HEARING AID, HEARING-AID APPARATUS, HEARING-AID METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREOF
First Claim
1. A hearing aid which fits in an ear of a user, and amplifies a sound and outputs the amplified sound, said hearing aid comprising:
- a pick-up unit configured to pick up the sound;
a wireless communicating unit configured to receive, from an external apparatus connected via wireless, an instruction for outputting a searching sound, the instruction for outputting a searching sound being used for outputting a searching sound;
an amplifying unit configured to amplify the sound;
an outputting unit configured to output the sound amplified by said amplifying unit;
an operation switching unit configured to switch between a hearing mode and a searched mode, the hearing mode causing said amplifying unit to amplify a hearing sound which is a sound picked up by said pick-up unit with a use of a first amplification factor, and the searched mode causing said amplifying unit to amplify the searching sound, in response to the reception of the instruction for outputting a searching sound, with a use of a second amplification factor greater than the first amplification factor; and
a storing unit configured to store a parameter indicating a frequency band suitable for remaining hearing of the user,wherein, in the searched mode, said amplifying unit selectively amplifies the frequency band indicated by the parameter with a use of the second amplification factor, the frequency band being included in the searching sound.
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Abstract
A hearing aid (100) fits in an ear of a user and amplifies a sound and outputs the amplified sound. Specifically, the hearing aid includes: a microphone (110) as a pick-up unit which picks up the sound; a wireless communicating unit (130) which receives, from an external apparatus connected via wireless, an instruction for outputting a searching sound, the instruction for outputting a searching sound which is used for outputting a searching sound; an amplifier (140) which amplifies the outputted sound; an earphone (150) as an outputting unit which outputs the sound amplified by the amplifier (140); and an operation switching unit (120) which switches between a hearing mode and a searched mode, the hearing mode causing the amplifier (140) to amplify a hearing sound which is a sound picked up by the microphone (110) with a use of a first amplification factor, and the searched mode causing the amplifier (140) to amplify the searching sound, in response to the reception of the instruction for outputting a searching sound, with a use of a second amplification factor greater than the first amplification factor.
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13 Claims
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1. A hearing aid which fits in an ear of a user, and amplifies a sound and outputs the amplified sound, said hearing aid comprising:
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a pick-up unit configured to pick up the sound; a wireless communicating unit configured to receive, from an external apparatus connected via wireless, an instruction for outputting a searching sound, the instruction for outputting a searching sound being used for outputting a searching sound; an amplifying unit configured to amplify the sound; an outputting unit configured to output the sound amplified by said amplifying unit; an operation switching unit configured to switch between a hearing mode and a searched mode, the hearing mode causing said amplifying unit to amplify a hearing sound which is a sound picked up by said pick-up unit with a use of a first amplification factor, and the searched mode causing said amplifying unit to amplify the searching sound, in response to the reception of the instruction for outputting a searching sound, with a use of a second amplification factor greater than the first amplification factor; and a storing unit configured to store a parameter indicating a frequency band suitable for remaining hearing of the user, wherein, in the searched mode, said amplifying unit selectively amplifies the frequency band indicated by the parameter with a use of the second amplification factor, the frequency band being included in the searching sound. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A hearing aid method for amplifying a sound and outputting the amplified sound, sing a hearing aid fitting in an ear of a user, said method comprising:
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picking up the sound; receiving, from an external apparatus connected via wireless, an instruction for outputting a searching sound, the instruction for outputting a searching sound being used for outputting a searching sound; amplifying the sound; outputting the sound amplified in said amplifying; and in said amplifying, switching between a hearing mode and a searched mode, the hearing mode involving amplifying a hearing sound which is a sound picked up in said picking up with a use of a first amplification factor, and the searched mode involving amplifying the searching sound, in response to the reception of the instruction for outputting a searching sound, with a use of a second amplification factor greater than the first amplification factor, wherein in the searched mode, said amplifying involves selectively amplifying a frequency band suitable for remaining hearing of the user with a use of the second amplification factor, the frequency band being included in the searching sound.
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13. An integrated circuit which amplifies a sound and outputs the amplified sound, said integrated circuit comprising:
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a pick-up unit configured to pick up the sound; a wireless communicating unit configured to receive, from an external apparatus connected via wireless, an instruction for outputting a searching sound, the instruction for outputting a searching sound being used for outputting a searching sound; an amplifying unit configured to amplify the sound; an outputting unit configured to output the sound amplified by said amplifying unit; and an operation switching unit configured to switch between a hearing mode and a searched mode, the hearing mode causing said amplifying unit to amplify a hearing sound which is a sound picked up by said pick-up unit with a use of a first amplification factor, and the searched mode causing said amplifying unit to amplify the searching sound, in response to the reception of the instruction for outputting a searching sound, with a use of a second amplification factor greater than the first amplification factor, wherein, in the searched mode, said amplifying unit selectively amplifies a frequency band suitable for remaining hearing of the user with a use of the second amplification factor, the frequency band being included in the searching sound.
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