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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Nils Peter Nordqvist, Sollentuna, SE;
Arne Leijon, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Nils Peter Nordqvist, Sollentuna, SE;
Arne Leijon, Stockholm, SE;
Assignee:
GN ReSound A/S, , DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hearing prosthesis that automatically adjusts itself to a surrounding listening environment is provided. In one aspect, the automatic adjustment is achieved by controlling one or several algorithm parameters of a predetermined signal processing algorithm. In another aspect, the signal input to the hearing prosthesis is continuously and automatically classified as belonging to one of several everyday listening environments, the results of the classification being communicated to the processing means thus allowing the processing means to control the algorithm parameters.