EP1354497A2 - Communication method and a hearing aid system - Google Patents
Communication method and a hearing aid systemInfo
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- the present invention relates to a method for communication according to the preamble of claim 1 and a hearing aid system according to that of claim 7.
- Such methods and hearing aid systems are known.
- Therapeutic hearing aids still stamp the individual, who relies on such help, with a certain disability stigma, which is felt particularly among adolescents. For this reason, there has recently been a move towards also aesthetically training hearing aid-indicated hearing aids in such a way that a certain youthfulness or cheerfulness is radiated by wearing them and one does not necessarily follow the tendency to hide one's handicap with concealing and concealing the device. In the course of such an increase in attractiveness, the present invention aims to also make communication between the hearing aid device and an individual more attractive and playful.
- the time-limited electrical audio signals are generated in particular as acknowledgment signals in response to control signals, which control signals are generated, for example, manually or by remote control on the hearing aid, or which are triggered by the hearing aid itself, such as when the battery voltage drops.
- At least some of the time-limited audio signals mentioned are stored on user-replaceable storage elements for the hearing aid, preferably on readable ones only.
- Such memory elements can be made available as read-only memories, for example by the device manufacturers, in a wide range of different audio signal patterns.
- the time-limited audio signals mentioned are stored in a user-defined manner on a memory unit which is integrated on the hearing aid device itself or which is associated with the latter, preferably wireless, connected or can be brought into operative connection.
- the audio signals mentioned are stored selectively and in a user-defined manner in the actual hearing aid device and can be exchanged accordingly.
- Embodiments that can be combined only the localization information is just stored on the actual hearing aid device, where the information to be retrieved is given on a predetermined audio signal carrier
- Audio signal sequences This procedure means that the user of the hearing aid device carries an audio player, such as a mini disc player, an MP3 player etc.
- the communication between the hearing aid on the one hand and such a player is preferably wireless.
- the output transducer is a loudspeaker
- at least some of the time-limited electrical audio signals mentioned are generated in such a way that their acoustic transducer result can be heard even from a distance by an individual. This makes it possible to transmit information to a user by means of corresponding acoustic signals even when the hearing aid is not being worn. This can be the case, for example, if the battery voltage drops, if the hearing aid device is stored improperly but is detectable, etc.
- the user-defined selection of the time-limited electrical audio signals is menu-controlled.
- a preferably provided with the hearing aid wireless communication unit which guides the user through visual selection and / or voice guidance through the selection menu. If the communication unit mentioned is at least also designed for voice guidance, it is further proposed to implement the voice guidance via the hearing aid device mentioned, by feeding the corresponding speech signals into the hearing aid device.
- a hearing aid according to the invention is characterized in accordance with the characterizing part of claim 7, the preferred embodiment variants thereof according to claims 8 to 13.
- 1 shows the principle of the method according to the invention or of a hearing aid system according to the invention on the basis of a simplified signal flow / function block diagram; 2 in a representation analogous to that of FIG. 1, preferred embodiments of the method according to the invention or of the hearing aid system according to the invention, and
- a hearing aid system 10 comprises a hearing aid per se, with an acoustic / electrical input converter unit 1, followed by a usually digital signal processing unit 3, which acts on the output side on an electrical / mechanical converter unit 5. If the hearing aid is an at least partially implanted therapeutic hearing aid, the electrical / mechanical one
- Transducer unit 5 for example, a unit which acts mechanically on an ossicle in the middle ear, while in a conventional therapeutic in-ear or outer-ear hearing aid the transducer unit mentioned is formed by a loudspeaker unit.
- the hearing aid device can also be a device that is not used for therapeutic purposes, such as headphones.
- the signal processing unit 3 of the actual hearing aid device receives control signals S of all kinds, such as program content signals, signals for adjusting the transmitted loudness, that is to say basically signals which trigger signal processing changes desired by the respective individual when the hearing aid device is used.
- control signals S are triggered manually, M, for example by actuating switches, or, if a remote control is provided, are usually input wirelessly, as shown at F.
- M for example by actuating switches, or, if a remote control is provided
- F shows the conversion of manually entered signals M or wirelessly transmitted signals F into control signals for the signal processing Unit 3 is shown schematically summarized on a coding / decoding unit 7. So far, the precautions described on hearing aids, in particular therapeutic ones, are known.
- Control signals entered by remote control, F are called by the codec unit 7, the acknowledgment signals Q assigned to the control signals M, F at a generator unit 9 and fed to the electro / mechanical converter unit 5 on the input side, whereupon they are converted into corresponding signals audible by the individual.
- the actual hearing aid 10a is formed in any case and in the representation according to FIG. 1 by the units 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and their signal connections.
- the generator unit 9 provided in previously known hearing aids of this type is designed as an actual read-only unit, on which the acknowledgment signals to be supplied to the converter unit 5 are stored.
- the present invention now proposes that the aforementioned acknowledgment signals Q are no longer pre-stored on the generator unit 9 in the sense of read-only storage, but that these signals can be stored in a user-defined manner.
- the acknowledgment signals Q assigned to the control signals M, F can be chosen freely by the individual using the hearing aid and as desired be changed.
- the audible user-defined signals corresponding to the electrical acknowledgment signals Q can be, for example, speech sequences, music sequences, noises.
- the system according to the invention can now be designed, for example, so that:
- the respective user-defined acknowledgment signals can be called up practically online, directly from a sound storage device, preferably by wireless transmission, and converted at the generator unit 9 into the device-specific electrical acknowledgment signals Q,
- Desired acknowledgment sequences are selected in advance by the user and are preferably stored directly on the hearing aid, for example, that the hearing aid manufacturer stores, such as Chips are offered, on which sequences are pre-stored, depending on taste and adapted to signals M or F to be acknowledged.
- user-defined desired signal sequences can be stored on the hearing aid or such signals can be defined on sound carriers, this is preferably menu-controlled, as will be explained below.
- Fig. 1 the basic approach following the invention is represented by the signal input BD to the generator unit 9, via which, either by user-defined insertion of the data memory 11a described above, whether by storing user-defined stored sequences 11b, or by user-specific storing of Sound carriers 11c, the mentioned User-defined acknowledgment signals Q can be entered.
- the signal processing unit 3 states, such as the drop in
- Acknowledgment signal Q transmitted to the converter unit 5 and occurrence of the signal Z is displayed to the user with a corresponding user-defined signal.
- the acknowledgment signals Q can be designed in such a way that, in the case of hearing aid devices with an output-side loudspeaker, the corresponding audio signals can also be heard when the hearing device is not worn at all.
- FIG. 2 which in turn shows schematically and in simplified form a signal flow / functional block diagram of a preferred hearing aid system according to the invention, which works according to the method according to the invention, is to explain how a user selects user-defined sound sequences and if necessary. additionally also saves.
- the respective identification signal I occurs in accordance with a manual input M or a remote input F, the following text is displayed or spoken on the unit 15, for example: “Please select this for
- menu control text is spoken, it is indicated, especially when using a hearing aid device, especially a therapeutic device, to lead it to the converter 5, as shown in dashed lines in FIG. 2 at AT.
- any audio signal source such as a sound carrier 17 or an Internet page
- the sequence selected by the user at the source in the form of electrical signals E ⁇ 7 is fed to the generator unit 9a during the predetermined length of time, for example 5 seconds there, assigned to the specific identification signal I, stored.
- This is the identification signal I is looped onto the generator unit 9 via the aforementioned display unit 15.
- the signal E 17 corresponding to the selected tone sequence is therefore preferably, but not necessarily, stored in the digital unit 9a in digital form.
- the user selects the selected audio sequences with the assigned signals I that trigger them on the generator unit 9 for those signals entered manually or via remote control, corresponding to M or F, for which user-defined acknowledgment signals Q are desired at all.
- the display unit 15 When the hearing aid is in operation, the display unit 15 is removed, if it is not a unit integrated in the remote control system, and, as shown at I ', the operative connection between the codec unit 7 and the generator unit 9 is established.
- the selected audio sequence is not stored at all on the generator unit 9, but rather that only find data A X7 of the respective sequence are registered on a sound carrier, assigned to the respective signal I.
- the generator unit 9 controls the playback device to play the audio sequences defined on the generator unit 9. Only then is the signal E i7 fed to the converter unit 5 via the generator unit 9 or, if appropriate, directly.
- the signal paths marked with " ⁇ w in Fig. 2 can be based on wireless transmission.
- the signal I can be transmitted wirelessly to the display unit 16, for example as an infrared signal or as a radio signal over the short distance.
- the signal I can be transmitted wirelessly to the display unit 16, for example as an infrared signal or as a radio signal over the short distance.
- Generator unit 9a can be realized separately from the actual hearing aid 1, 3, 5, 7.
- the acknowledgment signal Q is then transmitted wirelessly from the remote generator unit 9a to the input of the converter unit 5.
- the respective signal I which calls up an audio sequence, is preferably transmitted wirelessly to the generator unit 9 from the output of the codec unit 7.
- transmitter or receiver units are provided on the units 7, 9a, 15, 17 on the input side of the converter unit 5 (not shown). If, as has already been explained with reference to FIG. 1, states specific signals 1, 3, 5 are to be triggered by the specific hearing aid 1, 3, 5, acknowledgment signals Q, the signals Z that may occur in the selection menu for the corresponding audio sequences are simulated and, as described, assigned to the respective audio sequences. Such a simulation can be triggered, for example, by pressing a button on the hearing aid device, as shown with SimZ in FIG. 2.
- Read / write memory a RAM data storage in one Corresponding memory made, on which the find data mentioned can be changed by the user at any time in order to assign other audio sequences to the respective control signals I as acknowledgment signals Q.
- 3 shows a further preferred embodiment of a hearing aid system according to the invention, which is fully integrated.
- the generator unit 9b is part of the actual hearing aid device, from which the respectively desired acknowledgment signal audio sequences or their user-exchangeable memories, such as chips 20, are selected.
- a selection of different acknowledgment signals is preferably made available on memories 20, by means of which the user can select the style or sound structure that suits him.
- the memories 20 which are then preferably designed as read-only memories ROM, the user selects which acknowledgment signals he wants to hear for the assigned switching signals M, F or Z.
- the present invention makes it possible for users of both therapeutic hearing aids and hearing aids from the entertainment industry, for example headphones, to get away from dry, more technical acknowledgment signals, such as the known beep signals, and to select their own personal acknowledgment signals. It is easily possible, for example in the procedure according to FIG. 3, for example for young people, to exchange the memories 20 with one another or also, in the implementation according to FIG. a generator unit 9 with the Audio sequences of another hearing aid system to "synchronize", as is indicated in Fig. 2 with I R.
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