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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
GN Resound A/s, Ballerup, DK;
Peter Siegumfeldt, Frederiksberg, DK;
GN ReSound A/S, Ballerup, DK;
Abstract
A hearing device includes: a microphone for converting audio into an audio signal; a preprocessing unit for analog processing of the audio signal and having an input and an output, wherein the input is connected to an output of the microphone; an A/D converter for converting the processed analog audio signal into a digital audio signal, the A/D converter having an input and an output, wherein the input of the A/D converter is connected to the output of the preprocessing unit; and a processing unit for digital processing of an output from the A/D converter, wherein the processing unit is connected to the preprocessing unit, and is configured to apply a first transfer function to the audio signal in a first mode of operation, or a second transfer function with a cutoff frequency to the audio signal in a second mode of operation, depending on a control signal.