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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Buye Xu, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Ivo Merks, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Frederic Philippe Denis Mustiere, Chaska, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/507 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hearing system performs nonlinear processing of signals received from a plurality of microphones using a neural network to enhance a target signal in a noisy environment. In various embodiments, the neural network can be trained to improve a signal-to-noise ratio without causing substantial distortion of the target signal. An example of the target sound includes speech, and the neural network is used to improve speech intelligibility.