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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Inventor:

Brent Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01); H04S 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04S 1/005 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04S 5/00 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application provides method and apparatus for a binaural hearing assistance system using a monaural audio signal input. The system, in various examples, provides adjustable delay/phase adjustment and sound level adjustment. Different embodiments are provided for receiving the monaural signal and distributing it to a plurality of hearing assistance devices. Different relaying modes are provided. Special functions are supported, such as telecoil functions. The system also has examples that account for a head-related transfer function in providing advanced sound processing for the wearer. Other examples are provided that are described in the detailed description.


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