Hearing aid and a method for audio streaming
First Claim
1. A hearing assistive device having an input transducer, an output transducer for presenting audio for a hearing-impaired person, and a digital signal processor for processing an audio signal for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing-impaired person, the digital signal processor being able to assume one or more modes of processing ambient sound received by the input transducer for the hearing-impaired person;
- wherein the hearing assistive device furthermore comprises a short-range radio adapted for receiving a data signal comprising streamed audio;
wherein the digital signal processor has at least one further mode of operation in which the streamed audio is presented directly to the hearing-impaired person without processing for alleviating the hearing loss;
wherein the digital signal processor is adapted to detect control signals present in the data signal for controlling the mode of operation of the digital signal processor.
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Abstract
A mobile communication device (50) receives an audio stream as input and delivers a processed audio stream as output. The mobile communication device has a data connection providing access to the Internet, and a short range data connection for delivering a processed audio stream as output to a specific hearing aid (10). The mobile communication device acquires a data set containing hearing aid settings for the specific hearing aid from a remote server (71), and adjusts the emulation software application by means of the data set containing hearing aid settings for the specific hearing aid (10). The mobile communication device transmits the control signals and a processed audio stream to the specific hearing aid via the short range data connection and the specific hearing aid outputs the audio signal to the user without additional amplification. The invention also provides a method of signal processing in a mobile communication device.
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14 Claims
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1. A hearing assistive device having an input transducer, an output transducer for presenting audio for a hearing-impaired person, and a digital signal processor for processing an audio signal for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing-impaired person, the digital signal processor being able to assume one or more modes of processing ambient sound received by the input transducer for the hearing-impaired person;
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wherein the hearing assistive device furthermore comprises a short-range radio adapted for receiving a data signal comprising streamed audio; wherein the digital signal processor has at least one further mode of operation in which the streamed audio is presented directly to the hearing-impaired person without processing for alleviating the hearing loss; wherein the digital signal processor is adapted to detect control signals present in the data signal for controlling the mode of operation of the digital signal processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A hearing assistive device having an input transducer, an output transducer for presenting audio for the hearing-impaired person, and a digital signal processor for processing an audio signal for alleviating a hearing loss for a hearing-impaired person, wherein the digital signal processor is configured to operate in:
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a first streaming mode in which streamed audio received via a short-range radio is processed for alleviating a hearing loss for a hearing-impaired person; and a second streaming mode in which streamed audio received via the short-range radio is presented directly to the hearing-impaired person without processing for alleviating the hearing loss; wherein the digital signal processor is adapted to detect control signals present in a data signal comprising said streamed audio for controlling the mode of operation of the digital signal processor. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating a hearing assistive device having an input transducer, an output transducer for presenting audio for the hearing-impaired person, and a digital signal processor for processing an audio signal for alleviating a hearing loss for a hearing-impaired person, and comprising:
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in a first mode of operation processing streamed audio for alleviating a hearing loss for a hearing-impaired person; and presenting the processed streamed audio to the hearing-impaired person; in a second mode of operation presenting the streamed audio directly to the hearing-impaired person in case the streamed audio has been processed for alleviating the hearing loss prior to streaming; wherein said method further comprises detecting control signals present in a data signal comprising said streamed audio for controlling the mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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