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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
GN Hearing A/s, Ballerup, DK;
Jesper B. Boldt, Ballerup, DK;
Charlotte Sørensen, Ballerup, DK;
Rene Burmand Johannesson, Ballerup, DK;
GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup, DK;
Abstract
A hearing device includes: an antenna for receiving a first wireless input signal from an external device and providing an antenna output signal; a transceiver configured to provide a transceiver input signal; an input module for provision of a first input signal, the input module comprising a first microphone; a processor; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; a pre-processor for provision of a pre-processor output signal based on the first input signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator for determining a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the transceiver input signal and a first controller input signal, wherein the controller is configured to provide a controller output signal based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the pre-processor is configured to apply, based on the controller output signal, a pre-processing scheme to the first input signal and/or the transceiver input signal.