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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2024
Sonova Ag, Staefa, CH;
Olaf Strelcyk, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charlotte Vercammen, London, GB;
Laurent Simon, Stäfa, CH;
Stefan Klockgether, Hombrechtikon, CH;
Gilles Courtois, Uerikon, CH;
Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
An illustrative hearing system may be configured to receive, from an input transducer included in a hearing device configured to be worn by a user, audio data representative of one or more audio signals presented to the user and acquire motion data representative of head movements of the user while the user wears the hearing device and/or own-voice data representative of an own-voice activity of the user. The hearing system may be further configured to determine, based the motion data and/or own-voice data, a listening state of the user with respect to the one or more audio signals and perform, based on the listening state, an operation associated with the hearing device.