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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Kenji Iwano, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsunobu Murase, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Iwano, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsunobu Murase, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hearing aid that can reflect setting change of the hearing aid responsive to a sound environment by the user as intended, prevent the user from feeling inconvenience or displeasure caused by changing setting of the hearing aid, and enable the user to easily change the setting is provided. A hearing aid of the invention includes a microphoneconfigured to generate an input signal from an input sound, a signal processing unitconfigured to process the input signal and generating an output signal, and a receiverconfigured to play an output sound from the output signal. The signal processing unitdetermines a time response of the input signal based on a contact sound generated when the hearing aid is contacted in a predetermined time period, and changes setting of the hearing aid based on the time response.