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7616767 |
Method and device for determining acoustical transfer impedance
The method comprises generating an acoustical volume velocity Q in the listening position, measuring a response quantity p, such as sound or vibration, at a suspected source position resulting from...
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7613314 |
Mobile terminals including compensation for hearing impairment and methods and computer program products for operating the same
A mobile terminal includes a processor that is programmed to provide a user of the mobile terminal with a hearing test and to determine a set of coefficients. A microphone is configured to receive...
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7599500 |
Processing signals representative of sound based on the identity of an input element
Systems and techniques for processing signals representative of sound for conveyance to the auditory system of a subject based on the identity of an input device. In one implementation, a method...
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7599499 |
Method for fitting a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user and assistive tool for use when fitting a hearing aid to a hearing aid user
A method for prescribing the initial setting of signal processing parameters in a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user includes gathering and storing in electronic form a first set of...
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7587052 |
Hearing aid and method for adjusting a hearing aid
The object of the invention is to make the adjustment of a hearing aid more convenient, for which purpose the frequency response data relating to the frequency response individually measured for...
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7574917 |
Method for in-situ measuring of acoustic attenuation and system therefor
There is provided a method for measuring in-situ the acoustic attenuation obtained by a hearing protection device worn by a user, comprising: positioning the hearing protection device comprising a...
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7564980 |
System and method for immersive simulation of hearing loss and auditory prostheses
An immersive hearing loss and auditory prostheses simulator allows a person who listens through the simulation system to experience an actual shift in his or her thresholds for detecting ambient...
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7564979 |
Listener specific audio reproduction system
A system for use with an audio reproduction system that corrects for distortion caused by the system as well as any hearing impairment suffered a listener. Test signals are introduced into the...
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7545944 |
Controlling a gain setting in a hearing instrument
According to the invention, in a hearing instrument it is once or repeatedly checked whether a second hearing instrument is present and active. If a second hearing instrument is active on the...
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7522739 |
Hearing aid with a switching device for switching on and off and corresponding method
It is intended that the switching on and off of a hearing aid (I) should be made more user-friendly. To this end the hearing aid (I) is fitted with a temperature sensor (TS) to detect the body heat...
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7515720 |
Method and device for adapting hearing aids
A method for adapting hearing aids to the individual requirements of a hard-of-hearing patient in situations which are close to reality, wherein an example of a sound and a scene corresponding to...
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7496205 |
Method for adjusting a hearing device as well as an apparatus to perform the method
A method and an apparatus for adjusting a first hearing device based on adjustments of a second hearing device are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of converting an acoustic test signal...
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7464595 |
Portable audiometer enclosed within a patient response mechanism housing
A portable audiometer for performing hearing testing enclosed within a patient response mechanism housing is disclosed. The audiometer may include a printed circuit board containing circuitry,...
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7450724 |
Hearing aid adjustment device
A hearing device fitting device that includes a computing device ( 3 ), connected on an input side with a connection (E 3 ) for data entry and on an output side with a connection (A 3 ) for a...
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7447319 |
Method and system for external assessment of hearing aids that include implanted actuators
A noninvasive method and system are provided for assessing the performance of implanted actuators of semi or fully-implantable hearing aid systems. The invention utilizes an externally positioned...
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7435228 |
High fidelity hearing restoration
Method for accurately measuring hearing loss includes the steps of selecting a series of audio tones within the normal range of hearing ( 502 ) and then measuring a relative sensitivity of a test...
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7430299 |
System and method for transmitting audio via a serial data port in a hearing instrument
In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for transmitting audio via the serial data port of a hearing instrument. At least one hearing instrument...
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7366307 |
Programmable interface for fitting hearing devices
A graphical interface is provided to select parameters for fitting a hearing device. The graphical interface provides means visually representing and controlling values of these parameters using a...
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7340062 |
Sound reproduction method and apparatus for assessing real-world performance of hearing and hearing aids
A sound recording and reproduction system for testing hearing and hearing aids is disclosed. Recordings of sound are made in a real word acoustic environment, for example, which are stored as audio...
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7313241 |
Hearing aid device, and operating and adjustment methods therefor, with microphone disposed outside of the auditory canal
For a hearing-impaired person provided with a hearing aid device with which sound acquisition ensues outside of the auditory canals of the person, the localization capability with regard to a...
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7302069 |
Hearing aid and method for adjusting a hearing aid
The process of adapting a hearing aid to its wearer is to be simplified. To this end the acoustic conditions in the auditory canal, especially the acoustic impedance, are estimated by measuring the...
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7286673 |
Embedded internet for hearing aids
A hearing aid has an embedded Internet interface so that the hearing aid can automatically communicate error diagnosis data to a hearing aid acoustician via the Internet so that the hearing aid...
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7269262 |
Hearing test apparatus and method having automatic starting functionality
A hearing test device and method are disclosed which involve the placement of a testing probe in the ear canal of a test subject. The device analyzes responses to stimuli applied to the ear canal...
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7258671 |
Wearable apparatus for conducting multiple diagnostic hearing tests
A system for conducting multiple diagnostic hearing tests is disclosed. The system comprises a yoke wearable around the neck of a patient, for providing a housing for conduits and wiring to conduct...
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7251338 |
Method for handling data of a hearing device and hearing device
A hearing device and method for handling data in a hearing device that enables writing of the data into a storage location only under certain conditions. The conditions are: the data is being...
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7242778 |
Hearing instrument with self-diagnostics
In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for a hearing instrument with self-diagnostics. A detection circuitry may be used to monitor the functional...
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7242777 |
Data logging method for hearing prosthesis
The present invention relates to a method of logging or recording input signal data of a hearing prosthesis in combination with values of one or several variables associated with the hearing...
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7239711 |
Hearing aid system and hearing aid for in-situ fitting
Hearing aid system for the in-situ fitting of hearing aids, said system comprising a separate control device, and a least one hearing aid, adapted for communication with each other, said hearing...
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7231055 |
Method for the adjustment of a hearing device, apparatus to do it and a hearing device
An adjustment method for a hearing device and an apparatus to do it are proposed, by which a model for the perception of a psycho-acoustic variable, especially of the loudness, is parametrized for...
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7221765 |
System and method for individualized training of hearing aid users
In a method for individualized training of hearing aid users a number of hearing training courses are stored in a databank. An individual user profile is acquired in a training device. A...
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7206424 |
Hearing aid with time-varying performance
A hearing aid that compensates for a patient's hearing deficit in a gradually progressing fashion. The hearing aid may be programmed to successively select in a defined sequence a parameter set...
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7206416 |
Speech-based optimization of digital hearing devices
A method of tuning a digital hearing device can include playing portions of test audio, wherein each portion of test audio represents one or more distinctive features of speech. The method also can...
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7200237 |
Method and system for remotely upgrading a hearing aid device
Improved approaches are disclosed to update existing hearing devices by downloading software resources over a network from a remote server to a local client. The software resources are then stored...
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7190795 |
Hearing adjustment appliance for electronic audio equipment
An electronic device with audio output, such as a television, is adjusted to the customized listening profile of a user with a user interface module 100 and a control module 110 . A user sets...
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7187778 |
Neurofuzzy based device for programmable hearing aids
A neurofuzzy device is described that provides a fuzzy logic based user-machine interface for optimal fitting of programmable hearing prosthesis using a neural network that generates targets to be...
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7181297 |
System and method for delivering customized audio data
A method for providing customized audio data products that includes the steps of (1) storing a machine readable hearing profile for a customer, (2) accepting via a data input device or data network...
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7167571 |
Automatic audio adjustment system based upon a user's auditory profile
A system for adjusting audio output including a transmitter unit adapted to be carried by a user and a sound generating system. The transmitter unit includes a memory and a signal transmitter. The...
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7158649 |
Hearing aid storage case with hearing aid activity detection
A storage case that detects and indicates presence of oscillating or quiescent activity of hearing aids is disclosed. Within the storage case, there is a transducer coupled to a logic circuit. The...
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7137946 |
Electrophysiological measurement method and system for positioning an implantable, hearing instrument transducer
An electrophysiological measurement method and system is provided for positioning an implantable transducer of a hearing instrument relative to a middle ear component or inner ear of a patient. The...
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7136492 |
Visual or audio playback of an audiogram
A method for the visualization of the hearing capacity of a person. As a function of audiogram data, text is modified in any of several characteristics, including brightness, contrast, sharpness,...
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7133715 |
Hearing evaluation device with noise detection and evaluation capability
An apparatus and method for evaluation of hearing loss is disclosed. The apparatus and method use evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses (ABR) to determine if the subject is able to hear click stimuli...
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7120258 |
Apparatus and methods for mitigating impairments due to central auditory nervous system binaural phase-time asynchrony
Pathological binaural phase time delay (BPTD) asynchrony is measured at a variety of frequencies and to speech stimuli to develop a BPTD profile for a subject. Then a corrective device ( 600, 1000...
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7082205 |
Method for in-situ measuring and correcting or adjusting the output signal of a hearing aid with a model processor and hearing aid employing such a method
The application relates to an in-situ method to measure and correct or adjust sound signal presented to the eardrum by means of a hearing aid and a hearing aid employing such a method. The hearing...
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7068793 |
Method of automatically fitting hearing aid
Provided is a method of automatically fitting a hearing aid. The method includes the steps of entering an audiogram of a test subject, defining criterion gains and SSPLs according to the test...
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7062056 |
Directional hearing aid tester
Method and apparatus for testing a directional acoustic device such as a directional hearing aid having level-dependent non-linear circuitry, in which two or more speakers are placed at desired...
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7058182 |
Apparatus and methods for hearing aid performance measurement, fitting, and initialization
A digital hearing aid according to the present invention is capable of measuring its own performance. The measurement and initialization capability may be entirely integral to the hearing aid, or...
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7054449 |
Method for adjusting a transmission characteristic of an electronic circuit
A method for adjusting a transmission characteristic of an electronic circuit, in a hearing aid. The hearing aid is connected with a computer. The current operating parameters of the hearing aid...
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7035745 |
Statistical test method for objective verification of auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) in the frequency domain
The invention relates to statistical testing method for the objective verification of auditory steady-state responses (ASSR) in the frequency domain by using a “q-sample uniform scores test”...
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7027606 |
Apparatus to aid rehabilitation of hearing deficiencies and hearing aid calibration method
An apparatus ( 100 ) to aid rehabilitation of hearing deficiencies comprising an electronic apparatus (AE) that has a port ( 101 ) for connection to a hearing aid adapter (AP) for programming and...
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7024000 |
Adjustment of a hearing aid using a phone
A system and method for using a telephone to reconfigure or readjust the performance characteristics of a hearing aid or to check whether a user has a hearing problem. The telephone is used to...
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