Vista IP Law Group, LLP
Hearing aid with occlusion suppression and subsonic energy control
A hearing aid includes an ambient microphone configured to receive and convert environmental sound into an electronic input signal, a hearing loss processor configured to compensate the electronic input signal in accordance with a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, and to generate an electronic output signal, a receiver, an ear canal microphone configured for converting ear canal sound pressure including subsonic energy into an ear canal signal, an occlusion suppressor connected for reception and processing of the ear canal signal, and for transmitting an occlusion suppression signal, a signal combiner configured for combining the occlusion suppression signal and the electronic output signal to form a combined signal, and for transmitting the combined signal to the receiver, and a subsonic filter for filtering subsonic energy, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the combined signal, and convert the combined signal into an acoustic output signal.
GN ReSound A/S
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inventional additional
James Robert
Anderson