METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HEARING ASSISTANCE TO A USER
First Claim
1. A method for providing hearing assistance to a user, comprising:
- (a) capturing audio signals by a microphone arrangement and transmitting said audio signals by a transmission unit via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit;
(b) analyzing said audio signals by a classification unit prior to being transmitted in order to determine a present auditory scene category from a plurality of auditory scene categories;
(e) setting by a gain control unit located in said receiver unit a gain applied to said audio signals according to said present auditory scene category determined in step (b);
(d) stimulating a user'"'"'s hearing by stimulating means worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear according to audio signals from said gain control unit.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for providing assistance to a user (101), comprising capturing audio signals by a microphone arrangement (26) and transmitting the audio signals by a transmission unit (102) via a wireless audio link (107) to a receiver unit (103), analyzing the audio signals by a classification unit (134) prior to being transmitted in order to determine a present auditory scene category from a plurality of auditory scene categories, setting by a gain control unit (126) located in the receiver unit (103) the gain applied to the audio signals according to the present auditory scene category determined by the classification unit, and stimulating the user'"'"'s hearing by stimulating means (136) worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear according to the audio signals from the gain control unit (126).
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58 Claims
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1. A method for providing hearing assistance to a user, comprising:
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(a) capturing audio signals by a microphone arrangement and transmitting said audio signals by a transmission unit via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit; (b) analyzing said audio signals by a classification unit prior to being transmitted in order to determine a present auditory scene category from a plurality of auditory scene categories; (e) setting by a gain control unit located in said receiver unit a gain applied to said audio signals according to said present auditory scene category determined in step (b); (d) stimulating a user'"'"'s hearing by stimulating means worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear according to audio signals from said gain control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for providing hearing assistance to a user, comprising:
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(a) capturing first audio signals by a first microphone arrangement and transmitting the first audio signals by a transmission unit via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit connected to or integrated into a hearing instrument comprising means for stimulating a hearing of said user wearing said hearing instrument; (b) capturing second audio signals by a second microphone arrangement of said hearing instrument; (c) analyzing at least one of said first audio signals, prior to being transmitted, and said second audio signals by a classification unit in order to determine a present auditory scene category from a plurality of auditory scene categories; (d) setting by a gain ratio control unit a ratio of a gain applied to said first audio signals and a gain applied to said second audio signals according to a present auditory scene category determined in step (c) and mixing said first and second audio signals according to said set gain ratio; (e) stimulating a user'"'"'s hearing by said stimulating means according to said mixed first and second audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A system for providing hearing assistance to a user, comprising:
- a microphone arrangement for capturing audio signals, a transmission unit for transmitting said audio signals via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit worn by said user;
a classification unit for analyzing said audio signals prior to being transmitted in order to determine a present auditory scene category from a plurality of auditory scene categories, a gain control unit located in said receiver unit for setting a value of a gain applied to said audio signals received by said receiver unit according to said present auditory scene category determined by said classification unit, and means worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear for stimulating a hearing of said user according to audio signals from said gain control unit. - View Dependent Claims (56)
- a microphone arrangement for capturing audio signals, a transmission unit for transmitting said audio signals via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit worn by said user;
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57. A system for providing hearing assistance to a user, comprising:
- a first microphone arrangement for capturing first audio signals, a transmission unit for transmitting the first audio signals via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit connected to or integrated into a hearing instrument, a second microphone arrangement of said heating instrument for capturing second audio signals, a classification unit for analyzing at least one of said first audio signals prior to being transmitted and said second audio signals in order to determine a present auditory scene category from a plurality of auditory scene categories, a gain ratio control unit for setting a ratio of a gain applied to said first audio signals and a gain applied to said second audio signals according to said present auditory scene category determined by said classification unit, means for mixing said first and second audio signals according to said gain ratio set by said gain ratio control unit, and means included in said hearing instrument for stimulating a hearing of said user wearing said hearing instrument according to said mixed first and second audio signals.
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