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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2010
Crilles Bak Rasmussen, Smørum, DK;
Anders Højsgaard Thomsen, Smørum, DK;
Crilles Bak Rasmussen, Smørum, DK;
Anders Højsgaard Thomsen, Smørum, DK;
OTICON A/S, Smorum, DK;
Abstract
A listening instrument includes a) a microphone unit for picking up an input sound from the current acoustic environment of the user and converting it to an electric microphone signal; b) a microphone gain unit for applying a specific microphone gain to the microphone signal and providing a modified microphone signal; c) a direct electric input signal representing an audio signal; d) a direct gain unit for applying a specific direct gain to the direct electric input signal and providing a modified direct electric input signal; e) a detector unit for classifying the current acoustic environment and providing one or more classification parameters; f) a control unit for controlling the specific microphone gain applied to the electric microphone signal and/or the specific direct gain applied to the direct electric input signal based on the one or more classification parameters.