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Host controller for programmable digital hearing aid system

US4879749A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1988
Grant dateNov 7, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2225/43
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A host controller for producing data from a computer for a programmable filter of a hearing aid to cancel feedback in which phase shift and gain control means as adjusted by the computer to generate a feedback cancellation voltage which is supplied to the hearing aid for summation of the feedback and feedback cancellation voltages by the hearing aid and in which the summed feedback and feedback cancellation voltages are returned to the host controller for further adjustment of said phase shift and gain control means until feedback has been cancelled. The host controller then transmits to the programmable filter the phase shift and gain control data necessary to cancel feedback.

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