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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2020
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Karim Helwani, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Tao Zhang, Bloomington, MN (US);
Simon Carlile, Berkeley, CA (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A hearing device comprises a processor configured to generate a virtual auditory display comprising a sound field, a plurality of disparate sound field zones, and a plurality of quite zones that provide acoustic contrast between the sound field zones. The sound field zones and the quiet zones remain positionally stationary within the sound field. One or more sensors are configured to sense a plurality of inputs from the wearer. The processor is configured to facilitate movement of the wearer within the sound field in response to a navigation input received from the one or more sensors. The processor is also configured to select one of the sound field zones for playback via a speaker or actuation of a hearing device function in response to a selection input received from the one or more sensors.