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Method for operating a hearing device, and hearing device

US6895098B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2001
Grant dateMay 17, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2225/41
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a hearing device (1) including the extraction, during an extraction phase, of characteristic features from an acoustical signal captured by at least one microphone (2a, 2b), and the processing, during an identification phase and with the aid of Hidden Markov Models, of the characteristic features especially for the determination of a momentary acoustic scene or of sounds and/or for voice and word recognition. A hearing device is also specified.

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