HEARING AID DETERMINING TALKERS OF INTEREST

    公开(公告)号:US20250024209A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18900353

    申请日:2024-09-27

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing aid includes an input providing an input signal representing sound in an environment, the input signal including no speech signal, or one or more speech signals from one or more speech sound sources and additional signal components, termed noise signal, from one or more other sound sources, an own voice detector, a voice activity detector, and a talker extraction unit to determine and/or receive one or more speech signals as separated one or more speech signals from speech sound sources other than the hearing aid user and to detect the speech signal originating from the voice of the user. The talker extraction unit provides separate signals, each including, or indicating presence of, one of the one or more speech signals. A noise reduction system determines speech overlap and/or gap between the speech signal originating from the user's voice and each of the separated one or more speech signals.

    LOW LATENCY HEARING AID
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240298122A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18647406

    申请日:2024-04-26

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    CPC classification number: H04R25/505

    Abstract: A hearing aid comprises at least one input unit for providing at least one stream of samples of an electric input signal in a first domain; at least one encoder configured to convert said at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in the first domain to at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in a second domain; a processing unit configured to process said at least one electric input signal in the second domain, to provide a compensation for the user's hearing impairment, and to provide a processed signal as a stream of samples in the second domain; a decoder configured to convert said stream of samples of the processed signal in the second domain to a stream of samples of the processed signal in the first domain. The at least one encoder is configured to convert a first number of samples from said at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in the first domain to a second number of samples in said at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in the second domain. The decoder is configured to convert said second number of samples from said stream of samples of the processed signal in the second domain to said first number of samples in said stream of samples of the electric input signal in the first domain. The second number of samples is larger than the first number of samples. The at least one encoder is trained, and at least a part of said processing unit providing said compensation for the user's hearing impairment is implemented as a trained neural network. A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid may be provided.

    HEARING DEVICE OR SYSTEM COMPRISING A COMMUNICATION INTERFACE

    公开(公告)号:US20240223971A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18609762

    申请日:2024-03-19

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    CPC classification number: H04R25/505 H04R25/40 H04R25/43 H04R25/554 H04R25/604

    Abstract: A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) at least one input transducer for converting sound in the environment of the hearing device to respective at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals representing said sound; b) a wireless receiver for receiving an audio signal from a wireless transmitter of a sound capturing device for picking up sound in said environment and providing a wirelessly received electric input signal representing said sound; and c) a processor configured c1) to receive said at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals, or a processed version thereof; c2) to receive said wirelessly received electric input signal; and c3) to provide a processed signal. The processor comprises a signal predictor for estimating future values of said wirelessly received electric input signal in dependence of a multitude of past values of said signal, thereby providing a predicted signal. The hearing device further comprises d) an output transducer for presenting output stimuli perceivable as sound to the user in dependence of said processed signal from said processor, or a further processed version thereof. The processor is configured to provide said processed signal in dependence of the predicted signal or a processed version thereof 1) alone, or 2) mixed with said at least one acoustically received electric input signal or signals, or a processed version thereof. A hearing device comprising an earpiece and a separate audio processing device is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing devices in wireless communication with audio capture devices in an immediate environment of the user wearing the hearing device.

    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.

    LOW LATENCY HEARING AID
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220394397A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17831807

    申请日:2022-06-03

    Applicant: Oticon A/S

    Abstract: A hearing aid comprises at least one input unit for providing at least one stream of samples of an electric input signal in a first domain; at least one encoder configured to convert said at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in the first domain to at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in a second domain; a processing unit configured to process said at least one electric input signal in the second domain, to provide a compensation for the user's hearing impairment, and to provide a processed signal as a stream of samples in the second domain; a decoder configured to convert said stream of samples of the processed signal in the second domain to a stream of samples of the processed signal in the first domain. The at least one encoder is configured to convert a first number of samples from said at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in the first domain to a second number of samples in said at least one stream of samples of the electric input signal in the second domain. The decoder is configured to convert said second number of samples from said stream of samples of the processed signal in the second domain to said first number of samples in said stream of samples of the electric input signal in the first domain. The second number of samples is larger than the first number of samples. The at least one encoder is trained, and at least a part of said processing unit providing said compensation for the user's hearing impairment is implemented as a trained neural network. A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed. Thereby an improved hearing aid may be provided.

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