CA2296414C - Method for electronically selecting the dependency of an output signal from the spatial angle of acoustic signal impingement and hearing aid apparatus - Google Patents

Method for electronically selecting the dependency of an output signal from the spatial angle of acoustic signal impingement and hearing aid apparatus Download PDF

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CA2296414C
CA2296414C CA002296414A CA2296414A CA2296414C CA 2296414 C CA2296414 C CA 2296414C CA 002296414 A CA002296414 A CA 002296414A CA 2296414 A CA2296414 A CA 2296414A CA 2296414 C CA2296414 C CA 2296414C
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R3/00—Circuits for transducers
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/407—Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing

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CA002296414A 1997-07-16 1998-07-14 Method for electronically selecting the dependency of an output signal from the spatial angle of acoustic signal impingement and hearing aid apparatus Expired - Fee Related CA2296414C (en)

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EP97112125A EP0802699A3 (de) 1997-07-16 1997-07-16 Verfahren zum Elektronischerweitern des Abstands zwischen zwei akustischen/elektrischen Wandlern und einem Hörhilfegerät
PCT/IB1998/001069 WO1999004598A1 (en) 1997-07-16 1998-07-14 Method for electronically selecting the dependency of an output signal from the spatial angle of acoustic signal impingement and hearing aid apparatus

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EP0802699A2 (de) 1997-10-22
EP0997055A1 (de) 2000-05-03
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WO1999004598A1 (en) 1999-01-28
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ATE218025T1 (de) 2002-06-15
IL133999A (en) 2004-03-28
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