Gn Hearing A/s

Gn Resound A/s

Falcom A/s

Medacoustics Research & Technology

Andrew Dittberner

Changxue Ma

Rob De Vries

Aalbert De Vries

Vidya Krull

Karl-Fredrik Johan Gran

Erik Cornelis Diederik Van Der Werf

Joris Kraak

Almer Jacob Van Den Berg

Lucas Cristobal Parra

Tobias Piechowiak

Nikolai Bisgaard

Rob Anton Jurjen De Vries

Wang Fang

Ivan Vladimirov Iotzov

Eugene Brandewie

Gert Hoey Jakobsen

Charlotte Thunberg Jespersen

Hearing system, accessory device, agent and method for situated design of a hearing algorithm of a hearing device is disclosed, the method comprising initializing a model comprising a parameterized objective function; providing one or more operating parameters indicative of the hearing algorithm to the hearing device; obtaining operating data comprising corresponding input data and output data of the hearing device; obtaining evaluation data indicative of user evaluation of the output data; determining one or more updated operating parameters based on the model, the operating data and the evaluation data; and providing the updated operating parameters to the hearing device.

Hearing system, accessory device and related method for situated design of hearing algorithms

An electronic device configured to communicate with a binaural hearing device, includes: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive, from the binaural hearing device, a signal indicating an orientation of a head of a user of the binaural hearing device; a memory storing head-related transfer functions (HRTF) respectively for a left ear and a right ear of the user; an input transducer configured to capture sound at a distance from the user; and a processing unit configured to provide a spatialized binaural audio signal based on the captured sound, the orientation of the head of the user, and the head-related transfer functions (HRTF); wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the spatialized binaural audio signal to the binaural hearing device for allowing the binaural hearing device to provide left and right audio outputs based on the spatialized binaural audio signal.

System for audio rendering comprising a binaural hearing device and an external device

A hearing device includes: an earpiece having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the earpiece is configured for insertion into an ear canal of a user, and wherein at least a part of the earpiece is configured for placement along a first bend of the ear canal; wherein the earpiece comprises a flexible member, at least a part of the flexible member located at the first end of the earpiece, wherein at least a part of the flexible member is configured for placement along a second bend of the ear canal located between the first bend and an eardrum.

Hearing devices and methods of making the same

A hearing aid includes: a microphone configured to provide a microphone signal that corresponds with an acoustic stimulus naturally received by a user of the hearing aid; a processing unit coupled to the microphone, the processing unit configured to provide a processed signal based at least on the microphone signal; a speaker coupled to the processing unit, the speaker configured to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal; and a sensor configured to measure a neural response of the user to the acoustic stimulus, and to provide a sensor output; wherein the processing unit is configured to detect presence of speech based on the microphone signal, and to process the sensor output and the microphone signal to estimate speech intelligibility; and wherein the processing unit is also configured to adjust a sound processing parameter for the hearing aid based at least on the estimated speech intelligibility.

Hearing aids with self-adjustment capability based on electro-encephalogram (EEG) signals

The present disclosure relates to methods of performing bilateral processing of respective microphone signals of a left ear hearing aid and a right ear hearing aid of a binaural hearing aid system and to corresponding binaural hearing aid systems.

Binaural hearing aid system comprising a bilateral beamforming signal output and omnidirectional signal output

The present disclosure pertains to a method of automatic switching between omnidirectional (OMNI) and directional (DIR) microphone modes in a binaural hearing aid comprising a first microphone system for the provision of a first input signal, a second microphone system for the provision of a second input signal, where the first microphone system is adapted to be placed in or at a first ear of a user, the second microphone system is adapted to be placed in or at a second ear of said user, the method comprising a measurement step, where the spectral and temporal modulations of the first and second input signal are monitored, an evaluation step, where the spectral and temporal modulations of the first and second input signal are evaluated by the calculation of an evaluation index of speech intelligibility for each of said signals, and an operational step, where the microphone mode of the first and the second microphone systems of the binaural hearing aid are selected in dependence of the calculated evaluation indexes.

Methods and apparatuses for setting a hearing aid to an omnidirectional microphone mode or a directional microphone mode

A acoustic device includes a pinna replica, wherein an inner surface of the pinna replica faces the exterior so that exterior sounds are received by the pinna replica and a microphone unit for collecting said exterior sounds, said microphone unit being configured to emit a first electric signal comprising information on the collected exterior sounds.

Acoustic device

Disclosed is a hearing device and method of operating a hearing device in a binaural hearing system, the method comprising: receiving distal data from a distal hearing device; receiving an audio signal and converting the audio signal to a first microphone input signal and a second microphone input signal; and determining a beamforming scheme based on the distal data, the first microphone input signal, and the second microphone input signal, wherein determining the beamforming scheme comprises obtaining a zero-direction index, and wherein the beamforming scheme is based on the zero-direction index; and applying the beamforming scheme in a beamforming module of the hearing device.

Hearing device with adaptive binaural auditory steering and related method

A hearing device for a binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device, comprising: a transceiver module for obtaining a contralateral filtered beamform signal from the contralateral hearing device; microphones for provision of a first and second microphone input signals; a first beamforming module for provision of a first beamform signal based on the first and second microphone input signals; a filter bank, connected to the first beamforming module, for filtering the first beamform signal into a plurality of filtered beamform signals including a first bandpass beamform signal; a bandpass beamformer coupled to the filter bank; an adder, connected to the bandpass beamformer, for provision of a beamformed input signal; a processing circuit for processing the beamformed input signal and providing an electrical output signal based on the beamformed input signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal.

Hearing device with adaptive sub-band beamforming and related method

A hearing device of a binaural hearing system is disclosed, the binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device. The hearing device comprises: a transceiver module for communication with the contralateral hearing device of the binaural system, the transceiver module configured for provision of a contralateral signal received from the contralateral hearing device; and a set of microphones comprising a first microphone and a second microphone for provision of a first microphone input signal and a second microphone input signal, respectively. The hearing device comprises: a beamforming module connected to the first microphone and the second microphone for processing the first microphone input signal, the second microphone input signal and the contralateral signal, the beamforming module configured to provide a first beamformed input signal. The hearing device comprises a beamforming controller connected to the beamforming module and the transceiver module.

Hearing device and method with flexible control of beamforming

A hearing device for a binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a transceiver module; microphones for provision of first and second microphone input signal; a first beamforming module for provision of a first beamform signal based on the first microphone input signal and the second microphone input signal; a filter bank for filtering the first beamform signal into a plurality of first sub-band beamform signals including a first bandpass beamform signal, and for filtering a contralateral beamform signal into a contralateral bandpass beamform signal; a second beamforming module comprising an adaptive bandpass beamformer for provision of a second bandpass beamform signal; an adder for provision of a beamformed input signal; a processor for providing an electrical output signal based on the beamformed input signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal.

A method of operating a hearing device and a hearing device are disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a first microphone signal and a second microphone signal. The method comprises obtaining a first beamform signal based on the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal. The method may comprise obtaining a second beamform signal based on the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal. The method comprises determining a first parameter based on the first beamform signal. The method may comprise combining the first beamform signal and the second beamform signal based on the first parameter for provision of an output beamform signal. The method comprises providing the output beamform signal for further processing including hearing loss compensation.

Hearing device and method with intelligent steering

A binaural hearing aid system includes: a first hearing aid having a first microphone, a first processing unit, a first receiver, and a first communication unit; and a second hearing aid having a second microphone, a second processing unit, a second receiver, and a second communication unit; wherein the first communication unit of the first hearing aid is configured to transmit a filtered signal for reception by the second communication unit of the second hearing aid in response to a signal associated with a phone.

Binaural hearing aid system with feedback suppression

A method of automatic switching between omnidirectional (OMNI) and directional (DIR) microphone modes in a binaural hearing aid comprising a first microphone system, a second microphone system, where the first microphone system is adapted to be placed in or at a first ear of a user, the second microphone system is adapted to be placed in or at a second ear of said user, the method includes a measurement step, where the spectral and temporal modulations of first and second input signals are monitored, an evaluation step, where the spectral and temporal modulations of the first and second input signal are evaluated by the calculation of an evaluation index of speech intelligibility for each of said signals, and an operational step, where the microphone mode of the first and the second microphone systems of the binaural hearing aid are selected in dependence of the calculated evaluation indexes.

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Antioch, IL, United States of America

Andrew Dittberner