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Customizing audio output to a user's hearing in a digital telephone

US6212496A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1998
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2021/065
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for producing an audio output customized to a listener's hearing impairment through a digital telephone. A user initially sets user parameters to represent the user's hearing spectrum. In receiving a call, the digital telephone receives an input signal. The digital telephone adjusts the input signal according to the user parameters and generates an output signal based upon the adjusted input signal.

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