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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
William S. Woods, Berkeley, CA (US);
Tarun Pruthi, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jinjun Xiao, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 21/0332 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); H03G 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/43 (2013.01); G10L 21/0332 (2013.01); H04R 25/55 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01); H04R 2430/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio system processes a speech signal to maintain a target value of the speech intelligibility index (SII) while minimizing the overall speech level so that speech intelligibility is preserved across different environmental sound levels while possible distortions and overall loudness are mitigated. In one embodiment, a hearing aid processes a speech signal received from another device to maintain a target value of the SII while minimizing the overall speech level before mixing the speech signal with a microphone signal.