Differential hearing aid with programmable frequency response

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Sound effects – Reverberators

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381 68, 381110, 381 682, H04R 2500, H04R 304, H03G 320

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ABSTRACT:
A differential input hearing aid with a programmable frequency response provides the hard of hearing with the capability to listen to individual conversations in the midst of high ambient background noise, and to have the frequency response of the hearing aid tailored to the individual user by programming the desired response characteristics into the hearing aid by digital signals. The audio inputs of two microphones are applied to a subtractive circuit with the balance of the inputs being controllable. Digitally controlled band pass filters with selectable band and selectable level of amplification are provided.

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