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Hearing apparatus

US10798494B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sivantos Pte. Ltd. · SG

Inventors

Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi · Erlangen, DE
Henning Puder · Erlangen, DE
Dianna Yee · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 2, 2017
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R5/027
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of operating a hearing apparatus and hearing apparatus having at least one of a first microphone or a second microphone which generate a first microphone signal and a second microphone signal respectively, the first microphone and the second microphone being arranged in at least one of a first hearing device and a second hearing device, a third microphone which generates a third microphone signal, the third microphone being arranged in an external device, and a signal processing unit, wherein in the signal processing unit the third microphone signal and at least one of the first microphone signal or the second microphone signal are processed together thereby producing an output signal with an enhanced signal to noise ratio compared to the first microphone signal and/or the second microphone signal.

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