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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2022
Sonova Ag, Staefa, CH;
Hans-Ueli Roeck, Hombrechtikon, CH;
Niklas Ignasiak, Zürich, CH;
Manuela Feilner, Egg b. Zürich, CH;
Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
A method for stabilizing a gait of a user wearing a hearing device comprises: sensing an audio signal with a microphone of the hearing device; modifying the audio signal with the hearing device into a modified audio signal; sensing a movement signal of the user with a movement sensor of the hearing device; determining a step signal indicative of a timing of steps of the user and/or a sway signal of the user indicative of a sway of the user over time from the movement signal; predicting a future step signal from the step signal; triggering a cue signal depending on the future step signal and/or the future sway signal; generating an output cue to be output to the user, the output cue comprising an acoustic cue; and adding the acoustic cue to the audio signal or the modified audio signal at the timing of the cue signal.