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Automatic gain control for hearing aid

US4718099A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 1986
Grant dateJan 5, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 29, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2225/41
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hearing aid having signal compression characteristics that adapt to the environment of the sound field in which it is operative in which an automatic gain control signal processor is responsive to the magnitude, duration and frequency of the signals in a sound field to control a compression amplifier so that the gain thereof is proportional to said signals.

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