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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
GN Hearing A/s, Ballerup, DK;
Søren Christian Voigt Pedersen, Valby, DK;
GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup, DK;
Abstract
A hearing device and a method is provided that alleviate discomfort caused by sound impulses, such as a door slam, clinking of silverware, jangling of keys, etc., by converting sound into an audio signal, subjecting the audio signal to a frequency transformation, detecting presence of an impulse in the audio signal based on the frequency transformed audio signal, and processing the audio signal into a processed audio signal in response to detected presence of the impulse in the audio signal, converting the processed signal into an output sound signal, and emitting the output sound signal towards an eardrum of a human. The processing may involve reducing the gain of the output sound signal if an impulse is detected.