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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Ivo Hasler, Winterthur, CH;
Micha Knaus, Jona, CH;
Ivo Hasler, Winterthur, CH;
Micha Knaus, Jona, CH;
SONOVA AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
Method for operating a hearing device () that is worn by a hearing device user (), the method comprising the steps of receiving a transmission signal () comprising an audio signal () of a sound sources (S), determining a distance (d) between the sound source (S) and the hearing device (), and generating an output signal supplied to an output transducer () of the hearing device () by at least taking into account the audio signal () of the transmission signal () and the distance (d). Further embodiments are directed to determining an angle (α) defined by a sagittal plane () of the hearing device user () and a line drawn between the hearing device () and the sound source (S). The angle (α) is additionally used to generate the output signal supplied to the output transducer () of the hearing device ().