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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Cecil Wilson, Erlangen, DE;

Maja Serman, Erlangen, DE;

Eghart Fischer, Schwabach, DE;

Assignee:

Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); G10L 2021/03646 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hearing system includes a hearing instrument for capturing a sound signal from an environment of the hearing instrument. The captured sound signal is processed, and the processed sound signal is output to a user of the hearing instrument. In a speech recognition step, the captured sound signal is analyzed to recognize speech intervals, in which the captured sound signal contains speech. In a speech enhancement procedure performed during recognized speech intervals, the amplitude of the processed sound signal is periodically varied according to a temporal pattern that is consistent with a stress rhythmic pattern of the user. A method for operating the hearing instrument is also provided.


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