HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING AUDIO SIGNALS TO A USER WEARING SUCH HEARING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for supplying audio signals to a user wearing a hearing device at or in an ear, said hearing device comprising a sound attenuation portion for attenuating ambient sound before reaching an ear drum of said user, the method comprising:
- producing an audio signal at a controlled level by audio signal producing means;
providing sound corresponding to said audio signal produced by said audio signal producing means to an ear canal of said user by a loudspeaker which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards said user'"'"'s ear canal;
capturing audio signals by a microphone, which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards said user'"'"'s ear canal, from said sound provided by said loudspeaker to said user'"'"'s ear canal;
wherein a level of said audio signal produced by said audio signal producing means is controlled according to said audio signals captured by said microphone.
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Abstract
There is provided a hearing system comprising: a hearing device to be worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear for supplying audio signals to said user and comprising a sound attenuation portion for attenuating ambient sound before reaching the user'"'"'s ear, means for producing audio signals at a controlled level, a loudspeaker which is included in the attenuation portion and which is oriented towards the user'"'"'s ear canal for providing sound corresponding to the audio signal produced by the audio signal producing means to the user'"'"'s ear canal, a microphone which is included in the attenuation portion and which is oriented towards the user'"'"'s ear canal for capturing audio signals from the sound provided by the loudspeaker to the user'"'"'s ear canal, and a level control unit adapted to control the level of the audio signals produced by the audio signal producing means according to the audio signals captured by the microphone.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for supplying audio signals to a user wearing a hearing device at or in an ear, said hearing device comprising a sound attenuation portion for attenuating ambient sound before reaching an ear drum of said user, the method comprising:
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producing an audio signal at a controlled level by audio signal producing means; providing sound corresponding to said audio signal produced by said audio signal producing means to an ear canal of said user by a loudspeaker which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards said user'"'"'s ear canal; capturing audio signals by a microphone, which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards said user'"'"'s ear canal, from said sound provided by said loudspeaker to said user'"'"'s ear canal; wherein a level of said audio signal produced by said audio signal producing means is controlled according to said audio signals captured by said microphone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A hearing system comprising:
- a hearing device to be worn at or in an ear of a user for supplying audio signals to said user and comprising a sound attenuation portion for attenuating ambient sound before reaching said user'"'"'s ear, means for producing audio signals at a controlled level, a loudspeaker which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards an ear canal of said user for providing sound corresponding to said audio signal produced by said audio signal producing means to said user'"'"'s ear canal, a microphone which is included in said attenuation portion and which is oriented towards said user'"'"'s ear canal for capturing audio signals from said sound provided by said loudspeaker to said user'"'"'s ear canal, and a level control unit adapted to control a level of said audio signals produced by said audio signal producing means according to said audio signals captured by said microphone.
- View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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