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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2023
Oticon A/s, Smoerum, DK;
Michael Syskind Pedersen, Smoerum, DK;
Carsten Scheel, Smoerum, DK;
Martin Bergmann, Frederiksberg C, DK;
Henrik Bay, Smoerum, DK;
Morten Pedersen, Smoerum, DK;
Bent Krogsgaard, Smoerum, DK;
Jacob Mikkelsen, Smoerum, DK;
Stefan Gram, Copenhagen, DK;
Jan M. De Haan, Smoerum, DK;
Andreas Thelander Bertelsen, Smoerum, DK;
Oticon A/S, Smørum, DK;
Abstract
A hearing assistive device comprises a multi-microphone system for providing a processed input signal. The multi-microphone system comprises a multitude of microphones for picking up sound from an environment; and a beamformer filter configured to. The hearing assistive device further comprises an attachment element configured to fix the hearing assistive device to the body or clothes of a person. The multi-microphone system is configurable to operate in at least two modes in dependence of a mode control signal, A) a directional mode and B) an omni-directional mode wherein said multi-microphone system is configured to provide said processed input signal as a substantially directional signal, and as a substantially omni-directional signal, respectively. The attachment element is configured to provide an electric signal indicative of a current state of the attachment element. The hearing assistive device further comprises a mode controller for providing said mode control signal in dependence of said electric signal indicative of a current state of the attachment element.