Controlling a gain setting in a hearing instrument

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2005-04-18

2009-06-09

Kuntz, Curtis (Department: 2614)

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

Binaural and stereophonic

Hearing aid

C381S060000, C381S315000, C381S321000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07545944

ABSTRACT:
According to the invention, in a hearing instrument it is once or repeatedly checked whether a second hearing instrument is present and active. If a second hearing instrument is active on the contralateral side, a first gain (corresponding to the gain for binaural fitting) is applied. If, however, no further hearing instrument is found to be active, a second—increased—gain is applied. The second gain may simply correspond to the first gain increased by a certain dB value. It may as an alternative be a specifically adapted gain characteristic of a monaural fitting for the user.

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