EP2023668B1 - Appareil auditif avec visualisation des grandeurs psycho-acoustiques et procédé correspondant - Google Patents

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EP2023668B1
EP2023668B1 EP08104718.5A EP08104718A EP2023668B1 EP 2023668 B1 EP2023668 B1 EP 2023668B1 EP 08104718 A EP08104718 A EP 08104718A EP 2023668 B1 EP2023668 B1 EP 2023668B1
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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
    • H04R25/70—Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting
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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
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/41—Detection or adaptation of hearing aid parameters or programs to listening situation, e.g. pub, forest
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04R25/558—Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency

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  • the present invention relates to a hearing system comprising a hearing device with a signal processing device for processing an input sound to an output sound, wherein in the signal processing means a perceptive model is implemented, with respect to the output sound a psychoacoustic variable can be provided. Moreover, the present invention relates to a corresponding method for operating a hearing system.
  • a hearing aid is also understood to mean a headset, headphones and other systems that can be worn on the ear.
  • Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE), hearing aid with external receiver (RIC: receiver in the canal) and in-the-ear hearing aids (ITE), e.g. Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (ITE, CIC).
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • RIC hearing aid with external receiver
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually a sound receiver, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit. This basic structure is in FIG. 1 shown using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing aid. In a hearing aid housing 1 for carrying behind the ear, one or more microphones 2 for receiving the sound from the environment are installed.
  • a signal processing unit 3 which is also integrated in the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them.
  • the output signal of the signal processing unit 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or earpiece 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier.
  • the power supply of the hearing device and in particular of the signal processing unit 3 is carried out by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
  • the publication US 2002/0111745 A1 discloses a portable hearing aid system.
  • parameters of a hearing response can be obtained by audiometer.
  • a response prediction is used to perform a basic setting of a hearing aid.
  • EP 0 661 905 A2 a method for adjusting a hearing aid and a corresponding hearing aid.
  • a perceptive model is used to obtain a psychoacoustic variable, in particular loudness, on the one hand for a norm group and on the other hand for a single individual.
  • setting data are determined, with which the signal transmission to a hearing device is designed or adjusted ex situ or conducted in situ.
  • At least one hearing dimension such. B. the loudness perception, made visible by means of an image by changing at least one image parameter, such as brightness.
  • a loudness curve obtained on the basis of audiometric measurements is used to calculate the Control brightness distribution in an image.
  • several loudness curves are determined in different frequency ranges and thus controls the color design of an image. The visual support makes it much easier for the acoustician to find an optimal setting.
  • SII speech intelligibility index
  • the hearing aid care of people with multiple disabilities or the care of children is essentially based on the fact that the caregivers are involved in the fitting process and also in the subsequent aftercare process.
  • these persons play an essential role in the daily environment of the hearing aid wearer and may also fit parameters of a hearing aid, such as a hearing aid.
  • a hearing aid As the volume of the hearing aid for the hard of hearing. They are only dependent on experience. However, they do not know which problem the deaf person actually has. Thus their interventions in the hearing aid setting are not necessarily correct.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to facilitate the adjustment or adaptation of a hearing device for a user or for a user caring for the user.
  • a hearing system which has a hearing device with a signal processing device for processing an input sound to an output sound and an analysis device for analyzing a current hearing situation and a remote control with a visualization device, wherein a perceptive model is implemented in the signal processing device or in a data processing device of the remote control with which a psychoacoustic variable can be provided with respect to the output sound wherein the visualization device is connected to the signal processing device or the processing device to visualize a value of the psychoacoustic quantity.
  • At least one psychoacoustic reference value can be generated independently of a setting of the signal processing device, which is visually displayed by the visualization device together with a psychoacoustic value relating to a current setting of the signal processing device.
  • the invention provides a method for operating a hearing system with a hearing device and a visualization device, comprising the following steps: processing an input sound to an output sound in the hearing aid, providing a psychoacoustic quantity in relation to the output sound using a perceptive model by the hearing aid or by a processing device connected to the visualization device, visualizing a value of the psychoacoustic variable by the visualization device, and analyzing a current hearing situation.
  • At least one psychoacoustic reference value can be generated independently of a setting of the signal processing device, which by the visualization device together with a psychoacoustic Value regarding an actual setting of the signal processing device is displayed optically.
  • the signal processing device supplies the psychoacoustic variable in the hearing aid, it is not necessary to transmit a broadband signal to an external device for visualization, which first calculates a psychoacoustic variable from it using a perceptual model.
  • the hearing device comprises the remote control, which contains the visualization unit and one or the processing device. Since hearing aids are operated in many cases with a remote control, thus no additional device for the visualization is necessary, which facilitates the handling of the hearing aid.
  • the hearing device and the remote control each have a communication device with which the respective current value of the psychoacoustic variable provided by the signal processing device can be transmitted from the hearing device to the remote control for optical representation.
  • a plurality of psychoacoustic variables can be provided by the signal processing device or the processing device and the corresponding values can be visualized by the visualization device. If necessary, several values can be visualized simultaneously. Thus, for example, sound quality and speech intelligibility can be simultaneously visualized, so that the user or the caregiver can find a compromise of these variables if these influence each other in opposite directions.
  • the hearing device comprises an analysis device in order to analyze a current auditory situation, so that at least one psychoacoustic reference value can be generated independently of a setting of the signal processing device from corresponding analysis values with the perceptive model of the signal processing device or processing device, which can be generated by the visualization device together with a psychoacoustic Value regarding an actual setting of the signal processing device is displayed optically.
  • the current psychoacoustic value it is also possible to visually represent, for example, a maximum value and a minimum value, possibly also an average value resulting from the current auditory situation, whereby the person performing the setting obtains objective clues for the attitude.
  • a further hearing device for supplying the left and right ear of a user is provided in addition to the hearing aid, wherein the signal processing device is arranged in one of the two hearing aids and the perceptive model on the basis of signals of both hearing aids a psychoacoustic size regarding binaural perception.
  • the signal processing device is arranged in one of the two hearing aids and the perceptive model on the basis of signals of both hearing aids a psychoacoustic size regarding binaural perception.
  • a hearing system with a first hearing aid 10 which has an internal signal processing device to convert an input sound E1 into an output sound A1.
  • the signal processing device is symbolized by a microphone 11, an amplifier module 12 and a handset 13.
  • the amplifier module 12 which includes a digital processor, a perceptive model 14 is implemented.
  • the perceptive model 14 psychoacoustic characteristics such as loudness, pleasantness, listening effort and others can be provided depending on the output signal A1 or a correspondingly modeled signal.
  • Such a psychoacoustic characteristic is in FIG. 2 marked with P. It can be wired or wirelessly transmitted to a computer, TV or other visualization device.
  • the calculation of the psychoacoustic variable in the hearing device is expediently carried out so that the preferably wireless transmission of the data can take place at a low bit rate. Otherwise, the analysis is external, z. B. in the remote control made, first the entire signal must be transmitted with high bandwidth.
  • the psychoacoustic quantity P or the corresponding value is transmitted from the hearing aid 10 via a wireless interface, not shown, to a remote control 15.
  • a remote control 15 This has in addition to some controls 16 a small screen 17 as a visualization device.
  • a one-dimensional display bar consisting of a series of LEDs or the like is sufficient for visualization.
  • the screen 17 is capable of displaying the values of several psychoacoustic Represent sizes P, which are supplied by the hearing aid 10.
  • the amplifier component 12 of the hearing device 10 is also able to analyze or classify the current hearing situation.
  • the hearing aid can send reference data R to the remote control 15 with respect to one or more psychoacoustic dimensions, so that the display can be scaled, for example, especially for the hearing situation.
  • the reference data R can also be used to give the user a clue in which area the respective acoustic variable can be changed at all in the listening situation.
  • a hearing aid wearer is hearing-impaired on both sides, then it can additionally be supplied binaurally with a second hearing aid 20.
  • FIG. 2 is such a second hearing aid 20 also shown symbolically.
  • the first hearing device 10 has a signal processing device consisting of a microphone 21, an amplifier module 22 and a receiver 23.
  • a perceptive model which transmits a psychoacoustic variable to the remote control 15 for visualization could also be implemented in the amplifier module 22.
  • the psychoacoustic variable could also be transmitted from the second hearing device 20 to the first hearing device 10.
  • This monaural psychoacoustic quantity may then possibly have a monaural psychoacoustic size of the first hearing device 10 with the aid of a perceptual model for binaural perception for calculating a binaural psychoacoustic Size be used. The latter is then transferred back to the remote control. Thus, as desired monaural and binaural sizes can be transmitted to the representation on the remote control to this.
  • the second hearing aid 20 has no perceptive model and only a signal S representing the output sound or the output signal A2 is transmitted to the first hearing aid 10. There it is processed in the perceptual model for binaural perception with other present sizes to one or more psychoacoustic variables, which are then transmitted to the remote control 15 for visualization.
  • the perceptive model may also be implemented in a processing device of the remote control 15. Then, the or the corresponding signals representing the output signals A1, A2 are to be transmitted directly to the remote control 15. This then creates the psychoacoustic data to be visualized.
  • the variables offered on the perception of the hearing impaired persons may use caring persons to possibly change the setting of the hearing system. Alternatively, it is also possible to use this information to actively change the situation in order to positively alter these psychoacoustic parameters. For example, another seat may be selected for a hearing-impaired child in a school.
  • the presentation of psychoacoustic parameters offers the possibility of assisting the hearing impaired in an audio therapy.
  • the hearing aid wearer can himself observe the psychoacoustic quantities presented and if necessary to actively adapt your own acoustic environment. For example, he can choose a different seat in a hall or close an open window.
  • Particularly useful are reference data that are visualized with. They indicate what could actually be achieved in the various psychoacoustic dimensions in the present acoustic situation or in a generic, comparable situation.

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  1. Système d'audition, comportant un appareil auditif (10, 20) qui comprend
    - un dispositif de traitement de signal destiné à transformer un son entrant (E1) en un son sortant (A1, A2), et
    - un dispositif d'analyse destiné à analyser une situation d'écoute actuelle, et
    une télécommande (15) dotée d'un dispositif de visualisation (17),
    - un modèle de perspective (14) étant mis en œuvre dans le dispositif de traitement de signal, ou dans un dispositif de traitement de la télécommande (15) qui se trouve en liaison de données avec lui, avec lequel peut être fournie une grandeur psychoacoustique (P) en rapport avec le son sortant (A1, A2), et
    - le dispositif de visualisation (17) étant relié au dispositif de traitement de signal ou au dispositif de traitement afin de visualiser une valeur de la grandeur psychoacoustique (P),
    caractérisé en ce que
    - au moins une valeur de référence (R) psychoacoustique peut être générée avec le modèle de perspective (14) du dispositif de traitement de signal ou du dispositif de traitement à partir des valeurs d'analyse correspondantes du dispositif d'analyse, indépendamment d'un réglage du dispositif de traitement de signal, laquelle est représentée optiquement par le dispositif de visualisation (17) conjointement avec une valeur psychoacoustique concernant un réglage actuel du dispositif de traitement de signal.
  2. Système d'audition selon la revendication 1, l'appareil auditif comportant la télécommande (15), laquelle contient le dispositif de visualisation (17) et un ou le dispositif de traitement.
  3. Système d'audition selon la revendication 2, l'appareil auditif (10, 20) et la télécommande (15) possédant respectivement un dispositif de communication avec lequel la valeur actuelle respective de la grandeur psychoacoustique (P) fournie par le dispositif de traitement de signal peut être transmise par l'appareil auditif (10, 20) à la télécommande (15) en vue de la représentation optique.
  4. Système d'audition selon l'une des revendications précédentes, plusieurs grandeurs psychoacoustiques (P) pouvant être fournies par le dispositif de traitement de signal ou le dispositif de traitement et les valeurs correspondantes pouvant être visualisées simultanément par le dispositif de visualisation (17).
  5. Système d'audition selon l'une des revendications précédentes, l'appareil auditif possédant deux arrangements d'audition (10, 20) destinés à alimenter l'oreille gauche et droite d'un utilisateur, le dispositif de traitement de signal étant disposé dans l'un des deux arrangements d'audition et le modèle de perspective (14) délivrant une grandeur psychoacoustique (P) relative à une perception binaurale sur la base des signaux des deux arrangements d'audition.
  6. Procédé pour faire fonctionner un système d'audition comprenant un appareil auditif (10, 20) et un dispositif de visualisation (17), par
    - transformation d'un son entrant (E1) en un son sortant (A1, A2) dans l'appareil auditif et
    - fourniture d'une grandeur psychoacoustique (P) en rapport avec le son sortant (A1, A2) à l'aide d'un modèle de perspective (14) par l'appareil auditif ou par un dispositif de traitement relié au dispositif de visualisation (17),
    - visualisation d'une valeur de la grandeur psychoacoustique (P) par le dispositif de visualisation (17), et
    - analyse d'une situation d'écoute actuelle, caractérisé en ce que
    - au moins une valeur de référence (R) psychoacoustique est générée avec le modèle de perspective (14) à partir des valeurs d'analyse correspondantes, indépendamment d'un réglage de l'appareil auditif, laquelle est représentée optiquement conjointement avec une valeur psychoacoustique concernant un réglage actuel de l'appareil auditif.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, plusieurs grandeurs psychoacoustiques étant fournies par l'appareil auditif et les valeurs correspondantes étant visualisées simultanément.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 6 ou 7, un deuxième appareil auditif (20, 10) étant présent en plus de l'appareil auditif (10, 20), lesquels sont conçus pour alimenter ensemble l'oreille gauche et droite d'un utilisateur, et le modèle de perspective (14) délivrant une grandeur psychoacoustique (P) relative à une perception binaurale pour la visualisation sur la base des signaux des deux appareils auditifs.
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