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Hearing augmentation systems and methods

  • US 10,341,791 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2017
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hearing system capable of replaying recent sound data recorded by the hearing system, the hearing system comprising:

  • a speaker configured to direct sound into a user'"'"'s ear;

    a microphone configured to detect ambient sound and generate an audio signal representing the ambient sound that is recorded as audio data in sets of audio data blocks;

    a memory comprising a machine readable medium that stores machine executable code instructions and said audio data in the sets of audio data blocks; and

    a control system coupled to the memory, the control system configured to execute the machine executable code instructions to cause the control system to perform the functions of;

    selecting a predetermined length of the audio data that comprises one or more of the sets of the audio data blocks, so that the predetermined length of the audio data is the same length or longer than each audio data block of the sets of audio data blocks, the process of selecting the predetermined length of the audio data comprising referencing most recently recorded audio data blocks from the sets of audio data blocks until the predetermined length of the audio data is achieved;

    replaying the predetermined length of audio data upon receiving an instruction to replay the audio data; and

    transmitting the predetermined length of audio data to a mobile device configured to store the predetermined length of audio data.

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