Oticon A/s

Graham Naylor

Michael Syskind Pedersen

Thomas Lunner

Niels Henrik Pontoppidan

Povl Koch

Eline Borch Petersen

Lars Ivar Hauschultz

S Gert Weinrich

The present disclosure relates to communication devices. Such devices may comprise input for receiving sound signal to be processed and presented to a user, and output for outputting the processed signal to a user perceivable as sound. Such processing may be performed by use of a processor for processing the sound signal in dependence of a setting or a set of setting to compensate a hearing loss profile. Further, the communication device may comprise a bio-signal acquisition and amplifier component in communication with a user interface for providing the bio-signals as input to the user interface, the user interface controlling the setting or set of setting for operation of the communication device.

Hearing assistance device with brain computer interface

The application relates to a hearing assistance system (a method and its use) for processing an input signal representative of sound according to a user's needs, the hearing assistance system comprising an implanted part adapted for being at least partially implanted in a user's head and comprising a sensing unit capable of measuring an endocochlear potential at one or more positions along the length of the cochlear partition. The hearing assistance system further comprises a decoder configured to receive said endocochlear potentials or signals derived therefrom and to transform the received signals into signals appropriately conditioned for use as control inputs to the signal processing unit, and wherein the signal processing unit is configured to process the electric input signal in dependence of said control inputs from said decoder. Thereby the processing of the audio signal of a hearing assistance device can be automatically adapted over time.

Hearing assistance system with improved signal processing comprising an implanted part

A hearing aid comprises a microphone configured to receive an acoustic input signal and convert the signal into an electric input signal, an audiological signal processing unit coupled to the microphone and configured to process the electric input signal to a processed signal, an amplifier coupled to the audiological signal processing unit and configured to amplify the processed signal to an amplified signal, and a receiver coupled to the amplifier and configured to transform the amplified signal into an acoustic output signal. The hearing aid further comprises a howl detector coupled to the signal processing unit and configured to detect the presence of a feedback howl originating from the hearing aid an analyzer coupled to the howl detector and configured to determine a value indicative of whether the feedback howl detected is potentially audible to a person neighboring the user of the hearing aid.

Hearing aid comprising a feedback alarm

The invention relates to a method for fitting a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user, the method comprising collecting statistical data characterizing physical or psychological properties of environments in which use of the hearing aid is desired and utilizing the statistical values for the adjustment of the signal processing in the hearing aid, such statistical data having influence even though they may have been collected prior to the wearer's first or current period of listening via the hearing aid. The invention further relates to a device for implementing the method.

Method for improving the fitting of hearing aids and device for implementing the method

This invention relates to a hearing aid system () for generating auditory spatial cues. The hearing aid system () comprises a first microphone unit () adapted to convert sound received at a first microphone () and received at a second microphone (), a first delay unit () connected to the first microphone () delaying the signal from the first microphone (), a first calculation unit () for summing the delayed signal of the first microphone () and signal of the second microphone (), a processor unit () processing the summed signal, and a speaker converting the processed signal to a processed sound. The first and second microphones () are separated by a predetermined first distance and the first delay unit () provides a predetermined first delay thereby generating a first auditory spatial cue representing a first spatial dimension in the summed signal.

System and method for generating auditory spatial cues

The invention relates to a method for fitting a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user, the method comprising collecting statistical data characterising physical or psychological properties of environments in which use of the hearing aid is desired and utilising the statistical values for the adjustment of the signal processing in the hearing aid, such statistical data having influence even though they may have been collected prior to the wearer's first or current period of listening via the hearing aid. The invention further relates to a device for implementing the method.

A method for prescribing the initial setting of signal processing parameters in a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user includes gathering and storing in electronic form a first set of data concerning the user's audiological function and gathering and storing in electronic form a second set of data indicating the level of cognitive function possessed by the user. The two sets of data are used in combination for computing at least one suggested initial setting of the signal processing parameters of the hearing aid.

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