EP1307072A3 - Method for operating a hearing aid and hearing aid - Google Patents

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EP1307072A3
EP1307072A3 EP02022530A EP02022530A EP1307072A3 EP 1307072 A3 EP1307072 A3 EP 1307072A3 EP 02022530 A EP02022530 A EP 02022530A EP 02022530 A EP02022530 A EP 02022530A EP 1307072 A3 EP1307072 A3 EP 1307072A3
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Eghart Fischer
Volkmar Hamacher
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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
    • H04R25/43—Electronic input selection or mixing based on input signal analysis, e.g. mixing or selection between microphone and telecoil or between microphones with different directivity characteristics
    • 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
    • H04R25/502—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using analog 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
    • 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
    • H04R25/356—Amplitude, e.g. amplitude shift or compression

Abstract

Bei einem Hörgerät (1) sollen durch Ein-, Aus- oder Umschaltvorgänge hervorgerufene störende akustische Effekte vermieden werden. Hierzu schlägt die Erfindung vor, die Signalverarbeitung im Hörgerät (1) gleitend von einem ersten Betriebszustand in einen zweiten Betriebszustand zu überführen. Gemäß der Erfindung sind während des Umschaltvorgangs beide Betriebszustände gleichzeitig im Hörgerät (1) vorhanden. Der gleitende Übergang erfolgt durch eine parallele Signalverarbeitung in wenigstens zwei Signalpfaden des Hörgerätes (1), wobei ein Signal, das aus dem ersten Betriebszustand resultiert, und ein Signal, das aus dem zweiten Betriebszustand resultiert, in wechselnder Gewichtung addiert werden.

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In a hearing aid (1) should be avoided by switching on, off or switching operations caused disturbing acoustic effects. For this purpose, the invention proposes to convert the signal processing in the hearing aid (1) in a sliding manner from a first operating state into a second operating state. According to the invention, both operating states are simultaneously present in the hearing aid (1) during the switching process. The sliding transition is effected by a parallel signal processing in at least two signal paths of the hearing aid (1), wherein a signal resulting from the first operating state and a signal resulting from the second operating state are added in alternating weighting.
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EP02022530A 2001-10-17 2002-10-07 Method for operating a hearing aid and hearing aid Expired - Lifetime EP1307072B1 (en)

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