Hearing aid device
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1. A hearing aid device, comprising first and second hearing aids separately mounted on the two ears of the user,wherein the first and second hearing aids each have:
- a main body having a mounting shape that conforms to the shape of the user'"'"'s ear;
a sound collector that takes in ambient sound from around the main body;
a hearing aid processor that subjects the ambient sound taken in by the sound collector to hearing aid processing;
a speech output section that outputs to outside the main body the sound that has been processed by the hearing aid processor;
a communication section that communicates between the first and second hearing aids;
a notification controller that decides a communication state between the first and second hearing aids; and
a counter that counts a number of times that the notification controller decides that communication has not been established between the first and second hearing aids; and
a notification synthesizer that alerts the user that the power has not been turned on according to the decision result for the communication state by the notification controller when the number of times that the notification controller decides that the communication has not been established between the first and second hearing aids counted by the counter exceeds a specific count.
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With the hearing aid device of the present invention, when the power is turned on, communication starts between the first and second hearing aids, and until this communication is established, it is recognized that the power has not been switched on to the second hearing aid, and the user is notified. Also, if the battery of the second hearing aid should die during use, a dead battery notification is sent to the first hearing aid, and if communication between the first and second hearing aids is blocked, the user is notified on the side of the first hearing aid that is operating.
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1. A hearing aid device, comprising first and second hearing aids separately mounted on the two ears of the user,
wherein the first and second hearing aids each have: -
a main body having a mounting shape that conforms to the shape of the user'"'"'s ear; a sound collector that takes in ambient sound from around the main body; a hearing aid processor that subjects the ambient sound taken in by the sound collector to hearing aid processing; a speech output section that outputs to outside the main body the sound that has been processed by the hearing aid processor; a communication section that communicates between the first and second hearing aids; a notification controller that decides a communication state between the first and second hearing aids; and a counter that counts a number of times that the notification controller decides that communication has not been established between the first and second hearing aids; and a notification synthesizer that alerts the user that the power has not been turned on according to the decision result for the communication state by the notification controller when the number of times that the notification controller decides that the communication has not been established between the first and second hearing aids counted by the counter exceeds a specific count. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A hearing aid device, comprising first and second hearing aids separately mounted on the two ears of the user,
wherein the first and second hearing aids each have: -
a main body having a mounting shape that conforms to the shape of the user'"'"'s ear; a sound collector that takes in ambient sound from around the main body; a hearing aid processor that subjects the ambient sound taken in by the sound collector to hearing aid processing; a speech output section that outputs to outside the main body the sound that has been processed by the hearing aid processor; a communication section that communicates between the first and second hearing aids; a remaining battery charge transmission section that notifies the first or the second hearing aid that the battery has died in the second or the first hearing aid; a notification controller that determines a communication state between the first and second hearing aids and the state of the remaining battery charge of the first and second hearing aids; and a notification synthesizer that alerts the user that the battery of the first or the second hearing aid is dead at the first or the second hearing aid whose battery has not died according to the determination result for the communication state by the notification controller and on the basis of the determination result for the remaining battery charge of the first or second hearing aid, wherein the notification synthesizer alerts the user that the battery of the first or the second hearing aid is dead at the first or the second hearing aid whose battery has not died by emitting a warning sound that is different from a warning sound that is emitted for some other communication interruption between the first and second hearing aids. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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Current AssigneePanasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
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Original AssigneePanasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
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InventorsIsozaki, Hiroyoshi, Kondo, Hiroshi, Noguchi, Nobuaki, Ochi, Hirotaka
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Primary Examiner(s)Kuntz, Curtis
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Assistant Examiner(s)KAUFMAN, JOSHUA A
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Application NumberUS13/121,522Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,071 DaysField of Search381/312, 381/315, 381/23.1, 381/314, 381/320, 381/321, 600/25US Class Current381/315CPC Class CodesH04R 25/305 Self-monitoring or self-tes...H04R 25/552 Binaural
