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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2007
Eghart Fischer, Schwabach, DE;
Matthias Fröhlich, Erlangen, DE;
Jens Hain, Kleinsendelbach, DE;
Henning Puder, Erlangen, DE;
Andre Steinbuss, Erlangen, DE;
Eghart Fischer, Schwabach, DE;
Matthias Fröhlich, Erlangen, DE;
Jens Hain, Kleinsendelbach, DE;
Henning Puder, Erlangen, DE;
Andre Steinbuss, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a hearing aid. A local source operating mode is established by a signal processing section of the hearing aid for tracking and selecting a local acoustic source of an ambient sound. Electrical acoustic signals from which the local acoustic source is determined by the signal processing section are generated by the hearing aid from the detected ambient sound. The local acoustic source is selectively taken into account by the signal processing section in an output sound of the hearing aid such that the local acoustic source is at least acoustically prominent and is therefore better perceived compared to another acoustic source for a hearing aid wearer.