Customization of adaptive directionality for hearing aids using a portable device
First Claim
1. A portable device for use by a wearer of a hearing aid set including one or more hearing aids, the hearing aid set receiving a directionality customization signal from the portable device and controlling directionality of sound reception using the directionality customization signal, the portable device comprising:
- a communication circuit configured to communicate with the hearing aid set;
a user interface configured to allow the wearer to enter user commands including a location command indicating one or more wearer-indicated locations each including a signal location identified by the wearer or a noise location identified by the wearer, the signal location being a location of a source of a sound of interest, the noise location being a location of a source of noise; and
a processing circuit coupled to the user interface and the communication circuit, the processing circuit configured to produce the directionality customization signal using the location command and transmit the directionality customization signal to the hearing aid set using the communication circuit.
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Abstract
A hearing assistance system provides a hearing-aid wearer with one or more hearing aids and a portable device allowing for a wearer-driven directionality customization of the one or more hearing aids. The wearer indicates the locations of sound(s) of interest and/or noise source(s) using the portable device. The one or more hearing aids adjust the directionality of sound reception based on these wearer-indicated locations.
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25 Claims
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1. A portable device for use by a wearer of a hearing aid set including one or more hearing aids, the hearing aid set receiving a directionality customization signal from the portable device and controlling directionality of sound reception using the directionality customization signal, the portable device comprising:
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a communication circuit configured to communicate with the hearing aid set; a user interface configured to allow the wearer to enter user commands including a location command indicating one or more wearer-indicated locations each including a signal location identified by the wearer or a noise location identified by the wearer, the signal location being a location of a source of a sound of interest, the noise location being a location of a source of noise; and a processing circuit coupled to the user interface and the communication circuit, the processing circuit configured to produce the directionality customization signal using the location command and transmit the directionality customization signal to the hearing aid set using the communication circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for controlling directionality of sound reception of a hearing aid set including one or more hearing aids configured to be worn by a wearer, the method comprising:
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receiving user commands using a portable device configured to allow the wearer to enter the user commands, the user commands including a location command indicating one or more wearer-indicated locations each including a signal location or a noise location in acoustic signals to be received by the hearing aid set, the signal location identified by the wearer as a location of a source of a sound of interest, the noise location identified by the wearer as a location of a source of noise; producing a directionality customization signal using the location command; and transmitting the directionality customization signal to the hearing aid set for the hearing aid set to control the directionality of sound reception using the directionality customization signal in processing the acoustic signals. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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