A method for operating a hearing aid, in which, with a microphone, an overall audio signal is detected. A background signal is determined in the overall audio signal. An artificial noise is created depending on the background signal and added to the overall audio signal, and the overall audio signal is output by an output device. Also described is a hearing aid and a method for operating the hearing aid system.
effeff) of the rear-side part (36) of the sound transmission channel (30) is chosen in dependence on a sensitivity (Smic) to acoustic inertia of the microphone (4). Also, at least a segment of the sound transmission channel (30) is formed within an element (22, 46, 60) that is integral to the microphone (4).
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A support arrangement (2) for fixing a substrate (4) of a flexible printed circuit board / FPCB (6) in a manufacturing process of the FPCB (6) is provided. The support arrangement (2) comprises a flat and rigid frame (10) surrounding an opening (16) which is open to both sides of the frame (10). The support arrangement (2) further comprises at least three suspension elements (18, 20, 22, 24, 64, 66, 68, 70, 74) attached to the frame (10) and distributed around an edge (30) of the opening (16), for temporarily fixing the substrate (4) in the opening (16) of the frame (10). A first suspension element (18) is fixedly attached to the frame (10) at at least two points. All further suspension elements (20, 22, 24) are resiliently slidably attached to the frame (10). The support arrangement (2) may further comprise at least one carrier plate (26) that can be assembled with the frame (10) such that a support region (50) of the carrier plate (26) is aligned with the opening (16) of the frame (10). In a method of manufacturing the FPCB (6), the substrate (4) of the FPCB (6) to be assembled is fixed in said frame (10). The frame (10), together with the substrate (4) fixed therein, is assembled with the carrier plate (26) such that the substrate (4) rests on the support region (50) of the carrier plate (26). A process step in the manufacture of the FPCB (6) to be assembled is then carried out on the substrate (4) fixed in the frame (10) and resting on the support region (50) of the carrier plate (26).
A method for ascertaining the wearing as intended of a binaural hearing system having a first hearing instrument and a second hearing instrument, includes capturing a first motion signal by using a first motion sensor of the first hearing instrument, and capturing a second motion signal by using a second motion sensor of the second hearing instrument, and/or estimating or ascertaining a distance between the first hearing instrument and the second hearing instrument by using a communication system of the two hearing instruments. It is identified, based on the first motion signal and the second motion signal and/or based on the ascertained distance, whether the two hearing instruments are each being worn in their intended position on respective ears of a user. A binaural hearing system is also provided.
A hearing instrument (1) according to the invention comprises an electro-acoustic converter, an ear piece (6) to be worn in an ear canal and having a wall with an orifice (12), a sound output port element (4) for transmitting sound from the electro-acoustic converter to the hearing of a user, and a bushing (10) arranged within the orifice (12). The bushing (10) is held by way of form locking within the orifice (12) regarding a thickness direction of the wall and wherein the sound output port element (4) is held within the bushing.
A method for operating a hearing device (1) is disclosed. Said hearing device (1) comprises an internal energy source (12) and a receiver (6) configured to be worn inside an ear canal of a user and to generate airborne sound by use of a receiver coil. The method comprises activating a drying mode for the receiver (6), feeding within the drying mode a drying voltage (Ud) at a drying voltage value of up to 10 V to the receiver coil, and heating the receiver (6) by way of resistance heating with the receiver coil fed with the drying voltage (Ud).
A method of operating an audio device system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and an audio device system adapted to carry out the method.
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METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE AND HEARING DEVICE
A hearing device includes a digital signal processing unit, a first electrical component, in particular a loudspeaker, and a second electrical component, in particular a microphone. The first electrical component is driven by the signal processing unit by way of two electrical line wires or interference source lines, and the second electrical component is connected to an electrical connecting line or receiver line. Each interference source line transmits a respective digital control signal during operation. To reduce or prevent coupling of interference effects to a signal transmitted via the receiver line, the two control signals fed into the interference source lines by the signal processing unit are modulated so a difference signal pertaining to the two control signals applied to the first electrical component is formed as a bipolar control signal alternating between precisely two voltage values, and a common mode signal formed from the two control signals is constant.
A method for operating a hearing aid (2) is presented, wherein the hearing aid (2) comprises an input transducer (4), outputting an input signal (6), a sampling unit (8), and an input line (10), for transmitting the input signal (6) from the input transducer (4) to the sampling unit (8), wherein the sampling unit (8) comprises a conversion unit (14) and an input sampler (16), wherein said input sampler (16) operates with a sampling frequency (f1), for periodically generating a sample (18) from the input signal (6) and passing said sample (18) to the conversion unit (14), wherein the hearing aid (2) comprises an output transducer (20), a switching amplifier (22), which switches with a switching frequency (f2), and an output line (24), which connects the switching amplifier (22) with the output transducer (20), wherein a phase offset (p) between the sampling frequency (f1) and the switching frequency (f2) is used to prevent crosstalk (C) from being passed to the conversion unit (14), wherein said crosstalk (C) occurs between the output line (24) and the input line (10) as a result of switching of the switching amplifier (22). In addition, a corresponding hearing aid (2) is presented.
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For compensation of an interference signal coupled from an interferer line (8) into a receiver line (14) as a result of parasitic capacitances, an electronic circuit (4) of a hearing aid (2) has a compensation part 18 which has at least one coupling line (20) with a capacitor (22) arranged therein, a compensation interference signal being coupled into the receiver line (14) via the coupling line (20) during operation. The compensation interference signal is in particular in antiphase with the interference signal.
For compensation of an interference signal coupled from an interferer line (8) into a receiver line (14) as a result of parasitic capacitances, an electronic circuit (4) of a hearing aid (2) has a compensation part 18 which has at least one coupling line (20) with an adjustable capacitor (22) arranged therein, a compensation interference signal being coupled into the receiver line (14) via the coupling line (20) during operation. The compensation interference signal is in particular in phase with the interference signal.
A method (300) of operating an audio device system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and an audio device system (400) adapted to carry out the method.
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A behind-the-ear type hearing aid (10) is provided. The hearing aid (10) comprises: a housing (12) adapted to be worn behind an ear of a user; a microphone (14) arranged in the housing (12) and configured to receive sound; a processing circuit (16) arranged in the housing (12) and configured to convert the received sound into a hearing loss compensated signal; a receiver (18) arranged outside of the housing (12), in or near an ear canal of the user, the receiver (18) being configured to receive the hearing loss compensated signal and output said signal as audio; and a slot antenna (20) arranged in the housing (12), the slot antenna (20) comprising: an antenna plane (22) extending in a plane with a normal direction being between 45°-135° to an ear-to-ear axis of the user when the hearing aid (10) is worn; and a slot (24) in the antenna plane (22) shaped as a loop. A method (100) for manufacturing such a hearing aid is further provided.
A single-ended loop antenna (20) for transmitting signals in 2.4 GHz is provided. The single-ended loop antenna (20) comprises: a first part comprising a conducting ground plane (21); and a second part comprising a conductor (23) arranged as a single-ended loop in a plane parallel to the ground plane; wherein the second part is longer than λ/6 and smaller than λ, and a first end (24) of the second part is connected to feed and a second end (25) of the second part is electrically connected to the first part; and wherein both the first part and the second part of the antenna (20) are configured to radiate signals. A hearing aid (10) comprising such an antenna (20) is further provided.
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The invention relates to a hearing-aid system (1) comprising a storage location (4) which is accessible in particular for a plurality of users, and comprising at least one hearing aid (2) having a microphone (18) and an output transducer (20) as well as a signal processor (16) for user-specific signal processing, in particular for adjusting signals representing a sound event and converting same into output signals for the output transducer (20). The storage location (4) has at least one input interface via which, during operation as intended, a data record comprising hearing-aid settings (14) which are specified for the signal processor of the hearing aid is received, and the storage location is configured to store the hearing-aid settings (14) at least until an external query by a user.
The invention refers to an ear tip (1) for a hearing device (2), comprising a main body (4). The main body (4) comprises an outer wall (6) forming a hollow thimble- like structure closed except for a sound transmission opening (12) at a first end (8) and open like a cup at a second end (10), the first end (8) and the second end (10) being opposed to each other along an insertion axis (14), and at least a pair of ribs (16) separated from each other in circumferential direction (18) and protruding from the outer wall (6) radially inside leaving open a radially inside core region (22). The outer wall (6) and the ribs (16) are made of a flexible material.
A method (100) of operating an in situ fitting system adapted to provide improved user satisfaction with a hearing aid system and an in situ fitting system (200).
A hearing aid system is provided. The hearing aid system comprises: an encoder- masker-decoder audio processing block, adapted to provide source separation, wherein said audio processing block has been learnt using variational inference wherein said mask is applied to the encoder output in order to provide the source separation after decoding.
A method of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and a hearing aid system adapted to carry out the method.
G10L 25/30 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the analysis technique using neural networks
A method (100) of operating an audio device system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and an audio device system (200, 300, 400) adapted to carry out the method.
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A method (500) of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and a hearing aid system adapted to carry out the method.
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38.
HEARING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC CHARGING CIRCUIT
CFF) by an external voltage source (6') via a galvanic connection (24) to the hearing instrument (4), and - a wireless charging mode in which the electric charging circuit (18) is supplied with an electric voltage by a wireless electric energy receiver (36).
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The invention discloses a hearing instrument (1), comprising a main housing (8) having an outer wall (9) enclosing an interior from the outside, a microphone (2) having a mic-housing (18), a membrane (24) being disposed within the mic-housing (24), and a port hole (22) penetrating a first side-wall (20) of the mic-housing (18), said port hole (22) defining a first reference plane (38), and a sound transmission channel (12) being aligned outside of the mic-housing (18) fluidically connecting the port hole (22) with the outside through at least a first sound inlet open- ing (10) that penetrates the outer wall (9) of the main housing (8), wherein a first section (34) of the sound transmission channel (12), starting at the first sound inlet opening (10), has a vectorial component away from the first sound inlet opening (10) in a first direction (F) parallel to the first reference plane (38), wherein a second section (40) of the sound transmission channel (12) has a vectorial component opposite to the first direction (F) of the first section (34), and wherein the microphone (2) is aligned inside the main housing (8) in a way such that the first section (34) of the sound transmission channel (12) and the second section (40) of the sound transmission channel (12) are disposed on different sides of the microphone (2) with respect to the first reference plane (38).
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The invention discloses a microphone (1), comprising an inner housing (4), said inner housing (4) comprising a port hole (2) through a first side wall (8) of the inner housing (4), said port hole (2) forming a sound inlet opening (36) of the microphone (1) or being fluidically connected to a sound inlet opening (36) of the microphone (1), a membrane (14) being disposed within the inner housing (4) and fluidically connected to the port hole (2), said membrane (14) separating the port hole (2) from an inner volume (12) enclosed by the inner housing (4), and an outer housing (6) at least partially enclosing, in an air-sealed way, a space which extends at least partially over at least one side wall (8, 10, 22, 24, 26) of said inner housing (4), thereby forming a first air chamber (28) between the outer housing (6) and the inner housing (4), wherein the inner housing (4) comprises an inner venting hole (30) fluidically connecting the inner volume (12) with the first air chamber (28).
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METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AN AUDIOGRAM FOR A SPECIFIC USER
A hearing estimation system having a computerized device and an acoustic output transducer. The computerized device has a graphical user interface, a program storage and a processor for: a) receiving a first plurality of first audiograms from a first plurality of persons; b) providing for each a weighting factor and an initial value of the weighting factor; c) selecting a first frequency; d) measuring a hearing threshold of a specific user at the first frequency using the acoustic output transducer; e) performing a first update on each of the weighting factors in dependence on the difference between the value of the respective first audiogram and the measured hearing threshold of the specific user at the first frequency; and f) determining an estimated audiogram for the specific user as a weighted mean of the first plurality of first audiograms based on the weighting factors, according to their first update.
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Surgical and medical apparatus and instruments for use by or in connection with persons with defective hearing, including hearing aids, and parts and accessories (not included in other classes) for the above mentioned goods in the field of hearing and/or hearing aids.
Surgical and medical apparatus and instruments for use by or in connection with persons with defective hearing, including hearing aids, and parts and accessories (not included in other classes) for the above mentioned goods in the field of hearing and/or hearing aids.
The invention relates to a method of operating an electronic device (6), the device (6) comprising a receiver (8) for receiving a wireless analogue signal (10), a converter (12) for converting the received analogue signal (14) to a digital input signal (16, 16′), a signal processor (18) for generating a digital output signal (20) from the input signal (16, 16′), and a transmitter (22) for transmitting the output signal (20) as a wireless digital signal (24), wherein the input signal (16′) is filtered to generate the output signal (20) such that a noise signal (30) in the input signal (16′) generated by the signal processor (18) and/or the transmitter (22) is reduced.
A hearing aid system (100) is provided. The hearing aid system (100) comprises: a hearing aid (10); an audio transmitter (20); and a control device (30); wherein the audio transmitter (20) is configured to transmit audio signal data (22) to the hearing aid (10) at a specific audio periodicity; the hearing aid (10) is configured to, while receiving audio signal data (22) from the audio transmitter (20), upon establishing contact with the control device (30) and at a predetermined update periodicity, send data (26) relating to the specific audio periodicity of the audio signal data to the control device (30); and the control device (30) is configured to use the data (26) relating to the specific periodicity of the audio signal data (22) to only send control data (34) to the hearing aid (10) when the hearing aid (10) does not receive audio signal data (22). A method (200) for configuring such a hearing aid system is further provided.
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A hearing aid system (200) with improved adaptive feedback suppression based on de-correlation and a method (300) of operating such a hearing aid system.
An electronic sound recording device (4, 20), in particular a hearing instrument (4), comprises a housing (6, 22) having a housing wall (30) and an opening (32) formed therein through which opening (32) sound can enter the housing (6, 22). Inside said housing (6, 22), a printed circuit board (34) is arranged. The printed circuit board (34) has a through-hole (40) that acts as a sound channel through said printed circuit board (34). A microphone (8, 24) having a microphone port (42) is mounted on said printed circuit board (34) such that said microphone port (42) faces said printed circuit board (34) and opens to said through-hole (40). A sound duct (44) having a sound passage (48) formed therein is arranged between the printed circuit board (34) and housing wall (30) such that said sound passage (48) connects said opening (32) of the housing wall (30) to said through-hole (40) of the printed circuit board (34). Furthermore, the electronic sound recording device (4, 20) comprises a washer (46) having a bore (50). The washer (46) is arranged between the printed circuit board (34) and the sound duct (44) such that the sound passage (48) of the sound duct (44) is connected to the through-hole (40) of the printed circuit board (34) via said bore (50) of the washer (46). In order to achieve effective acoustic low pass filtering, said bore (50) has a diameter smaller than both a diameter of said through-hole (40) of the printed circuit board (34) and a diameter of said sound passage (48) of the sound duct (44).
A hearing aid earpiece (10) is provided. The hearing aid earpiece (10) is arrangeable within an ear canal (12) of a user and comprises: a shell (20) enclosing a fixed back-vent volume (22) of fluid; and a receiver (30) comprising a back volume (32) and a front volume (36) separated by an acoustic membrane (34), which is configured to use the back volume (32) to produce an acoustic output in the front volume (36) that is directed towards an interior of the ear canal (12); wherein the receiver (30) further comprises a back-vent (38) to fluidly connect the back volume (32) with the back-vent volume (22). A hearing aid (50) comprising such a hearing aid earpiece (10) and a method of manufacturing a hearing aid earpiece are further provided.
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A hearing estimation system (100) comprising an electro-acoustic transducer (105), a graphical user interface (103) and processing means (104) adapted to use a latent representation to provide a predictive distribution of a complete audiogram for a specific person. The processing means is adapted to use audiograms and meta data from a plurality of hearing impaired persons to learn the latent representation, and the predictive distribution is based on at least one of an incomplete audiogram and associated meta data of the specific person.
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Health education; training services for personnel;
education, teaching and training; instruction services;
training services provided via simulators; arranging and
conducting of workshops; providing online non-downloadable
electronic publications.
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Health education; training services for personnel;
education, teaching and training; instruction services;
training services provided via simulators; arranging and
conducting of workshops; providing online non-downloadable
electronic publications.
59.
A METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN EARLY WARNING SCORE BY MEANS OF A WEARABLE SYSTEM COMPRISING AN EAR-WORN DEVICE
A method for an early warning score by a wearable system having an ear-worn device. By a number of sensors of the ear-worn device, at least three biometric quantities of a user are assessed from: heart rate, oxygen saturation of the blood, blood pressure and respiratory rate. To each of the at least three biometric quantities, a non-negative criticality value is assigned. From the criticality values, an early warning score is derived. A wearable system, having an ear-worn device with a number of sensors, each configured to generate a sensor signal representative of a vital function activity of a user when worn. The system is configured to derive from the sensor signal or signals at least three biomedical quantities of the user out of the following: heart rate, oxygen saturation of the blood, blood pressure and respiratory rate, and to derive an early warning score from the biomedical quantities.
A binaural hearing aid system comprising a first hearing aid (200) and a second hearing aid, with improved adaptive feedback suppression based on probe noise signals and a method (300) of operating such a binaural hearing aid system.
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(1) Health education; training services for personnel; education, teaching and training; instruction services; training services provided via simulators; arranging and conducting of workshops; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications.
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Health education, namely, providing educational instructions in the field of health care; training services for personnel in the field of health care; educational instruction, teaching and training in the field of health care; educational instruction services in the field of health care; training services provided via simulators in the field of health care; arranging and conducting of workshops in the field of health care; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of e-books, pamphlets and manuals in the field of health care.
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Health education, namely, providing educational instructions in the field of health care; training services for personnel in the field of health care; educational instruction, teaching and training in the field of health care; educational instruction services in the field of health care; training services provided via simulators in the field of health care; arranging and conducting of workshops in the field of health care; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of e-books, pamphlets and manuals in the field of health care
66.
A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM
A hearing aid system (200) with improved adaptive feedback suppression based on an improved feedback path change measure and a method (300) of operating such a hearing aid system.
The invention relates to a method (26) for operating a hearing aid (4), in which, by means of a microphone (8), an overall audio signal (32) is detected. A background signal (38) is determined in the overall audio signal (32). An artificial noise (46) is created depending on the background signal (38) and added to the overall audio signal (32), and the overall audio signal (32) is output by means of an output device (14). Furthermore, the invention relates to a hearing aid (4) and a method (24) for operating a hearing aid system (2).
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Software for hearing instruments; software for fitting,
operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting,
verifying and maintaining of hearing aids; wireless
transmission and receiving devices, particularly for hearing
instruments; batteries; apparatus for recording,
transmission and reproduction of sound, images and/or data;
optical data carriers; data processing apparatus; computers
and processors for medical devices; in-ear headphones;
wireless headphones; noise cancelling headphones; electronic
publications [downloadable]; data carriers; none of the
aforesaid goods being related to betting games, betting
machines and/or equipment for casinos, bingo halls and other
amusement arcades. Medical devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely medical
hearing instruments; hearing aids; medical hearing
instruments for use as hearing aids; prosthetic hearing
devices; audiometers; sensors for medical purposes;
precision sensors for medical use; patient monitoring
sensors and alarms; in-ear monitoring apparatus, for medical
purposes; components and parts of the above-mentioned goods
as well as accessories for the above-mentioned goods.
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(1) Software for hearing instruments; software for fitting, operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting, verifying and maintaining of hearing aids; wireless transmission and receiving devices, particularly for hearing instruments; batteries; apparatus for recording, transmission and reproduction of sound, images and/or data; optical data carriers; data processing apparatus; computers and processors for medical devices; in-ear headphones; wireless headphones; noise cancelling headphones; electronic publications [downloadable]; data carriers; none of the aforesaid goods being related to betting games, betting machines and/or equipment for casinos, bingo halls and other amusement arcades.
(2) Medical devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely medical hearing instruments; hearing aids; medical hearing instruments for use as hearing aids; prosthetic hearing devices; audiometers; sensors for medical purposes; precision sensors for medical use; patient monitoring sensors and alarms; in-ear monitoring apparatus, for medical purposes; components and parts of the above-mentioned goods as well as accessories for the above-mentioned goods.
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10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
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Downloadable and recorded software for operating and monitoring the functioning of hearing instruments; downloadable and recorded software for fitting, operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting, verifying and maintaining of hearing aids; wireless transmission and receiving devices, particularly for hearing instruments; batteries; apparatus for recording, transmission and reproduction of sound, images and/or data; data processing apparatus; computers and data processors for medical devices; in-ear headphones; wireless headphones; noise canceling headphones; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of technical manuals and brochures in the field of medical hearing devices; none of the aforesaid goods being related to betting games, betting machines and/or equipment for casinos, bingo halls and other amusement arcades Medical devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely, medical hearing instruments; hearing aids; medical hearing instruments for use as hearing aids; prosthetic medical hearing devices; audiometers for medical purposes; motion and auditory sensors for medical purposes; precision motion and auditory sensors for medical use; patient monitoring sensors and alarms; in-ear monitor systems for medical purposes consisting of hearing aids and wireless transmitters and receivers for use with hearing aids, and also including recorded operating software therefor, all sold as a unit; components, accessories and parts of the above-mentioned goods, namely, wireless transmitters and receivers for use with hearing aids and medical hearing instruments
73.
METHOD OF OPERATING AN AUDIO DEVICE SYSTEM AND AN AUDIO DEVICE SYSTEM
A method (100) of operating an audio device system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and an audio device system (200) adapted to carry out the method.
A method (300) of operating an audio device system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and an audio device system (400) adapted to carry out the method.
An audio streaming device for streaming an audio signal to at least one hearing assistive device (32). The audio streaming device comprises at least one input transducer (21), an electronic sensor device (28) adapted for sensing gravitational forces acting on the audio streaming device (20), and a transmitter (30) adapted for streaming audio from the at least one input transducer (21) to the at least one hearing assistive device (32). The audio streaming device (20) further comprises a shock protection unit (31) adapted for comparing an output signal from the electronic sensor device (28) to a first threshold value, and ceasing streaming by the transmitter (30) of the audio stream from the at least one input transducer (21), when the output signal from the electronic sensor device (28) exceeds the first threshold value.
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System, method and computer program for interactively assisting a user in evaluating a hearing loss
A system, method and computer program are configured to interactively assist a user in evaluating and/or configuring a hearing aid. The system is equipped with a display element, with an input unit and with a processing unit. The environmental situations are shown on the display element. Based on a user input, a selected section of the environmental situation is determined and highlighted. A specific hearing situation is presented on the basis of the selection made by the user. An evaluation scale is displayed, allowing the user to enter a hearing value for a self-assessment of his hearing ability for the specific hearing situation, and the hearing value entered by the user is recorded. The above steps are repeated and hearing values are recorded for different specific hearing situations. Based on the hearing values entered by the user, setting values for the hearing aid are determined.
A method of fitting a hearing aid gain (100) adapted to take the vent effect into account. The invention is also directed at a hearing aid fitting system adapted to carry out said method.
A hearing assistance device comprises a housing component (32, 33) enclosing processing circuitry arranged in a compact block structure (20), at least one actively driven antenna element (23, 24) arranged in between the compact block structure (20) and the housing component (32, 33), and a parasitic element (25, 26) integrated in the housing component (32, 33) and extending along at least a part of the at least one actively driven antenna element (23, 24). The parasitic element (25, 26) is electrically isolated from the at least one actively driven antenna element (23, 24).
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H01Q 7/00 - Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
H01Q 9/26 - Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength
The invention relates to a tool for inserting an ear-tip of a hearing aid into an auditory canal of an end user. The tool comprises a first part and a second part, which are movable in relation to each other around at least one pivot joint. A cavity for receiving a holding portion of the ear-tip is provided between the first and the second part, which cavity is enlarged when a second portion of the first part and a second section of the second part are pressed together.
44 - Medical, veterinary, hygienic and cosmetic services; agriculture, horticulture and forestry services
Goods & Services
Retail services, namely retail services in relation to
hearing aids and other acoustic and sound technical
apparatus and their parts and accessories; online retail
store services relating to hearing aids and other acoustic
and sound technical apparatus and their parts and
accessories; import and export agencies. Hospitals, medical clinics, medical assistance, health care,
otologists' assistance, hearing tests, medical services
offered to persons with defective hearing, medical advice
and information on hearing aids as well as fitting thereof,
and medical consultancy services to persons in relation to
defective hearing; services in connection with audiology,
including measuring of hearing loss, adjustment and
readjustment of hearing aids, hearing clinics; medical
assistance provided by ear specialists; professional
consultancy activities (not commercial) regarding hearing
clinics and audiology.
A hearing aid having a digital processing unit (200) having at least four digital data inputs configured to provide four input signals, at least two digital data outputs configured to provide two output signals, and a calculation unit (100) having at least one switch and at least one first multiplexer configured to route the input signals from the digital data inputs to the digital data outputs. The first configuration of the at least one switch and the at least one first multiplexer provides a complex multiplication of the four input signals representing two complex numbers, and a second configuration of the at least one switch and the at least one first multiplexer provides parallel real multiplication of two pairs of input signals the four input signals representing four real numbers.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Software for hearing instruments; software for fitting,
operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting,
verifying and maintaining of hearing aids; wireless
transmission and receiving devices, particularly for hearing
instruments; batteries; apparatus for recording,
transmission and reproduction of sound, images and/or data;
optical data carriers; data processing apparatus; computers
and data processors for use with medical devices; in-ear
headphones; wireless headphones; noise cancelling
headphones; electronic publications [downloadable]; data
carriers. Devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely hearing
instruments; hearing aids; medical hearing instruments for
use as hearing aids; prosthetic hearing devices;
audiometers; sensors for medical purposes; precision sensors
for medical use; patient monitoring sensors and alarms;
in-ear monitor systems for medical purposes; components and
parts of the above-mentioned goods as well as accessories
for the above-mentioned goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Software for hearing instruments; software for fitting,
operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting,
verifying and maintaining of hearing aids; wireless
transmission and receiving devices, particularly for hearing
instruments; batteries; computers and data processors for
use with medical devices; in-ear headphones; wireless
headphones; noise cancelling headphones; all of the
aforementioned in relation to equipment for the hearing
impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the
adult entertainment industry. Devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely hearing
instruments; hearing aids; medical hearing instruments for
use as hearing aids; prosthetic hearing devices;
audiometers; sensors for medical purposes; precision sensors
for medical use; patient monitoring sensors and alarms;
in-ear monitor systems for medical purposes; components and
parts of the above-mentioned goods as well as accessories
for the above-mentioned goods; all of the aforementioned in
relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of
the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment
industry.
86.
Method of estimating a hearing loss, a hearing loss estimation system and a computer readable medium
A method of estimating a hearing loss based on a parameterized representation of a plurality of audiograms and a hearing estimation system adapted to carry out the method.
G16H 50/30 - ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for calculating health indicesICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data miningICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for individual health risk assessment
87.
METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE REQUIRED OR IDEAL LENGTH OF A CABLE IN A HEARING AID
The use of the correct, required length of a cable in a hearing aid substantially contributes to the wearing comfort of the hearing aid. At least one ear depiction of an ear is created by a camera. An associated ear geometry is determined on the basis of the ear depiction. The required length of the cable for the hearing aid can in turn be determined by use of the ear geometry.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Software for hearing instruments; software for fitting, operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting, verifying and maintaining of hearing aids; wireless transmission and receiving devices, particularly for hearing instruments; batteries; apparatus for recording, transmission and reproduction of sound, images and/or data; optical data carriers; data processing apparatus; computers and processors for medical devices; in-ear headphones; wireless headphones; noise cancelling headphones; electronic publications [downloadable]; data carriers; none of the aforesaid goods being related to betting games, betting machines and/or equipment for casinos, bingo halls and other amusement arcades. Devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely hearing instruments; hearing aids; medical hearing instruments for use as hearing aids; prosthetic hearing devices; audiometers; sensors for medical purposes; precision sensors for medical use; patient monitoring sensors and alarms; in-ear monitor systems; components and parts of the above-mentioned goods as well as accessories for the above-mentioned goods..
89.
Hearing aid and a method of operating a hearing aid
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
A method of operating an in-situ fitting system (100) adapted to suggest an improved hearing aid parameter setting for a current user based on evaluated hearing aid parameter settings from a plurality of other users. The invention is also directed at an in-situ fitting system adapted to carry out said method.
A method of operating a hearing assistive device having a rechargeable battery, and comprises reading battery status data from a battery controller during use of the hearing assistive device, transferring the battery status data wirelessly from the hearing assistive device to a computing device and predicting, in the computing device, a remaining battery time for the rechargeable battery based upon the battery status data received. Once the remaining battery time is predicted, it is compared with a predefined use pattern for hearing assistive device and a user becomes notified if a conflict between the remaining battery time and the predefined use pattern is observed.
A hearing assistive device having an antenna component with a common antenna feed with a switching component. The antenna component has a first branch with a first resonance frequency and a second branch with a second resonance frequency. The hearing assistive device switches between a communication state and a wireless charging state. In the communication state a transceiver is connected to the antenna component, and in the wireless charging state a wireless charging unit is connected to the antenna component.
44 - Medical, veterinary, hygienic and cosmetic services; agriculture, horticulture and forestry services
Goods & Services
Retail services, namely retail services in relation to
hearing aids and other acoustic and sound technical
apparatus and their parts and accessories; online retail
store services relating to hearing aids and other acoustic
and sound technical apparatus and their parts and
accessories; import and export agencies. Hospitals, medical clinics, medical assistance, health care,
otologists' assistance, hearing test services, medical
services offered to persons with defective hearing, medical
advice and information on hearing aids as well as fitting
thereof, and medical consultancy services to persons in
relation to defective hearing; services in connection with
audiology, including measuring of hearing loss, adjustment
and readjustment of hearing aids, hearing clinics; medical
assistance provided by ear specialists; professional
consultancy activities (not commercial) regarding hearing
clinics and audiology.
95.
METHOD OF OPERATING AN AUDIO DEVICE SYSTEM AND AUDIO DEVICE SYSTEM
A method (100) of operating an audio device system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and an audio device system adapted to carry out the method.
G10L 21/02 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
G10L 25/30 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the analysis technique using neural networks
A method (500) of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and a hearing aid system adapted to carry out the method.
A method (500) of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide at least one of improved noise reduction and speech intelligibility and a hearing aid system adapted to carry out the method.
G10L 25/30 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups characterised by the analysis technique using neural networks
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Downloadable and recorded software for operating and monitoring the functioning of hearing instruments, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; software for fitting, operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting, verifying and maintaining of hearing aids, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; wireless transmission and receiving devices for acoustic information, particularly for hearing instruments, namely audio transmitters and audio receivers, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; computers and audio processors for medical devices to use with hearing aids, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry.
(2) Devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely hearing instruments, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; hearing aids, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; medical hearing instruments for use as hearing aids, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; prosthetic hearing devices, namely medical hearing instruments, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; audiometers for medical purposes, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; motion and auditory sensors for medical purposes, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; in-ear monitoring systems for medical purposes comprised primarily of hearing aids and wireless transmitters and receivers for use with hearing aids, and also comprised of recorded operating software therefore, all designed as a modular unit, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry; components, accessories and parts of the above-mentioned goods, namely wireless transmitters and receivers for use with hearing aids and medical hearing instruments, all in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Downloadable and recorded software for operating and monitoring the functioning of hearing instruments; downloadable and recorded software for fitting, operation, programming, testing, monitoring, adjusting, verifying and maintaining of hearing aids; batteries; computers and data processors for use with medical devices; in-ear headphones; wireless headphones; noise canceling headphones; all of the aforementioned in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry Devices for hearing-impaired persons, namely, medical hearing instruments; hearing aids; medical hearing instruments for use as hearing aids; prosthetic medical hearing devices; audiometers for medical purposes; motion and auditory sensors for medical purposes; precision motion and auditory sensors for medical use; patient monitoring sensors and alarms; in-ear monitor systems for medical purposes consisting of hearing aids and wireless transmitters and receivers for use with hearing aids, and also including recorded operating software therefor, all sold as a unit; components, accessories and parts of the above-mentioned goods, namely, wireless transmitters and receivers for use with hearing aids and medical hearing instruments; all of the aforementioned in relation to equipment for the hearing impaired and none of the aforementioned in relation to the adult entertainment industry.
