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Hearing device with user driven settings adjustment

  • US 10,382,872 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2017
  • Issued: 08/13/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An audio system configured to be adjustable by a user, comprising:

  • a microphone configured to receive an input sound and to produce a microphone signal representative of the received input sound;

    a volume controller configured to receive a volume control (VC) command;

    an audio processor configured to produce an output audio signal by processing the microphone signal according to a plurality of processor settings, the audio processor including;

    an environmental parameter detector configured to detect environmental parameters from the microphone signal upon receiving the VC command, the environmental parameters characterizing the input sound received when the VC command is received and including at least a level of the input sound and at least one of an estimate of a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the input sound, interaural time differences (ITDs), interaural level differences (ILDs), an environmental classification of the input sound, or a geographic location of the hearing device; and

    a processing adjuster configured to adjust one or more processor settings of the plurality of processor settings, based on at least the VC command and the environmental parameters, to control signals substantially characteristic of the detected environmental parameters; and

    a speaker configured to produce an output sound using the output audio signal.

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