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Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:

GN Hearing A/s, Ballerup, DK;

Inventors:

Changxue Ma, Barrington, IL (US);

Rob De Vries, Tilburg, NL;

Andrew Dittberner, Andover, MN (US);

Assignee:

GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup, DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 25/405 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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