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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ullrich Sigwanz, Erlangen, DE;
Fred Zoels, Altenthann, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 2/500 ;
Abstract
A digital hearing aid with a variable directional microphone characteristic, has a signal processing unit, an earphone and at least two microphones, with a sigma-delta converter as well as a delay element following immediately thereafter in at least one microphone signal path. In a method for the operation of such a digital hearing aid, an A/D conversion with the sigma-delta converter ensues in the signal path of at least one microphone and the resulting 1-bit signal is delayed.