Hearing aid having multiple sound inputs and methods therefor
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1. A muiti-mode hearing aid, the hearing aid comprising:
- at least one microphone to convert sounds into a first signal;
a transceiver to receive a second signal through a communication channel; and
a processor adapted to apply a first hearing aid profile to the first signal to produce a first shaped output signal and a second hearing aid profile to the second signal to produce a second shaped output signal; and
a speaker coupled to the processor and adapted to produce an audible sound based on the first output signal if the multi-mode hearing aid is in a first mode, based on the second output signal if the multi-mode hearing aid is in a second mode and based on both the first output signal and the second output signal if the hearing aid is in a third mode.
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Abstract
A multi-mode hearing aid includes a processor that is configured to selectively apply different hearing aid profiles to different input signals, such as a first sound signal received from a microphone and a second sound signal received from a transceiver, to produce first and second shaped output signals. The processor is configured to produce an output signal including at least one of the first shaped output signal and the second shaped output signal.
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1. A muiti-mode hearing aid, the hearing aid comprising:
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at least one microphone to convert sounds into a first signal; a transceiver to receive a second signal through a communication channel; and a processor adapted to apply a first hearing aid profile to the first signal to produce a first shaped output signal and a second hearing aid profile to the second signal to produce a second shaped output signal; and a speaker coupled to the processor and adapted to produce an audible sound based on the first output signal if the multi-mode hearing aid is in a first mode, based on the second output signal if the multi-mode hearing aid is in a second mode and based on both the first output signal and the second output signal if the hearing aid is in a third mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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