EP1530402A3 - Method for adapting a hearing aid considering the position of head and corresponding hearing aid - Google Patents

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EP1530402A3
EP1530402A3 EP04024545A EP04024545A EP1530402A3 EP 1530402 A3 EP1530402 A3 EP 1530402A3 EP 04024545 A EP04024545 A EP 04024545A EP 04024545 A EP04024545 A EP 04024545A EP 1530402 A3 EP1530402 A3 EP 1530402A3
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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
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/407—Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers
    • 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
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/552—Binaural
    • 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

Abstract

The aid has microphones (M1-Mn) for acquiring a set of input signals. A position determining unit (PB) e.g. head tracker, detects a position of the head of a user of the hearing aid using earth`s magnetic field. A processing and separation unit (VE) identifies relative change in acoustic source positions based on the position of the head detected by the position determining unit. Independent claims are also included for the following: (A) a hearing aid system having a hearing aid (B) a method of adapting a hearing aid.
EP04024545.8A 2003-11-05 2004-10-14 Method for adapting a hearing aid considering the position of head and corresponding hearing aid Active EP1530402B2 (en)

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DE10351509 2003-11-05
DE10351509.7A DE10351509B4 (en) 2003-11-05 2003-11-05 Hearing aid and method for adapting a hearing aid taking into account the head position

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EP1530402A2 EP1530402A2 (en) 2005-05-11
EP1530402A3 true EP1530402A3 (en) 2007-10-17
EP1530402B1 EP1530402B1 (en) 2009-07-01
EP1530402B2 EP1530402B2 (en) 2016-08-24

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EP (1) EP1530402B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE435571T1 (en)
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US7295676B2 (en) 2007-11-13
US20050094834A1 (en) 2005-05-05
DE10351509A1 (en) 2005-06-09
EP1530402A2 (en) 2005-05-11
DK1530402T4 (en) 2016-12-19
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