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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Inventors:

Masahiro Sunohara, Plymouth, MN (US);

Henning Schepker, Oldenburg, DE;

Martin Mckinney, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Piero Iared Rivera Benois, Bad Zwischenahn, DE;

Assignee:

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/453 (2013.01); G10K 11/17873 (2018.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for active noise cancellation (ANC) for hearing device applications. A method includes estimating a first sound pressure on an ear drum of a wearer of the hearing device caused by a hearing processing signal, estimating a second sound pressure on the ear drum of the wearer of the hearing device caused by a leakage path of the hearing device, and computing a ratio of the first sound pressure and the second sound pressure to predict a comb-filtering effect for the hearing device. The method also includes computing an ANC controller using the computed ratio in one or more frequency ranges, and canceling leaked sound into an ear canal of the wearer for the hearing device in the one or more frequency ranges using the ANC controller.


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