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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Applicant:
James M. Kates, Niwot, CO (US);
Inventor:
James M. Kates, Niwot, CO (US);
Assignee:
GN Resound A/S, Ballerup, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hearing aid includes a microphone for conversion of acoustic sound into an input audio signal, a signal processor for processing the input audio signal for generation of an output audio signal; and a transducer for conversion of the output audio signal into a signal to be received by a human, wherein the signal processor includes a compressor with a compressor input/output rule that is variable in response to a signal level of the input audio signal.