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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Jana Thiemt, Erlangen, DE;
Marko Lugger, Weilersbach, DE;
Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method for rating the speech quality of a speech signal by a hearing device. An acousto-electric input transducer records sound containing the speech signal and converts it into an input audio signal. At least one articulatory and/or prosodic property of the speech signal is quantitatively acquired through analysis of the input audio signal, and a quantitative measure of speech quality is derived based on the articulatory and/or prosodic property. A hearing device with an acousto-electric input transducer configured to record a sound and convert it into an input audio signal, and a signal processing apparatus that is designed to quantitatively acquire at least one articulatory and/or prosodic property of a component, contained in the input audio signal, of a speech signal based on analysis of the input audio signal and to derive a quantitative measure of the speech quality based on the at least one articulatory and/or prosodic property.