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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Oticon A/s, Smørum, DK;
Anders Højsgaard Thomsen, Smørum, DK;
Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Smørum, DK;
Svend Oscar Petersen, Smørum, DK;
Edvinas Bureika, Smørum, DK;
Christian Asp Mogensen, Smørum, DK;
Troels Holm Pedersen, Smørum, DK;
Gorm Dannesboe, Smørum, DK;
Jacob Anders Roug, Smørum, DK;
Mathias Bruun Larsen, Smørum, DK;
Mikkel Nielsen, Smørum, DK;
Oticon A/S, Smørum, DK;
Abstract
A hearing device with an adjustable vent is disclosed. The device includes at least one microphone configured to provide an input signal representing sound, a processor configured to process the input signal and provide a processed signal, at least one loudspeaker configured to receive the processed signal from the processor and to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal to the ear of a user, an earpiece comprising a vent, and an electrically controllable valve configured to control the vent, and a valve control unit configured to receive one or more control signals in dependence of a current hearing situation of the hearing device, wherein the valve control unit is configured to adjust the electrically controllable valve in dependence of the one or more control signals to provide the vent to be in a state between an acoustically more open and an acoustically less open state.