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Sonova Ag

Phanak Ag

Hilmar Meier

Michael Boretzki

Stefan Launer

Hans-Ueli Roeck

Andi Vonlanthen

Stefan Daniel Menzl

Herbert Bächler

Roland Hug

Erdal Karamuk

Manuela Feilner

Jan Angst

Amre El-Hoiydi

Christoph Widmer

Nadim El Guindi

Ivo Hasler

Harald Krueger

Daniel Probst

Alfred Stirnemann

Elmar Fichtl

Christian Frei

Silvia Allegro-Baumann

Volker Kühnel

Silvia Allegro

Silvia Allegro Baumann

Christian Berg

Marc Secall

Herbert Baechler

Evert Dijkstra

Stephan Gehring

Andre Lucien Ochsenbein

Nina Stumpf

Timothée Jost

Markus Leuthold

Jonas Meyer

André Lucien Ochsenbein

Gabriel Perez

Daniel Baer

Christian Frei-Krumme

Leo Den Hartog

Valentin Chapero-Rueda

Ivo Spieler

Kathrin Vuille-Dit-Bille

Thomas Wessel

Reto Kurmann

Hubert Lechner

Hans-Ueli Röck

Christoph Schwob

Sebastian Stenzel

Martin Roth

Sébastien Aubert

Paul Bechtiger

A hearing aid, including an inertial sensor for detecting movement of the hearing aid, and a power mode controller connected to the inertial sensor through a threshold comparison unit and adapted to switch the hearing aid off or into a low power mode if the threshold comparison unit detects that a characteristic of a signal including information on the movement detected by the inertial sensor is below a certain threshold. Also, a method for controlling a power mode of a hearing aid.

Hearing aid and method for controlling a power mode thereof

The present invention pertains to a method for charging a rechargeable battery () of a hearing aid (). The proposed method comprises detecting a power supply () being connected to the hearing aid (), estimating a state of charge of the battery (), selecting one of at least a normal and a fast charging mode in dependence of the estimated state of charge, and charging the battery () according to the selected charging mode. Moreover, the present invention provides a hearing aid () including a battery charging unit () and adapted to support the proposed method.

Method for charging a battery of a hearing aid and a hearing aid with a battery charging unit

Provided is an audio transmission method between at least two audio communication systems including a transmitting audio communication system with first and second audio transmitting devices and a receiving audio communication system with at least one audio receiving device. The method includes transmitting a first wireless audio stream, via a first wireless audio link, by the first audio transmitting device and a second wireless audio stream, via a second wireless audio link, by the second audio transmitting device; and selecting, by the at least one audio receiving device, one of the first wireless audio stream or the second wireless audio stream based on quality parameters of the first audio link and the second wireless audio link.

Dual wireless audio streams transmission allowing for spatial diversity or own voice pickup (OVPU)

A hearing device including a housing, at least two microphones, and a sound receiving arrangement coupled to the housing such to span across the tragus of the user's ear in a direction from the rear of the user's head to the front of the user's head. The sound receiving arrangement includes a case formed with at least two openings adapted to allow sound entrance from the environment to the at least two microphones, respectively, wherein the openings are formed in portions of the sound receiving arrangement such that one of the at least two openings is located in front of the tragus and one is located rear the tragus.

Hearing device, a sound receiving arrangement, a set of parts and a hearing device system

A hearing device to be worn in or at the ear of a user. The hearing device includes a housing for accommodating an electronic component, wherein the housing includes an electromagnetic wave shielding material and is formed with an indentation. The indentation provides a space at the outer side of the housing, allowing an antenna to be inserted into the indentation. The proposed hearing device achieves improved shielding of the antenna against electromagnetic waves radiated from at least one of the electronic components.

Hearing device and a method for manufacturing thereof

A method for the broadcasting of sound to persons () with mobile hearing systems () at a meeting with a speaker () and with an audiovisual system (), the audiovisual system having a computer (), a screen () and a microphone (). The method comprises the steps: receiving first data from a first mobile hearing system () which is carried by a first person (), wherein the first data reference an image () of the first person (); receiving second data from a second mobile hearing system () which is carried by a second person (), wherein the second data reference an image () of the second person (); depicting the image () of the first person () and the image () of the second person () on the screen () for perception by the speaker (); selecting a person () by the speaker () by choosing one of the depicted images (); generating a speech signal by recording speech of the speaker () with the microphone (); wireless transmission of the speech signal to the mobile hearing system () of the selected person (); and presentation of the speech signal by a loudspeaker of the mobile hearing system () for perception by the selected person ().

Method for providing sound to persons during a talk and system for performing the method

There is provided a method of operating a hearing device () to be worn by a user, comprising: defining a plurality of hearing device services and assigning to each hearing device service a service access confirmation level selected from a plurality of hierarchically structured service access confirmation levels; providing an access software platform for enabling third party service access to the hearing device services; providing at least one application program adapted to provide a third party service to the hearing device, each application program adapted to utilize the access software platform and at least one of the hearing device services; providing a manufacturer access service for approving or denying access to the hearing device for each of the application programs depending on whether or not approval for the respective service access confirmation level(s) has been previously obtained.

Method of operating a hearing device

A hearing assistance system having a hearing assistance device to be worn at one of a user's ears and a scanning device, the hearing assistance device and the scanning device both having an interface for wireless data exchange between the hearing assistance device and the scanning device, wherein the hearing assistance device is adapted for wireless data exchange with an external device, wherein the scanning device is adapted to scan for wireless signals from the external device and to transmit, once such signals have been received by the scanning device, a message to the hearing assistance device for notifying the hearing assistance device of the availability of the external device, and wherein the hearing assistance device is adapted to decide, upon receipt of such notification message from the scanning device, whether on not to initiate wireless data exchange with the external device.

Hearing assistance system and method

In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a method of fitting a hearing instrument to a user's ear is provided. The method comprises taking an impression of the user's ear canal and manufacturing, based on geometrical data of the impression, an earmold. In accordance with the aspect of the invention, the method comprises the further step of performing an acoustical measurement while the impression is being taken.

Method of fitting a hearing instrument, and impression tool

A hearing instrument having an audio signal source for providing for audio signals; an audio signal processing unit for processing said audio signals; a unit to be worn at or in a user's ear or to be implanted in the user's head for stimulating the user's hearing according to the processed audio signals, and a rechargeable power source, in which the rechargeable power source is a wound capacitor comprising a capacitor foil arrangement which has at least a first electrically conducting layer, a second electrically conducting layer and a dielectric layer in-between and which is wound in a manner so as to form an induction coil for generating a current for charging of the capacitor when exposed to an external alternating electromagnetic field generated by a charging device.

Hearing instrument comprising a rechargeable power source

The present invention proposes a hearing device with a housing and a receiver module which comprises a shell () with a cavity having an opening (), wherein at least part of the shell () forms part of the housing, and wherein an electro-acoustic transducer, comprising a motor assembly () and an acoustic assembly () including a membrane, is arranged within the cavity, the acoustic assembly () being disposed within the shell () such that the cavity is divided into a front chamber () and a back chamber (), the motor assembly () being disposed within the back chamber () or the front chamber () and being operatively coupled to the membrane, and the front chamber () being in acoustic communication with the exterior of the shell () via the opening (), wherein the shell () has an outer surface individually shaped according to a measured inner shape of a section of an ear canal of a user of the hearing device. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing such a receiver module is presented.

Hearing device with a transducer module and method for manufacturing a transducer module

The present invention proposes a method for operating a hearing device capable of receiving a plurality of input signals (i, . . . , i). The method comprises the steps of extracting source identification information embedded in one or more of the input signals (i, . . . , i), wherein the source identification information identifies a signal source (S, . . . , S) from which a particular input signal (i, . . . , i) originates, and/or extracting audio type information embedded in one or more of the input signals (i, . . . , i), wherein the audio type information provides an indication of the type of audio content present in a particular input signal (i, . . . , i), selecting from the plurality of input signals (i, . . . , i) one or more selected signals to be processed (u, . . . , u), processing the selected signals (u, . . . , u), and generating an output signal (o) of the hearing device by said processing of the selected signals (u, . . . , u). Thereby, the step of selecting is at least partly dependent on the extracted source identification information and/or the extracted audio type information, and/or wherein the step of processing is at least partly dependent on the extracted source identification information and/or the extracted audio type information. A corresponding hearing device is also disclosed.

Method for operating a hearing device and a hearing device

A hearing instrument receiver system for operation in an ear canal of a user for converting audio signals into sound, comprising a lateral receiver, a medial receiver and a flexible joint assembly connecting the medial end of the lateral receiver and the lateral end of the medial receiver in such a manner that the lateral receiver and the medial receiver are pivotable relative to each other in order to follow the shape of the ear canal.

Receiver system for a hearing instrument

The method for operating a hearing system comprising at least one hearing device; at least one signal processing unit; at least one user control by means of which at least one audio processing parameter of said signal processing unit is adjustable; and a sensor unit; comprises the steps of An improved automatic adaptation of the audio processing properties of the hearing system the hearing system user's preference can be achieved.

Hearing system and method for operating a hearing system

The invention relates to a method for operating a hearing system comprising an input unit, an output unit and a transmission unit operationally interconnecting said input output units. Said transmission unit implements a transfer function describing, how audio signals generated by said input unit are processed in order to derive audio signals fed to said output unit, and can be adjusted by one or more transfer function parameters. Said method comprises obtaining, by means of said input unit and with a first directional characteristic, first audio signals from incoming acoustic sound; deriving from said first audio signals a first set of sound-characterizing data; and deriving, in dependence of

Hearing system and method for deriving information on an acoustic scene

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