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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Sonova Ag, Staefa, CH;
Inventor:
Manuela Feilner, Egg bei Zürich, CH;
Assignee:
Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/305 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04R 2225/39 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing feedback of an own voice loudness of a user of a hearing device comprises: extracting an own voice signal of the user from an audio signal acquired with a microphone of the hearing device; determining a sound level of the own voice signal from the audio signal; determining an acoustic situation of the user; determining at least one of a minimal threshold and a maximal threshold for the sound level of the own voice signal from the acoustic situation of the user; and notifying the user, when the sound level is at least one of lower than the minimal threshold and higher than the maximal threshold.