Hearing aid with means for decorrelating input and output signals
US8345902B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2021/065
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hearing aid includes a microphone for converting sound into an audio input signal, a hearing loss processor configured for processing the audio input signal or a signal derived from the audio input signal in accordance with a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, a synthesizer configured for generation of a synthesized signal based at least on a sound model and the audio input signal, the synthesizer comprising a noise generator configured for excitation of the sound model for generation of the synthesized signal including synthesized vowels, and a receiver for generating an output sound signal based at least on the synthesized signal.
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