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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
GN Resound A/s, Ballerup, DK;
Peter Siegumfeldt, Frederiksberg, DK;
GN ReSound A/S, Ballerup, DK;
Abstract
A hearing instrument includes: a first microphone; and a control and processing circuit comprising: a first audio input channel configured to receive a first microphone signal, a second audio input channel configured for receipt of an audio signal, a signal processor for receipt and processing of the first microphone signal and the audio signal according to a hearing loss of a user, a power supply configured to provide a first microphone supply voltage for the first microphone, a first controllable switch comprising a first switch control terminal, the first controllable switch configured to selectively connect the first microphone supply voltage to, and disconnect the first microphone supply voltage from, the first microphone in accordance with a first switch control signal, and a first output port configured to provide the first switch control signal to the first switch control terminal.