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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2023
Applicant:

GN Hearing A/s, Ballerup, DK;

Inventors:

Changxue MA, Barrington, IL (US);

Rob De Vries, Tilburg, NL;

Andrew Dittberner, Andover, MN (US);

Assignee:

GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup, DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hearing device for a binaural hearing system and related methods are disclosed, the hearing device comprising a set of microphones comprising a first BTE microphone for provision of a first BTE microphone input signal, and a second BTE microphone for provision of a second BTE microphone input signal; a first beamformer connected to the first BTE microphone and the second BTE microphone for provision of a directional input signal based on the first BTE microphone input signal and the second BTE microphone input signal; a processor configured to provide an electrical output signal based on the directional input signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal, wherein the first beamformer is a foveated beamformer.


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