Oticon A/s

Peter Sommer

Anders Højsgaard Thomsen

Martin Larsen

Gary Jones

Jacob Anders Roug

Peter H Weis

Bjarke Mejnertsen

Svend Oscar Petersen

Thomas Lunner

Tanveer Bhuiyan

Antonello Salvatucci

Sergi Rotger Griful

José Antonio Esparza Isasa

Kim Tilgaard Petersen

Michael Syskind Pedersen

Jesper Bruun Jensen

Karsten Bo Rasmussen

Carsten Trygve Bogh

Jan Mark De Haan

Kåre Tais Christensen

Meng Guo

Troels Holm Pedersen

Steen Michael Munk

Lars Bramsløw

Thomas Kaulberg

Mojtaba Farmani

Povl Koch

Anders Meng

Regin Kopp Pedersen

Martin Bergmann

Pauli Minnaar

Claus Dyre Nielsen

Vijay Kumar Bhat

Søren Laugesen

Bent Severin

Thor Højlund Olsen

Gabriel Aldaz

Hongyan Sun

Glenn Jensen

Mette Boel Pedersen

Henrik Lodberg Olsen

Jan Frantzen

Lars Lund Jørgensen

Anders Hebsgaard

Carsten Trygve Bøgh

Jørn Johansen

Michael Kai Petersen

Jacob Schack Larsen

Carsten T Bøgh

There is provided a hearing aid with a Receiver In The Ear speaker assembly comprising a connecting member with electric conductors connecting a connector at one end, and a receiver housing with a receiver at the opposite end. A microphone housing with a microphone is attached to the connecting member. The microphone housing with the microphone is separated by a distance from the receiver in the receiver housing, thus reducing acoustic or mechanical feedback problems. Especially, the microphone and connector may share one common housing.

Speaker assembly for hearing aid

The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user. The system comprising an input unit for receiving an input sound signal from an environment of the hearing aid user and providing at least one electric input signal representing said input sound signal, an output unit for providing at least one set of stimuli perceivable as sound to the hearing aid user based on processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimator for determining an SNR in the environment of the hearing aid user, a processing unit connected to said input unit and to said output unit and comprising signal processing parameters of the system to provide processed versions of said at least one electric input signal, a memory unit configured to store reference sets of SNR and pulse transition time (PTT) of the hearing aid user, at least a first and a second physiological sensor, wherein the system being configured to determine, based on the first physiological sensor, a first point in time at a first maximum upslope point of a first measured parameter, determine, based on the second physiological sensor, a second point in time at a second maximum upslope point of a second measured parameter, establish a current PTT by calculating a time difference between the first point in time and the second point in time, and determine, based on the current PTT and the stored reference sets of SNR and PTT, a current listening effort of the hearing aid user.

Hearing aid comprising a physiological sensor

A hearing aid adapted for being worn by a user at or in an ear of the user comprises a) at least one input transducer for converting sound in an environment around the user to at least one electric input signal representing said sound; b) an output transducer for converting a processed output signal provided in dependence of said at least one electric input signal to stimuli perceivable to the user as sound; c) a feedback control system comprising an adaptive filer, the feedback control system being configured to provide an adaptively determined estimate (*(n)) of a current feedback path ((n)) from said output transducer to said at least one input transducer in dependence of c1) said at least one electric input signal, c2) said processed output signal, and c3) an adaptive algorithm. The hearing aid further comprises d) a database comprising a multitude (M) of previously determined candidate feedback paths (); and e) a controller configured to identify a change in the current feedback path ((n)) based on the adaptively determined estimate (*(n)) of the current feedback path and at least one of said multitude of previously determined candidate feedback paths (). A method of operating a hearing aid is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, e.g. binaural hearing aid systems or headsets, or speakerphones, or combinations thereof.

Hearing device comprising a feedback control system

There is provided a hearing aid with a Receiver In The Ear speaker assembly comprising a connecting member with electric conductors connecting a connector at one end, and a receiver housing with a receiver at the opposite end. A microphone housing with a microphone is attached to the connecting member. Placed along the connecting member, the microphone housing with the microphone is separated by a distance from the receiver in the receiver housing, thus reducing acoustic or mechanical feedback problems. Especially, the microphone and connector may share one common housing.

A method of personalizing one or more parameters of a processing algorithm for use in a hearing aid of a specific user comprises

Personalization of algorithm parameters of a hearing device

There is provided a hearing aid with a Receiver In The Ear speaker assembly comprising an connecting member with electric conductors connecting a connector at one end, and a receiver housing with a receiver at the opposite end. A microphone housing with a microphone is attached to the connecting member. Placed along the connecting member, the microphone housing with the microphone is separated by a distance from the receiver in the receiver housing, thus reducing acoustic or mechanical feedback problems. Especially, the microphone and connector may share one common housing.

A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, configured to play sound into an ear canal of a user, the hearing device comprising

Hearing device comprising direct sound compensation

A hearing aid device configured to be partly or fully inserted into the ear canal of a user is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a receiver (loudspeaker) adapted to generate and send an air-borne acoustic signal towards the eardrum when the hearing aid device is partly or fully inserted into the ear canal. The hearing aid device further comprises a microphone configured to receive acoustic signals. The hearing aid device comprises a processing unit configured to determine if the hearing aid device is positioned in a correct position in the ear canal on the basis of the acoustic signals received by the microphone.

Hearing aid device with positioning guide and hearing aid device system

A system for enabling a hearing device wireless access to a communication network includes a first transceiver unit in the hearing device communicating according to a first communication protocol. The system also includes a server device including an input/output unit connected to the communication network and configured to communicate according to a second communication protocol. A second transceiver unit is connected wirelessly to the first transceiver unit and configured to communicate according to the first communication protocol. A translator unit interconnects the second transceiver unit and the input/output unit and is configured to translate between the first and second communication protocol. The hearing device is configured to upload and download data to and from the communication network through the server device, and the server device is incorporated in a mobile or cellular telephone.

System and method for sharing network resources between hearing devices

An external microphone array is configured to be used with a hearing aid and comprises a number of microphones configured to detect one or more sound signals from a sound source and means for wirelessly sending the detected sound signal to at least one hearing aid. The external microphone array comprises means for automatically determining the direction of the sound source either by: a) receiving a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control; b) by receiving acoustic signals picked up by the hearing aid(s) and by further comparing the signals with signals received by the external microphone array. The external microphone array may e.g. take the form of a sphere, a hemi-sphere or a neckband.

External microphone array and hearing aid using it

This invention relates to a system () for enabling a hearing device () wireless access to a communication network (). The system () comprises a first transceiver unit () in said hearing device () communicating according to a first communication protocol. The system () further comprises a server device () comprising an input/output unit (), which is connected to the communication network () and communicates according to a second communication protocol, a second transceiver unit (), which is connected wirelessly to the first transceiver unit () and communicates according to the first communication protocol, and comprising a translator unit (), which interconnects the second transceiver unit () and the input/output unit () and translates between the first and second communication protocol.

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Peter Sommer