KR100956167B1 - Creation Method of channel of digital hearing-aid and Multi-channel digital hearing-aid - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a channel setting method of a multi-channel digital hearing aid suitable for Korean frequency characteristics and a multi-channel digital hearing aid using the same. In the channel setting method of a multi-channel digital hearing aid, a voice frequency band is used as an average frequency of a Korean consonant and a Korean vowel. The channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid for the Korean frequency characteristics, and the multi-channel digital hearing aid, the microphone for receiving a voice signal, the microphone A filter unit for deleting and outputting signals other than an effective frequency band among voice signals input through the A / D converter for converting and outputting an analog voice signal output from the filter into a digital voice signal, and the A / D conversion The digital audio signal output from the video is separated according to the preset channel, After adjusting the gain of the digital audio signal of each channel according to the set gain information, the signal processing unit for synthesizing and outputting the digital audio signal whose gain is adjusted for each channel, the digital voice signal output from the signal processing unit as an analog voice signal A D / A converter for converting and outputting an output unit for outputting an analog voice signal output from the D / A converter, wherein the channel includes at least four channels centered on an average frequency of a Korean consonant and a Korean vowel There is provided a multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, characterized in that configured.

According to the present invention, it is possible to use a hearing aid that satisfies the characteristics of Koreans who use Korean, and it is easy to precisely control the speech through frequency distribution according to the characteristics of Korean, and has fewer channels. In addition, the present invention has the same or superior effect as the current 16-channel hearing aid.

Korean, Language, Voice, Multichannel, Digital Hearing Aid, Hearing Aid

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Channel Setting Method of Multichannel Digital Hearing Aids for Korean Frequency Characteristics and Multichannel Digital Hearing Aids Using the Same

The present invention relates to a channel setting method of a multichannel digital hearing aid according to Korean frequency characteristics and a multichannel hearing aid using the same, and more particularly, Korean acoustic and acoustic characteristics are reflected and easily used by Koreans. The present invention relates to a channel setting method of a multichannel digital hearing aid suitable for Korean frequency characteristics and a multichannel hearing aid using the same.

Hearing loss occurs because human hearing is damaged by various diseases such as hearing from ear organs such as otitis media, long-term exposure to noise environment, sequelae of various accidents, and old age. Depending on the cause of hearing loss, it is divided into conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss, which can be given to some degree of hearing compensation by using general analog hearing aid, but in case of sensorineural hearing loss There is a problem in that it is difficult to use a typical analog hearing aid because the band has a different degree of damage.

In order to solve this problem, the current digital hearing aid uses a method of dividing an input signal into several frequency channels and adjusting the gain for each frequency channel to compensate for the narrow hearing range of the hearing impaired person to be close to the normal hearing range. Hearing aids, a tool used to compensate for hearing loss caused by the loss of hearing ability, modify the acoustic signals input to the hearing organs of hearing-impaired persons so that the level recognized by the brain is the same as that of normal people. I put it.

On the other hand, 14 hearing aid manufacturers are joined by Forum Besser Hoeren, a forum related to the German hearing aid industry, and these 14 manufacturers occupy 96% of the world market (Technical Trend Analysis on Hearing Aids and Hearing Devices 44p, 2006, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy). Although there is no accurate statistical information on the Korean market at present, it is known that 60% of the total volume is manufactured and imported from English-speaking countries such as Starkey, Resound Miracle Ear, and Unitron of Canada. That is, 100% of the hearing aids currently traded in the Korean market are imported from foreign countries, and about 60% of them are manufactured in countries where English is used as a base language.

Each language has its own unique characteristics. The human audible frequency ranges from 20 to 20,000 Hz, but the language used in real life and conversational languages uses only 100 to 8000 Hz. In addition, sounds are interpreted and understood in the brain rather than in the ear, which makes us sensitive to the sounds we are often familiar with. In the case of English, a consonant is a developed language, and the basic frequency of use is more biased than that of Korean. That is, there are nine friction sounds such as 'f, v, s, z, θ, ζ, ð' in English, whereas three friction sounds included in the high frequency band exist in Korean characters 'ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅎ'. The frequency range of these horse-drawn sounds is contained in 3600-8000 Hz.

The linguistic structure of Hangul is mainly concentrated at 200 ~ 3000Hz (a study on the frequency characteristics of Korean phonemes). Hangul is the language of vowels. The waveform of the fundamental frequency is mainly included in the bass, and f1 and f2, which are important for vowel discrimination, are almost distributed within 1500 Hz. These characteristics are well represented by the effect of high-frequency characteristics on speech comprehension (2000, Park Jin-hee). According to this, the word recognition score (WRS) at 3000Hz, 40dB, and 50dB is 96.05 and 96.65, respectively. Using only the frequency of 3000Hz indicates that there is no problem in communication.

Pascoe (1975) suggested that speech recognition could be improved by providing additional high-frequency information to high-frequency deaf people, but later Murray and Byrne (1986) suggested that additional high-frequency information could be difficult for hearing-impaired people. It doesn't show much effect. In addition, the audible threshold is different from the low and low, mainly low energy consonants, among which the high frequency is neglected and inaudible, many 5% clear speech can only expect the effect.

Nevertheless, looking at the 16-channel model of Canadian U company according to the prior art, eight of the channels are distributed in the treble of more than 3000Hz, only three of the 16 channels in the region of 200-1500Hz, which significantly affects the characteristics of Koreans This exists. In addition, there is no way to smoothly adjust the 300-450Hz part or 750-1100Hz where f2 is distributed, which is important for adjusting the collection.

In addition, in English, the basic frequency band is relatively higher than Korean, and there are differences in the length of vowels, the size and intensity of speech.

Therefore, the hearing aid produced by tailoring the linguistic characteristics of English in the English-speaking region due to the linguistic characteristics difference as described above has a problem that does not reflect the linguistic characteristics of the Korean language.

The present invention to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, to provide a channel setting method and a multi-channel hearing aid using the multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics reflecting the linguistic and phonetic characteristics of Korean and Korean The purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the channel setting method of a multi-channel digital hearing aid, at least four or more voice frequency band centered around the average frequency of the Hangul consonants and Hangul vowels A method for determining a channel setting method of a multichannel digital hearing aid according to Korean frequency characteristics is provided.

Here, the channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid for the Korean frequency characteristics described above may be configured to further set the voice tone control channel of 100 ~ 250Hz for adjusting the voice tone.

In addition, the channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the above-described Korean frequency characteristics, (a) setting the f1 control channel of 250Hz to 700Hz using the average frequency of the f1 frequency of the Hangul vowel as the center frequency; (b) setting an f2 control channel of 700 Hz to 1400 Hz using the average frequency of the f2 frequencies of the Korean vowel as the center frequency; (c) setting a first consonant control channel of 1400 Hz to 3000 Hz using an average frequency of Hangul consonants 1 (a, ㄲ, ㅋ, ㅂ, ㅃ,, ㅎ) as the center frequency; And (d) setting a second consonant control channel of 3000 Hz to 5000 Hz using an average frequency of Hangul consonants 2 (,, ㄸ, ㅌ, ㅈ, ㅉ, ,, ㅅ, ㅆ) as the center frequency. .

In addition, more preferably, the channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics may further include (e) setting a friction sound adjusting channel of 5000-6500Hz for controlling the friction sound.

In order to achieve the above object, according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a multi-channel digital hearing aid, comprising: a microphone for receiving a voice signal; A filter unit which deletes and outputs signals other than an effective frequency band among voice signals input through the microphone; An A / D converter converting an analog audio signal output from the filter unit into a digital audio signal and outputting the digital audio signal; The digital audio signal output from the A / D converter is separated according to a preset channel, the digital audio signal of each channel is adjusted according to the set gain information, and then the digital audio signal whose gain is adjusted for each channel is obtained. A signal processor for synthesizing and outputting the synthesized signal; A D / A converter converting the digital voice signal output from the signal processor into an analog voice signal and outputting the analog voice signal; And an output unit for outputting an analog voice signal output from the D / A converter, wherein the channel is composed of at least four channels centered on an average frequency of a Korean consonant and a Korean vowel. A multichannel digital hearing aid is provided.

At this time, the above-mentioned channel, the f1 control channel of 250Hz ~ 700Hz, the center frequency of the average frequency of the f1 frequency of the Hangul vowel; An f2 control channel of 700Hz to 1400Hz having an average frequency of the f2 frequencies of the Korean vowels as its center frequency; A first consonant control channel of 1400 Hz to 3000 Hz having an average frequency of the Hangul consonants 1 (a, ㄲ, ㅋ, ㅂ, ㅃ,, ㅎ) as the center frequency; And a second consonant control channel of 3000 Hz to 5000 Hz having an average frequency of the Hangul consonants 2 (ㄷ, ㄸ, ㅌ, ,, ㅉ,, ㅅ, ㅆ) as the center frequency.

In addition, the above-described channel may further include a friction sound adjusting channel of 5000-6500 Hz for adjusting the friction sound.

In addition, the channel described above may include a voice tone control channel of 100 ~ 250Hz for adjusting the voice tone.

On the other hand, the multi-channel hearing aid described above may be configured to set the loudness of the conversation sound to 55 dB, and may also be configured to set the syllable interval to 200 to 250 ms.

In addition, the multi-channel hearing aid described above may be configured to amplify and output a voice by applying an ear canal resonance value of 2642 Hz for a male user, and amplify and output a voice by applying an ear canal resonance value of 2856 Hz for a female user.

As described above, according to the channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid and the multi-channel digital hearing aid using the same according to the present invention, it is possible to use the hearing aid more satisfactorily through the hearing aid suitable for the characteristics of Koreans using Korean language. There is an advantage.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is easy to precisely adjust the speech through the frequency distribution according to the characteristics of the Hangul, and has the advantage that the same or superior effect with the current 16-channel hearing aid with fewer channels.

In addition, according to the present invention, with the control of f1 and f2 of the Hangul vowels, which are important positions of the speech, the consonants and vowels are conveniently controlled by channel classification through two kinds of average values of Hangul consonants.

In addition, according to the present invention has been made on the basis of the speech characteristics of the Korean language, the adjustment of the hearing aid through the compression and release time considering the distance between the speech and speech as well as the modification of the hearing aid can be shortened by the advantage that can be reduced have.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the channel setting method and multi-channel digital hearing aid using the multi-channel digital hearing aid.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a channel setting process of a multi-channel digital hearing aid according to Korean frequency characteristics according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the multi-channel digital hearing aid divides an input signal (voice signal input through a microphone) into channels according to frequency bands and adjusts gain for each frequency channel so that the narrow hearing range of the hearing impaired person is adjusted to the hearing range of a normal person. You will use a method of close compensation.

A channel setting method of a multi-channel digital hearing aid according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of setting a channel of such a hearing aid, and includes at least four input voice frequency bands centered on an average frequency of a Korean consonant and a Korean consonant. It is set by dividing into the above channels. Hereinafter, a channel setting method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

First, the channel setting method according to the present invention sets the 100 to 250Hz band as the voice tone control channel in order to adjust the voice tone (S100). If you look at hearing aids that use hearing aids, you can see people whose voices change over time. The voice gets thicker and there are more bass tones. This phenomenon occurs when a human hears a sound and corrects his or her pronunciation according to the sound. That is, in the case of the hearing aid according to the prior art, there was a problem that there is no way to correct the sound pressure of 100-250Hz to determine the human voice tone, but the channel setting method according to the present invention is a voice tone control in the 100 ~ 250Hz band The channel allows correction of the voice tone. In addition, it is possible to control the bass between 100-250Hz with a lot of energy of the voice can reduce the tone effect as well as some of the closing effect.

In the channel setting method according to the present invention, in order to control the f1 of the Hangul vowel, the frequency range of 250 Hz to 700 Hz is set as the f1 control channel using the average frequency of the f1 frequency of the Hangul vowel as the center frequency (S102). The average of the f1 frequencies of the Korean vowels (the average of the phonemes, minus the highest 'A' and the minimum 'I') is 416 Hz. With 416Hz as the center frequency and 250-700Hz as one channel, the vowel adjustment is accurate and simpler.

In the channel setting method according to the present invention, in order to control the f2 of the Hangul vowel, the average frequency of the f2 frequency of the Hangul vowel is set to the f2 control channel with a frequency range of 700 Hz to 1400 Hz (S104). The average of f2 frequencies of Korean vowels (average of vowels except 'yi' and 'ae' vowels) is 1000Hz. Vowels usually consist of about four formants. The most important formants that distinguish sounds are the f1 and f2 forms. The f2 of vowels is an important role in distinguishing the differences between vowels and is useful for listening to words more comfortably.

On the other hand, the channel setting method according to the present invention is divided into Korean consonants (Korean consonants 1: a, ,, ㅋ, ㅂ, ㅃ, プ, ㅎ, Hangul consonants 2: ㄷ, ㄸ, ㅌ, ㅈ, ㅉ, ㅊ, ㅅ , ㅆ) to set the channel for controlling Hangul consonant 1 and Hangul consonant 2.

That is, the channel setting method according to the present invention sets the 1400 Hz to 3000 Hz band as the first consonant control channel using the average frequency of the Hangul consonants 1 (a, ㄲ, ㅋ, ㅂ, ㅃ, ㅍ, ㅎ) as the center frequency. (S106). The average of the frequencies of consonants a, k, k, k, k, p, h is 1639 Hz. To control this consonant, 1400Hz ~ 3000Hz band can be set as one channel, and it can play a role of controlling consonant.

In addition, in the channel setting method according to the present invention, an average frequency of Hangul consonants 2 (c, k, k, k, k, k, k, k) is used as the center frequency, and the 3000 Hz to 5000 Hz band is used as the second consonant control channel. It is set (S108). The central frequency of the consonants', ㄸ, ㅌ, ,, ㅉ, ,, ㅅ, ㅆ is 4140 Hz. In order to adjust the consonant as described above, it is possible to set the 3000Hz to 5000Hz (center frequency 4140Hz) band as one channel to control the consonant.

Finally, the channel setting method according to the present invention sets the 5000-6500Hz band as the friction sound control channel for controlling the friction sound of ',, ㅆ' (S110).

On the other hand, the effective frequency of commercially available hearing aids is using 200 ~ 7400Hz. However, this frequency range (200 ~ 7400Hz) is the effective frequency of English, and Hangul can be used as 250-6500Hz with the effective frequency of 6461Hz which is the trailing vowel and the trailing vowel of 'ㅏ' and 'ㅅ'.

2 is a block diagram of a multi-channel digital hearing aid for Korean frequency characteristics according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the multi-channel digital hearing aid 100 suitable for Korean frequency characteristics according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a microphone 102, a filter unit 104, and an A / D converter 106. , A signal processor 110, a D / A converter 130, and an output unit 132.

The microphone 102 receives a voice signal (external sound) and converts it into an electrical signal to output. Hearing aid 100 according to the present invention can be configured to improve the directivity of the sound by using two microphones (102).

The filter unit 104 outputs a signal other than an effective frequency band among voice signals input through the microphone 102. As described above, the effective frequency band of the Hangul is 250-6500Hz, and in the case of the hearing aid 100 according to the present invention, the voice tone control channel (100-250Hz) is set and used, and thus the effective frequency band set by default. The range is set from 100 to 6500 Hz. This effective frequency band range can be changed according to the user's operation. When the effective frequency band is set to a default value (100 to 6500 Hz), the filter unit 104 deletes a signal in a band other than 100 to 6500 Hz input through the microphone 102 to the A / D conversion unit 106. Will output

The A / D converter 106 receives an analog voice signal output from the filter unit 104, converts the analog voice signal into a digital voice signal, and outputs the digital voice signal to the signal processor 110.

Meanwhile, the signal processor 110 according to the present invention separates the digital voice signal output from the A / D converter 106 according to a preset channel and adjusts the gain of the digital voice signal of each channel according to the set gain information. After that, the digital audio signal whose gain is adjusted for each channel is synthesized and output. That is, the signal processor 110 according to the present invention uses the sum of the specific sine waves generated by the respective sine wave generators as the input signal using the high frequency portion and the low frequency portion of the digital signal as the input signal. Using the sum of specific sine waves as a compensation signal, the hearing loss compensation of the corresponding band is calculated and accumulated and output.

In this case, as described above, the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention is configured to use at least four or more channels around the average frequency of the Korean consonant and the Korean vowel. That is, according to the linguistic and phonological characteristics of the Korean language, two channels for adjusting vowels and two channels for adjusting consonants are configured and used. More preferably, the channel used in the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention is the f1 control channel 114 of the 250 Hz to 700 Hz band for adjusting the f1 of the Korean vowel by using the average frequency of the f1 frequency of the Korean vowel as a center frequency. , F2 control channel 116 of 700Hz ~ 1400Hz band to adjust f2 of Hangul vowel with the average frequency of f2 frequency of Hangul vowel as the center frequency, Hangul consonant 1 (ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ, ㅂ, ㅃ, プ, First consonant control channel 118, 1 consonant consonants 2 (ㄷ, ㄸ, ㅌ, ㅈ, ㅉ, ,, ㅅ, ㅆ) in the 1400 Hz to 3000 Hz band to adjust the Korean consonants 1 using the average frequency as the center frequency. A second consonant control channel 120 of the 3000Hz ~ 5000Hz band for adjusting the Hangul consonant 2 by using the average frequency of the) as a center frequency, it may be composed of a friction sound control channel 122 of 5000-6500Hz band for adjusting the friction sound. .

In addition, even more preferably, the channel used in the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention may further include a voice tone control channel 112 of 100 to 250 Hz for adjusting the voice tone. In the case of using the voice tone control channel, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon in which the voice becomes thick and the bass tone is increased when the hearing aid is used as described above.

The D / A converter 130 converts the digital voice signal output from the signal processor 110 into an analog voice signal and outputs the analog voice signal, and the output unit 132 is an electrical output from the D / A converter 130. It receives analog voice signal and converts it into sound signal. In addition, the output unit 132 according to the present invention may be configured as an H-bridge speaker for hearing aids.

On the other hand, the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention may be configured to set the loudness of the dialogue sound to 55 dB. According to a paper on Koreans' English-speaking perception and decibel analysis experiment (2003, Kim Eun-jung), Koreans speak about 6dB less than foreigners on average. In other words. In the case of 60dB, which is considered to be the average value of actual speech sounds, the recognition result was less recognized in the WRS test. In other words, there is a need to change the compression method and internal algorithm of the WDRC method currently used (the effect of high frequency hearing loss on speech understanding, 2000, Park Jin-hee). Just changing the volume of the sound will cause a near 5% change in the WRS test. In addition, in the "Effective Hearing Aid Gain Promoting Measures for the Prevention of Secondary Hearing Loss in Children with Hearing Impairment" (2003, Choi Sung-kyu), reducing the -5dB in the current sound control method prevents hearing loss and maintains the intelligibility of speech. The speech intelligibility can be improved by just adjusting the sound volume. In addition, according to the 'Korean speech size' paper, Koreans talk about 8dB in stress, and in general, they talk about 6dB loud.

However, the current WDRC method sets the loud sound to 90dB, the dialog sound to 60dB, the small sound to 40dB, the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention by resetting the size of the dialog sound to 55dB in the conventional WDRC algorithm It is configured to bring the effect of improving speech intelligibility and shortening the adaptation period.

In addition, the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention can be configured to set the syllable interval of the output voice to 200 ~ 250ms, so that the user can recognize the voice signal more clearly. Looking at the paper on the vowel difference between Korean and English, Koreans respond to English syllable intervals. As a result, the reason why Americans misunderstand English spoken by Koreans also includes a large part of the reason for syllable intervals. In addition, even in hearing aids, the clarity of speech varies according to the speed at which the sound is compressed and decompressed. However, in the case of the hearing aid according to the prior art, since the standard of the time for compressing and solving the sound is based on the basic sound of English, correction for this is necessary. Looking at the function of the operating time and release time of the digital hearing aid (2007, Jang Soon-seok), it can be seen that the interval between syllables in English is 150 ~ 200ms, whereas the syllable intervals in Koreans are slightly increased to 200 ~ 250ms. This difference brings about the difference between the operation time and the release time.If the syllable interval of the hearing aid release time is set to 200 ~ 250ms to reflect this difference, the signal processing system of the brain that is familiar with Korean speech sounds is faster. Efficiently adapt to hearing aid sounds, it is possible to recognize speech more clearly.

In addition, the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention may be configured to amplify and output a voice by applying an ear canal resonance value of 2642 Hz for a male user, and to amplify and output a voice by applying an ear canal resonance value of 2856 Hz for a female user. have. The ear canal resonance characteristics of Korean adults and children (2000, Jeong Hyang-suk) are introduced to the ear canal resonance values of Koreans. For Koreans who are physically smaller than Westerners in English, the ear canal resonance is 2642 Hz for males and 2856 Hz for females. When wearing a hearing aid, the resonance value of the ear canal disappears, and the hearing aid makes this ear canal virtual. Entering these ear canal resonances as the average for Koreans makes it more comfortable to listen to what you say.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of a multi-channel digital hearing aid according to Korean frequency characteristics according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an operation process of a multichannel digital hearing aid suitable for Korean frequency characteristics configured as described above with reference to FIG. 3 will be described.

First, the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention receives a voice signal (external sound) through the microphone 102 and converts it into an electric signal, and deletes a signal other than the effective frequency band from the converted voice signal to the effective frequency band. Only the signal of (S300) is left. At this time, as described above, the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention, when the effective frequency band is set to the default value (100 ~ 6500Hz), the signal of a band other than 100 ~ 6500Hz input through the microphone 102 Delete it.

Next, the digital hearing aid 100 receives an analog voice signal, converts the digital voice signal into a digital voice signal (S302), and then divides the converted digital signal into multiple channels based on a frequency band and outputs each channel (S304). At this time, the channel used in the digital hearing aid 100 according to the present invention is a voice tone control channel of 100 ~ 250Hz for adjusting the voice tone, the average frequency of the f1 frequency of the Hangul vowel is adjusted to the center frequency f1 F1 control channel in 250Hz ~ 700Hz band, f2 control channel in 700Hz ~ 1400Hz band for adjusting f2 of Hangul vowel using the average frequency of f2 frequency of Hangul vowel as the center frequency, Hangul consonant 1 (ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ First consonant control channel of 1400Hz ~ 3000Hz band, Hangul consonant 2 (ㄷ, ㄸ, ㅌ, ㅈ, ㅉ, ㅊ for adjusting Korean consonant 1 with the average frequency of, ㅂ, ㅃ, ,, ㅎ) as the center frequency A second consonant control channel in the 3000Hz to 5000Hz band for adjusting the Hangul alphabet 2, and a frictional sound control channel in the 5000-6500Hz band for controlling the friction sound are used using the average frequency of, ,, ㅆ) as the center frequency. The converted digital voice signal is divided according to a preset frequency band and output to the channel.

The digital hearing aid 100 uses the sum of specific sine waves generated by the respective sine wave generators as the input signal using the high frequency portion and the low frequency portion of the digital signal as input signals, and compensates the sum of specific sine waves according to the input signal. Using the signal as a signal to calculate the hearing loss compensation (gain control value according to the hearing data) of the corresponding band to adjust the gain of the signal for each channel, and then add the signal whose gain is adjusted (S306, S308).

After the gain-adjusted signal is added, the digital hearing aid 100 amplifies and outputs the summed signal by applying the ear canal resonance value of 2642 Hz for a male user, and adds the sum signal by applying the ear canal resonance value of 2856 Hz for a female user. To amplify and output (S310).

After the amplification according to the ear canal resonance ends, the digital hearing aid 100 converts the data of which hearing loss is compensated by using the compensation gain into an analog signal (S312), and then converts the converted analog electric signal into an acoustic signal. Output it (S314).

Preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Additions should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a channel setting process of a multi-channel digital hearing aid for Korean frequency characteristics according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a multi-channel digital hearing aid for Korean frequency characteristics according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the multi-channel digital hearing aid for the Korean frequency characteristics according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: Multichannel Digital Hearing Aid for Korean Frequency Characteristics

102: microphone 104: filter unit

106: A / D conversion unit 110: signal processing unit

130: D / A converter 132: output unit

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In the channel setting method of a multi-channel digital hearing aid, Set the voice frequency band by dividing the channel centering on the average frequency of Hangul consonants and Hangul vowels, (a) setting an f1 control channel of 250 Hz to 700 Hz using an average frequency (416 Hz) of the f1 frequency of the Korean alphabet as a center frequency; (b) setting an f2 control channel of 700 Hz to 1400 Hz using an average frequency (1000 Hz) of the f2 frequency of the Korean vowel as a center frequency; (c) setting a first consonant control channel of 1400 Hz to 3000 Hz using an average frequency (1639 Hz) of the Korean consonants 1 (a, ㄲ, ㅋ, ㅂ, ㅃ,, ㅎ) as the center frequency; And (d) setting a second consonant control channel of 3000 Hz to 5000 Hz using an average frequency (4140 Hz) of Hangul consonant 2 (c, k, k, k, k, k, k, k) as the center frequency; A channel setting method of a multi-channel digital hearing aid according to Korean frequency characteristics, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, the channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, characterized in that to further set the voice tone control channel of 100 ~ 250Hz for adjusting the voice tone . delete The method of claim 1, The channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, (e) a channel setting method of the multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, further comprising the step of setting a friction sound control channel of 5000-6500Hz to control the friction sound. In a multichannel digital hearing aid, A microphone for receiving a voice signal; A filter unit which deletes and outputs signals other than an effective frequency band among voice signals input through the microphone; An A / D converter converting an analog audio signal output from the filter unit into a digital audio signal and outputting the digital audio signal; The digital audio signal output from the A / D converter is separated according to a preset channel, the digital audio signal of each channel is adjusted according to the set gain information, and then the digital audio signal whose gain is adjusted for each channel is obtained. A signal processor for synthesizing and outputting the synthesized signal; A D / A converter converting the digital voice signal output from the signal processor into an analog voice signal and outputting the analog voice signal; And An output unit for outputting an analog audio signal output from the D / A converter, The channel is, A f1 control channel of 250 Hz to 700 Hz having an average frequency (416 Hz) of the f1 frequency of the Hangul vowel as its center frequency; An f2 control channel of 700 Hz to 1400 Hz having an average frequency (1000 Hz) of the f2 frequency of the Hangul vowel as its center frequency; A first consonant control channel of 1400 Hz to 3000 Hz having an average frequency (1639 Hz) of the Hangul consonants 1 (a, ㄲ, ㅋ, ㅂ, ㅃ, ,, ㅎ) as a center frequency; And Korean frequency characteristics comprising a second consonant control channel of 3000Hz to 5000Hz, the center frequency of the average frequency (4140Hz) of Hangul consonant 2 (c, k, k, k, k, k, k, k) Multichannel Digital Hearing Aids. delete The method of claim 5, The channel is, The multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, characterized in that it further comprises a friction sound control channel of 5000-6500Hz for adjusting the friction sound. The method of claim 5, The channel is, Multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, characterized in that it comprises a voice tone control channel of 100 ~ 250Hz for adjusting the voice tone. The method of claim 5, The multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, characterized in that for setting the loudness of the chat sound to 55dB. The method of claim 5, The multi-channel digital hearing aid according to the Korean frequency characteristics, characterized in that the syllable interval is set to 200 ~ 250ms. The method of claim 5, The multi-channel digital hearing aid amplifies and outputs a voice by applying an ear canal resonance value of 2642 Hz for a male user, and amplifies and outputs a voice by applying an ear canal resonance value of 2856 Hz for a female user. Multichannel Digital Hearing Aids.

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