distance between them; b) a directional system comprising a directional algorithm configured to provide a directional pattern in dependence of said distance. The hearing device is configured to estimate a current value of said distance, or an equivalent acoustic delay, or beamformer weights of said directional system, thereby the directional performance can be optimized to the individual user.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING DIRECT SOUND COMPENSATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200221236A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16737624

    申请日:2020-01-08

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, configured to play sound into an ear canal of a user, the hearing device comprising at least one input transducer (ITq) for picking up sound sq at said at least one input transducer from a sound field S around the hearing device and providing corresponding at least one electric input signal(s) INq representing said sound sq, i=1, . . . , Q, where Q≥1; an analogue to digital converter for converting said at least one electric input signal(s) to a digitized signal represented by discrete samples sq(p), where p is a time sample index, a processor for processing said at least one electric input signal sq(p) to a processed signal; an output transducer (OT) for converting an electric signal including said processed signal to an acoustic signal s″; a forward signal path of the hearing device being defined from an acoustic input to said at least one input transducer to an acoustic output of said output transducer having a forward signal propagation delay τHI of the hearing device, the hearing device further comprises a compensation unit for at least partially cancelling directly propagated sound from said sound field S that is propagated to the ear canal via a direct acoustic propagation path, wherein the compensation unit is configured to predict said directly propagated sound and to play it in opposite phase of said directly propagated sound. A method of operating a hearing device is further disclosed.

    HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OWN VOICE DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180146307A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-24

    申请号:US15821365

    申请日:2017-11-22

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: The application relates to a hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, adapted for being arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head. The hearing device comprises a) an input unit comprising first and second input transducers for picking up sound from the environment of the user and providing first and second electric input signals, the first and second input transducers being located on the head, (e.g. at or behind an ear) and at or in an ear canal of the user, respectively, b) a signal processing unit providing a processed signal based on one or more of said multitude of electric input signals, and c) an output unit comprising an output transducer for converting said processed signal or a signal originating therefrom to a stimulus perceivable by said user as sound. The hearing device further comprises an own voice detector comprising first and second signal strength detectors for providing signal strength estimates of the first and second electric input signals. The own voice detector comprises a comparison unit operationally coupled to the first and second signal strength detectors and configured to compare the signal strength estimates of the first and second electric input signals and to provide a signal strength comparison measure indicative of the difference between said signal strength estimates; and a control unit for providing an own voice detection signal indicative of a user's own voice being present or not present in the current sound in the environment of the user, the own voice detection signal being dependent on said signal strength comparison measure. Thereby an alternative scheme for detecting a user's own voice is provided. The invention may e.g. be used for the hearing aids, headsets, active ear protection systems, etc.

    MICROPHONE INLET FOR HEARING AID
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    发明申请
    MICROPHONE INLET FOR HEARING AID 有权
    麦克风输入耳朵

    公开(公告)号:US20160261960A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-08

    申请号:US15061154

    申请日:2016-03-04

    Applicant: OTICON A/S

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an inlet member for a microphone system in a hearing instrument, such as a hearing aid, wherein the inlet member has a main body portion having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being provided with a first recess for accommodating a microphone comprising a snout for conducting sound energy into the interior of the microphone, wherein the first recess is provided with a sound channel formed for engagement with the snout of the microphone, where the sound channel at the end hereof facing away from the microphone is acoustically coupled to a third recess in the first portion, the third recess being defined by wall portions that provide a seal to corresponding inner surface portions of a hearing instrument, in which the inlet member is mounted.

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于助听器中的麦克风系统的入口构件,例如助听器,其中入口构件具有主体部分,该主体部分具有第一部分和第二部分,第二部分设置有第一凹部, 容纳包括用于将声能传导到麦克风的内部的鼻孔的麦克风,其中第一凹部设置有形成为与麦克风的鼻孔接合的声音通道,其中在其末端的声音通道面向麦克风 声耦合到第一部分中的第三凹部,第三凹部由壁部分限定,壁部分为安装入口构件的听力仪器的相应内表面部分提供密封。

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