Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Hearing aids – electrical – Wideband gain control
Reexamination Certificate
2009-08-18
2011-10-18
Ni, Suhan (Department: 2614)
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Hearing aids, electrical
Wideband gain control
C381S312000, C381S316000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08041063
ABSTRACT:
A hearing aid that can reflect setting change of the hearing aid responsive to a sound environment by the user as intended, prevent the user from feeling inconvenience or displeasure caused by changing setting of the hearing aid, and enable the user to easily change the setting is provided.A hearing aid of the invention includes a microphone101configured to generate an input signal from an input sound, a signal processing unit120configured to process the input signal and generating an output signal, and a receiver103configured to play an output sound from the output signal. The signal processing unit120determines a time response of the input signal based on a contact sound generated when the hearing aid is contacted in a predetermined time period, and changes setting of the hearing aid based on the time response.
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Iwano Kenji
Murase Atsunobu
Culpepper Kerry
Ni Suhan
Odedra Dhiren
Panasonic Corporation
Panasonic Patent Center
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