Hearing aid
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1. System for enhancing the hearing of certain sounds, the system comprising:
- an electro-acoustic transducer for producing sounds in the vicinity of an ear, according to signals provided thereto; and
a compensatory signal generator coupled with said electro-acoustic transducer, said compensatory signal generator producing a compensatory signal, according to at least a portion of a compensatory waveform, said compensatory waveform being determined according to ear otoacoustic emissions, said compensatory signal being employed to enhance said hearing, said compensatory signal generator providing said compensatory signal to said electro-acoustic transducer.
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System for enhancing the hearing of certain sounds, the system including an electro-acoustic transducer for producing sounds in the Vicinity of an ear, according to signals provided thereto, and a compensatory signal generator coupled with the electro-acoustic transducer, the compensatory signal generator producing a compensatory signal, according to at least a portion of a compensatory waveform, the compensatory waveform being determined according to ear otoacoustic emissions, the compensatory signal being employed to enhance the hearing, the compensatory signal generator providing the compensatory signal to the electro-acoustic transducer.
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1. System for enhancing the hearing of certain sounds, the system comprising:
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an electro-acoustic transducer for producing sounds in the vicinity of an ear, according to signals provided thereto; and
a compensatory signal generator coupled with said electro-acoustic transducer, said compensatory signal generator producing a compensatory signal, according to at least a portion of a compensatory waveform, said compensatory waveform being determined according to ear otoacoustic emissions, said compensatory signal being employed to enhance said hearing, said compensatory signal generator providing said compensatory signal to said electro-acoustic transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Method for enhancing the hearing of certain sounds, the method comprising the procedures of:
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producing a compensatory signal according to at least a portion of a compensatory waveform, said compensatory signal being employed to enhance said hearing, said compensatory waveform being determined according to ear otoacoustic emissions; and
producing a compensatory sound in the vicinity of said ear, according to said compensatory signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. Method for enhancing the hearing of certain sounds, the method comprising the procedures of:
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producing a compensatory signal for at least selected ones of a plurality of predetermined bands, said compensatory signal having characteristics for enhancing hearing of sounds within said selected predetermined bands;
applying modification triggering criteria corresponding to each of said selected predetermined bands, according to at least a respective portion of an ambient sound signal; and
modifying said ambient sound signal corresponding to each of said selected predetermined bands, according to said compensatory signal, when said modification triggering criteria apply, thereby producing a modified signal. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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