Patent · US Expired

Hearing aid device with automatic situation recognition

US7324650B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Eghart Fischer · Schwabach, DE
Volkmar Hamacher · Hannover, DE
Thomas Hies · Singapore, SG
Thomas Hopf · Bad Wildbad, DE
Frank Wagner · Reiskirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 2003
Grant date	Jan 29, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

The correct recognition of the auditory situation “television” often poses a problem for hearing aid devices with automatic situation recognition, since a plurality of real situations are simulated by the television audio signal. To correctly recognize the situation “television”, the invention therefore provides to detect a line signal with a particular line signal frequency output by the television device, and given the existence of such a line signal to automatically implement the auditory situation “television”.

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