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Voice-to-remaining audio (VRA) interactive hearing aid and auxiliary equipment

US6985594B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 14, 2000
Grant dateJan 10, 2006
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2021/065
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated individual listening device and decoder for receiving an audio signal including a decoder for decoding the audio signal by separating the audio signal into a voice signal and a background signal, a first end-user adjustable amplifier coupled to the voice signal and amplifying the voice signal; a second end-user adjustable amplifier coupled to the background signal and amplifying the background signal; a summing amplifier coupled to outputs of said first and second end-user adjustable amplifiers and outputting a total audio signal, said total signal being coupled to an individual listening device.

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