In ear hearing device with a housing enclosing acoustically coupled chambers

    公开(公告)号:US11622206B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17345988

    申请日:2021-06-11

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00

    摘要: A hearing device includes an acoustic transducer having a membrane configured to generate sound waves, a housing enclosing a first chamber and a second chamber acoustically coupled by the membrane, a sound outlet configured to release sound waves from the first chamber into the ear canal, and an acoustic port acoustically coupling the second chamber to an ambient environment outside the ear canal.

    HEARING DEVICE WITH ACTIVE FEEDBACK CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20220201405A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17692545

    申请日:2022-03-11

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 G10K11/178

    摘要: An illustrative hearing device includes a housing configured to be partially inserted into an ear canal; an acoustic transducer having an oscillator element configured to generate sound waves, the housing accommodating the acoustic transducer inside an inner volume of the housing; and a sound outlet provided at the housing and configured to enable propagation of sound waves from the inner volume into the ear canal. The acoustic transducer and the housing are configured such that an output impedance of the hearing device measured at the sound outlet has a value of at most 3.5·107 kg/(m4·sec) within a frequency bandwidth of at least 50 Hz comprised in a frequency range between 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz.

    Method for audio signal processing on a hearing system, hearing system and neural network for audio signal processing

    公开(公告)号:US20230209283A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US18089093

    申请日:2022-12-27

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00

    CPC分类号: H04R25/507 H04R25/606

    摘要: Methods, hearing systems and neural networks for audio signal processing are described. A hearing system comprises a neural network. An input audio signal is processed into an output audio signal at least partially by means of a processing unit of the hearing system. The audio signal processing of the input audio signal includes executing audio signal processing by the neural network for performing a step of the audio signal processing, determining a confidence parameter resembling the reliability of the audio signal processing by the neural network and steering the audio signal processing in dependence of the confidence parameter. A particularly suitable neural network is configured to solve a regression-based acoustic processing task and additionally determining the confidence parameter.

    Method and apparatus for in-ear acoustic readout of data from a hearing instrument

    公开(公告)号:US11317221B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US17055094

    申请日:2018-05-15

    申请人: Sonova AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 H04R1/08 H04R1/28

    摘要: Systems and methods for two-way communication with a hearing device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an accessory for communication with a hearing device includes an acoustic filter, and a microphone configured as an acoustic receiver (RX) for acoustic signals from a speaker of the hearing device via the acoustic filter. The acoustic filter is configured to operate at at least one resonance frequency. The accessory is in acoustic and magnetic communication with the hearing device.

    IN EAR HEARING DEVICE WITH A HOUSING ENCLOSING ACOUSTICALLY COUPLED CHAMBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230209280A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US18111319

    申请日:2023-02-17

    申请人: SONOVA AG

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00

    摘要: An illustrative hearing device may be at least partially inserted into an ear canal and may include an acoustic transducer having a membrane configured to generate sound waves, a housing enclosing a first chamber and a second chamber acoustically coupled by the membrane, a sound outlet configured to release sound waves from the first chamber into the ear canal, an acoustic port acoustically coupling the second chamber to an ambient environment outside the ear canal, and a mechanical resonator configured to resonate with sound waves at a resonance frequency. The second chamber may be acoustically coupled to the mechanical resonator.