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Hearing system

  • US 10,181,328 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2015
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A binaural hearing aid system comprising a first hearing device configured to be worn at, behind, and/or in an ear of a user;

  • a second hearing device configured to be worn at, behind, and/or in an ear of a user; and

    a remote device comprising a microphone configured to convert acoustical sound signals into noiseless sound signals, wherein the first hearing device comprisesa direction sensitive input sound transducer unit configured to convert acoustical sound signals into electrical noisy sound signals,a wireless sound receiver unit configured to receive wireless sound signals from the remote device, the wireless sound signals representing the noiseless sound signals, anda processing unit configured to map the wireless sound signals into binaural electrical output signals,wherein the processing unit is configured to estimate the direction to an active source from the electrical noisy sound signals obtained by the direction sensitive input sound transducer unit and determine at least one transfer function based on the estimated direction, andwherein the processing unit is configured to map the wireless sound signals into the binaural electrical output sound signals comprising correct spatial cues by convolving the wireless sound signals and the determined at least one transfer function.

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