Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user

Details Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user

2006-06-01

2010-06-15

Le, Huyen D (Department: 2614)

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

Hearing aids, electrical

Remote control, wireless, or alarm

C381S312000, C381S321000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07738665

ABSTRACT:
There is provided a method for providing hearing assistance to a user (101), comprising capturing audio signals by a microphone arrangement (26) and transmitting the audio signals by a transmission unit (102) via a wireless audio link (107) to a receiver unit (103), analyzing the audio signals by a classification unit (134) prior to being transmitted in order to determine a present auditory scene category from a plurality of auditory scene categories, setting by a gain control unit (126) located in the receiver unit (103) the gain applied to the audio signals according to the present auditory scene category determined by the classification unit, and stimulating the user's hearing by stimulating means (136) worn at or in a user's ear according to the audio signals from the gain control unit (126).

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