EP0535425A3 - Method for amplifying an acoustic signal for the hard of hearing and device for carrying out the method - Google Patents

Method for amplifying an acoustic signal for the hard of hearing and device for carrying out the method Download PDF

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EP0535425A3
EP0535425A3 EP19920115626 EP92115626A EP0535425A3 EP 0535425 A3 EP0535425 A3 EP 0535425A3 EP 19920115626 EP19920115626 EP 19920115626 EP 92115626 A EP92115626 A EP 92115626A EP 0535425 A3 EP0535425 A3 EP 0535425A3
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Thomas Froehlich
Norbert Dr. Dillier
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Bernafon AG
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Ascom Audiosys AG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/43—Signal processing in hearing aids to enhance the speech intelligibility
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/35—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using translation techniques
    • H04R25/353—Frequency, e.g. frequency shift or compression

Abstract

The acoustic signals are amplified by transformation of signals which are not audible to the hard of hearing into the audible range in such a manner that the apparent loudness during the listening is equal in persons with normal hearing and in persons who are hard of hearing. The device contains an analysis section with a stage (5) for loudness estimation, with a stage (10) for individual adaptation to a person hard of hearing and with a stage (11) for determining the gain factors (G1...n). <IMAGE>
EP92115626A 1991-10-03 1992-09-12 Method for amplifying an acoustic signal for the hard of hearing and device for carrying out the method Expired - Lifetime EP0535425B1 (en)

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CH2923/91 1991-10-03
CH292391 1991-10-03

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EP0535425A2 EP0535425A2 (en) 1993-04-07
EP0535425A3 true EP0535425A3 (en) 1993-11-10
EP0535425B1 EP0535425B1 (en) 1997-03-19

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JP4147445B2 (en) * 2001-02-26 2008-09-10 アドフォクス株式会社 Acoustic signal processing device
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EP1705950B1 (en) 2006-03-23 2014-08-06 Phonak AG Method for individually fitting a hearing instrument
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GB2033641A (en) * 1978-10-09 1980-05-21 Philips Nv Audimeters
EP0071845A2 (en) * 1981-08-06 1983-02-16 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Apparatus for compensating hearing deficiencies
GB2184629A (en) * 1985-12-10 1987-06-24 Colin David Rickson Compensation of hearing
EP0252205A2 (en) * 1986-01-21 1988-01-13 Mark Antin Digital hearing enhancement apparatus
WO1990009760A1 (en) * 1989-03-02 1990-09-07 Ensoniq Corporation Apparatus and a method for fitting a hearing aid

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GB2033641A (en) * 1978-10-09 1980-05-21 Philips Nv Audimeters
EP0071845A2 (en) * 1981-08-06 1983-02-16 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Apparatus for compensating hearing deficiencies
GB2184629A (en) * 1985-12-10 1987-06-24 Colin David Rickson Compensation of hearing
EP0252205A2 (en) * 1986-01-21 1988-01-13 Mark Antin Digital hearing enhancement apparatus
WO1990009760A1 (en) * 1989-03-02 1990-09-07 Ensoniq Corporation Apparatus and a method for fitting a hearing aid

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Bd. 88, Nr. 2, August 1990, NEW YORK US Seiten 745 - 753 J.B. ALLEN ET AL. 'Loudness growth in 1/2-octave bands (LGOB) - A procedure for the assesment of loudness' *

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