Method and system for noise suppression in inductive receivers

• US 20060020454A1
• Filed: 07/21/2004
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Phonak AG (Sonova Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Phonak AG (Sonova Holding AG)
• Inventors: Gerber, Louis
• Application Number:
  US10/896,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20060020454A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/233
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils

Abstract

A method for noise suppression in wireless receivers or hearing aid devices comprising a receiver coil, wherein audible information is transmitted from a transmitter coil or loop in a wireless manner to said receiver coil, is disclosed and claimed. The method includes that the signal received by said receiver coil is analyzed by digital signal processing in the hearing frequency range and/or the speaking time range for discrete noise signals and other sound artifacts, and said noise signals and other sound artifacts are removed from said signal. This method allows to suppress noise that is introduced into the speech signal during the inductive transmission.

Claims

1. A method for noise suppression in inductive receivers comprising a receiver coil, wherein audio information is transmitted from a transmitter coil or loop in a wireless manner to said receiver coil, the method being characterized in that the signal received by said receiver coil is analyzed by digital signal processing in the hearing frequency range and/or the speaking time range for discrete noise signals and other sound artifacts, and said noise signals and other sound artifacts are removed from said signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said noise is a low frequency noise in the range of from 50 Hz to 4-8 kHz.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein an audible signal is restored after the removal of said noise signals and other sound artifacts.

4. The method according to one of the claims 1 or 3, wherein said analysis of the received signal and/or the restoration of the received signal and/or the removal of said noise signals and other sound artifacts is accomplished by the use of at least one algorithm of acoustic speech processing.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said at least one algorithm of acoustic speech processing is selected from algorithms based on the principles of speech theory.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein said algorithm is a Wiener filtering method.

7. A system for noise suppression in wireless receivers comprising a receiver coil, wherein audible information is transmitted from a transmitter coil or loop in a wireless manner to said receiver coil, characterized by the fact that the system comprises means for analyzing the received signal by digital signal processing, means for identifying discrete noise signals and other sound artifacts, means for removing said discrete noise signals and other sound artifacts, and means for restoring the undisturbed original speech.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said means for analyzing the received signal are adapted to analyze the signal in the hearing frequency range and/or the speaking time range.

9. The system according to one of the claims 7 or 8, further comprising means for storing algorithms for analyzing, removing and restoring.