Widex A/s

Andre Marcoux

Carl Ludvigsen

A system for determining the hearing ability of an individual comprises a generator for generating a test stimulus signal, a hearing aid () having a digital signal processor for processing said test stimulus signal and converting it in order to output an acoustic stimulus signal, and a first synchronizing means. The system further comprises an electrophysiological instrument () having a second synchronizing means, and means () for establishing from said individual an evoked response to said acoustic signal. The first synchronizing means and said second synchronizing means exchange a synchronization signal in order to synchronize said evoked response to said acoustic stimulus signal. The invention also provides a hearing aid and a method for carrying out electrophysiological measurement of the hearing ability of an individual.

System and method for the objective measurement of hearing ability of an individual

A composite hearing aid system comprises two hearing aids () with respective microphones () and electronic receivers (), a microphone () and a transmitter () adapted to transmit the signal from the microphone () to the electronic receivers. At least one of the hearing aids () comprises means for inverting the phase of the signal received by the electronic receivers (). When the phase of the received signal is inverted in one of the hearing aids (), a release from masking is obtained, and the perceived signal-to-noise ratio is improved. The invention provides a composite hearing aid system, a hearing aid and a method for processing audio signals.

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Andre Marcoux