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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Applicants:
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Carl Von Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg, Oldenburg, DE;
Inventors:
Dirk Oetting, Oldenburg, DE;
Volker Hohmann, Oldenburg, DE;
Stephan D Ewert, Oldenburg, DE;
Jens Ekkehart Appell, Achternmeer, DE;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H03G 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/356 (2013.01); H03G 9/025 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 25/70 (2013.01); H04S 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a dynamic compressor of a hearing aid includes a combination signal analyzer for determining the binaural similarity of a left and right audio signal and an amplification adjuster for providing an amplification value for a band of the left or right audio signal in dependence on the binaural similarity and a level of the left or right audio signal in the band.