EP1768446A1 - Dispositif d'écoute adaptable individuellement - Google Patents

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EP1768446A1
EP1768446A1 EP06120677A EP06120677A EP1768446A1 EP 1768446 A1 EP1768446 A1 EP 1768446A1 EP 06120677 A EP06120677 A EP 06120677A EP 06120677 A EP06120677 A EP 06120677A EP 1768446 A1 EP1768446 A1 EP 1768446A1
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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
    • H04R5/00—Stereophonic arrangements
    • H04R5/04—Circuit arrangements, e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2205/00—Details of stereophonic arrangements covered by H04R5/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2205/041—Adaptation of stereophonic signal reproduction for the hearing impaired
    • 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
    • H04R25/70—Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting

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  • the invention relates to a portable at a user's head, connectable to an audio signal source hearing device comprising an audio signal input device, a signal processing device for processing an incoming audio signal, at least one speaker for converting the processed audio signal into an acoustic output signal and a control device for adjusting the signal processing in the hearing device in accordance with a storable in the hearing device user profile.
  • Audio equipment from the entertainment sector often offer the possibility to customize the frequency response according to user preferences.
  • the customization options are usually limited to the raising or lowering of certain frequency ranges, for example by an equalizer, or to a different volume setting (balance control) when using multiple speakers when playing the acoustic output signal.
  • an equalizer or to a different volume setting (balance control) when using multiple speakers when playing the acoustic output signal.
  • a different volume setting balance control
  • the possibilities of individual signal adaptation by means of the hearing device are generally very limited.
  • EP 1 353 530 A1 is a training facility for hearing aid wearers known.
  • a plurality of hearing training sessions are stored in a database and a hearing training adapted to the individual user is carried out by the training device.
  • An audio signal reproducing apparatus which includes the possibility of carrying out listening tests, in order thereby to arrive at an individual user profile of the user, whereby to a certain extent a hearing loss of the user can be compensated.
  • the audio playback device may be formed as a single device and include, for example, a headset or a headset.
  • a disadvantage of the known hearing device is that it is specially adapted to a particular user when using a user profile for signal processing.
  • Object of the present invention is therefore to design a hearing device so that it can be used by exploiting their potential of several people.
  • This object is achieved with a hearing device of the type mentioned above in that several profiles for individual adaptation of the signal processing in the hearing device to different users can be stored and activated in the hearing device.
  • the invention has the advantage that a comprehensive individual adaptation of the input signal to the hearing of the user and to special preferences of the user is possible by the signal processing of an incoming audio signal in the hearing device, taking into account an individual user profile.
  • the invention further has the advantage that the possibility to store and activate several individual user profiles in the device allows the hearing device according to the invention to be used, as it were, by several persons, for example by life partners, family members, etc., without having to make extensive readjustments would be required. Because several individual user profiles for multiple users in the hearing can be stored, each user must adjust the hearing only once to his individual preferences and needs and can then activate with each further use only the user profile stored for him.
  • an auditory test device for detecting the individual hearing capability of a user and for generating corresponding control parameters for controlling the signal processing as a function of the detected hearing capability is integrated in the hearing device.
  • An auditory test can also be activated by means of voice input, for example, by actuating a corresponding operating element or in a very comfortable embodiment of the hearing device. The user then gets, for example - similar to a hearing test - tones in different frequencies each presented with increasing level, and as soon as the user hears the particular tone, he confirms this by pressing a button, voice control or in any other appropriate manner. Thus, the hearing threshold of an individual user for different frequencies is determined.
  • the hearing device calculates from this test control parameters for controlling the signal processing in the hearing device to adapt the signal processing to the individual hearing of the user and in particular to compensate for a hearing loss.
  • the user hears an acoustic signal, for example a piece of music, as if his hearing had an "ideal frequency response". Deviations from this "ideal frequency response" are - as far as possible - compensated by the hearing aid.
  • a set of particular individual user-tailored control parameters for controlling signal processing in the hearing device is referred to as an individual user profile.
  • further tests can also be carried out, for example the determination of the Discomfort threshold depending on the signal frequency.
  • individual control parameters that are independent of the respective hearing ability can continue to be included in the control parameters combined in a user profile. For example, a user may deposit his preferred elevation or depth boost directly into his individual user profile. The associated signal adjustments during the processing of an input signal are then always automatically effective as soon as the relevant user profile is activated.
  • the switching between different user profiles is preferably carried out by a control element attached to the hearing device, e.g. a push button switch.
  • the hearing device also comprises display means, so that it is immediately apparent to each user which user profile is currently activated.
  • the display is carried out by the operating element for switching between different user profiles, for. B. by a pointer attached to a rotary switch, which points to an individual user profile assigned to each number.
  • any other display means are possible, for. As electronic numeric displays, displays, voice when turning on the hearing etc.
  • the hearing device according to the invention is preferably designed as a headphone, which is connectable to a variety of common audio playback devices (radio, television, hi-fi system, etc.).
  • the connection with the respective audio device can be wireless or wired.
  • the hearing device according to the invention may also be a head-worn part of a communication device, for example a headset.
  • the figure shows a hearing device 1 according to the invention in a simplified block diagram.
  • This includes for connection to an audio device, an audio signal input device 2.
  • This is designed for example for wired connection to the audio device as a plug with subsequent cable.
  • the audio signal input device 2 may also include all components required for wireless signal transmission to the hearing device 1 (antenna or receiver coil, signal preamplifier, etc.).
  • An incoming audio signal in the hearing device 1 is processed in a signal processing device 3 before it is converted by at least one speaker 4 in an acoustic output signal and delivered.
  • a control device 5 controls the signal processing in the signal processing device 3 by means of a plurality of control parameters influencing the signal processing.
  • a set of control parameters is summarized in a user profile which decisively determines the signal processing in the hearing device.
  • a plurality of user profiles in the exemplary embodiment the two user profiles 6A and 6B, are stored in the hearing device 1, which can be selected by operating a control element of the operating device 7 for individual definition of the signal processing in the signal processing device 3.
  • an auditory test device 8 is further integrated for detecting an individual hearing loss of a user and for generating control parameters for adapting the signal processing in the signal processing device 3 to the individual hearing loss.
  • the control parameters thus determined individually for each user on the basis of the hearing test are the basis of the different user profiles 6A, 6B.
  • a signal generator is integrated in the hearing test device 8, so that sound signals in different Volumes and frequencies generated and can be delivered through the speaker 4. This makes it possible to determine for the respective user the hearing threshold or the discomfort threshold of acoustic signals as a function of the signal frequency. From these data, the hearing device 1 then automatically determines control parameters for adapting the signal processing in the signal processing device 3 to the respective hearing ability of the user. The user is thereby presented an audio signal, for example a piece of music, in a manner in which weaknesses in the user's hearing are largely compensated by the hearing device.
  • user profiles 6A, 6B also advantageously incorporate certain user defaults which are based not on objective hearing but on subjective sensations.
  • the user of the user profile 6A can thus provide an increase of high and low frequency ranges compared to the middle frequency range, which are not caused by his individual hearing ability.
  • the hearing device 1 according to the invention thereby offers the user the possibility of being able to take account of individual preferences in the reproduction of audio signals in addition to the compensation of an individual hearing impairment.
  • the hearing device 1 is preferably as a headphone for connection to a variety of popular audio devices, such. As devices of consumer electronics, hi-fi systems, televisions, personal computers, etc., trained.
  • To operate the hearing device 7 elements such as a button 7A, an actuator 7B or a rocker switch 7C are present in an operating device.
  • a value of a control parameter changed by the actuation of a control element can thus be stored in a user profile assigned to the user at the request of the user, for example by actuation of a further control element, so that the adaptation effected by the actuation of the control element the signal processing in the hearing device 1 is effective even with each subsequent activation of this user profile.
  • the switchover between different user profiles also takes place by actuation of a control element of the operating device 7.
  • the hearing device 1 shown by way of example in the exemplary embodiment enables the selection of the two different user profiles 6A and 6B.
  • a real hearing aid according to the invention provides the ability to store and select significantly more than two user profiles.
  • a single user may also create, store, and select multiple user profiles so that different user profiles may be selected depending on the audio signal source or audio signal, such as a classical music user profile and a rock music user profile.
  • a comfortably equipped hearing device according to the invention offers the possibility of transmitting at least the control parameters determined on the basis of hearing tests directly from a first hearing profile to a second hearing profile, so that an auditory test must be performed only once by each user.

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