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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Kazue Fusakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Yokokura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hearing aid () fits in an ear of a user and amplifies a sound and outputs the amplified sound. Specifically, the hearing aid includes: a microphone () as a pick-up unit which picks up the sound; a wireless communicating unit () which receives, from an external apparatus connected via wireless, an instruction for outputting a searching sound, the instruction for outputting a searching sound which is used for outputting a searching sound; an amplifier () which amplifies the outputted sound; an earphone () as an outputting unit which outputs the sound amplified by the amplifier (); and an operation switching unit () which switches between a hearing mode and a searched mode, the hearing mode causing the amplifier () to amplify a hearing sound which is a sound picked up by the microphone () with a use of a first amplification factor, and the searched mode causing the amplifier () to amplify the searching sound, in response to the reception of the instruction for outputting a searching sound, with a use of a second amplification factor greater than the first amplification factor.