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Hearing assistance system with own voice detection

  • US 9,219,964 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2014
  • Issued: 12/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus configured to be worn by a wearer having a left ear with a left ear canal and a right ear with a right ear canal, comprising:

  • a left hearing assistance device and a right hearing assistance device communicatively coupled to each other, the left and right hearing assistance devices each including;

    a first microphone configured to produce a first microphone signal;

    a second microphone configured to produce a second microphone signal; and

    a voice detector,wherein at least one of the voice detectors of the left and right hearing assistance devices is configured to detect a voice of the wearer using the first and second microphone signals produced by the left hearing assistance device and the first and second microphone signals produced by the right hearing assistance device.

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