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US08259972B2 Hearing aid adapted to a specific type of voice in an acoustical environment, a method and use 有权
助听器适用于声学环境中的特定类型的声音,方法和用途

  • Patent Title: Hearing aid adapted to a specific type of voice in an acoustical environment, a method and use
  • Patent Title (中): 助听器适用于声学环境中的特定类型的声音,方法和用途
  • Application No.: US12355633
    Application Date: 2009-01-16
  • Publication No.: US08259972B2
    Publication Date: 2012-09-04
  • Inventor: Neil Hockley
  • Applicant: Neil Hockley
  • Applicant Address: CH Berne
  • Assignee: Bernafon AG
  • Current Assignee: Bernafon AG
  • Current Assignee Address: CH Berne
  • Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
  • Priority: EP08100701 20080121
  • Main IPC: H04R25/00
  • IPC: H04R25/00
Hearing aid adapted to a specific type of voice in an acoustical environment, a method and use
Abstract:
A hearing aid having a microphone for converting an ambient sound signal to an electric sound signal, a voice detector adapted to determine if a voice is present in said electric sound signal and a frequency analyzer to determine a fundamental frequency of a voice present in said electric sound signal, a signal processor adapted to process said electric sound signal, or an electric signal derived from it, independent of adjustable processing parameters, a memory having corresponding sets of processing parameters and fundamental voice frequencies, a decision unit to select and forward from the memory to the signal processor a set of processing parameters in accordance with a fundamental frequency determined by the frequency analyzer. Further, a method of adapting a hearing aid and to the use of such hearing aid.
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