EP1307072A3 - Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Hörgerätes sowie Hörgerät - Google Patents

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EP1307072A3
EP1307072A3 EP02022530A EP02022530A EP1307072A3 EP 1307072 A3 EP1307072 A3 EP 1307072A3 EP 02022530 A EP02022530 A EP 02022530A EP 02022530 A EP02022530 A EP 02022530A EP 1307072 A3 EP1307072 A3 EP 1307072A3
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Eghart Fischer
Volkmar Hamacher
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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
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/43—Electronic input selection or mixing based on input signal analysis, e.g. mixing or selection between microphone and telecoil or between microphones with different directivity characteristics
    • 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
    • H04R25/502—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using analog signal processing
    • 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
    • H04R25/35—Electric hearing aids using translation techniques
    • H04R25/356—Amplitude, e.g. amplitude shift or compression

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Bei einem Hörgerät (1) sollen durch Ein-, Aus- oder Umschaltvorgänge hervorgerufene störende akustische Effekte vermieden werden. Hierzu schlägt die Erfindung vor, die Signalverarbeitung im Hörgerät (1) gleitend von einem ersten Betriebszustand in einen zweiten Betriebszustand zu überführen. Gemäß der Erfindung sind während des Umschaltvorgangs beide Betriebszustände gleichzeitig im Hörgerät (1) vorhanden. Der gleitende Übergang erfolgt durch eine parallele Signalverarbeitung in wenigstens zwei Signalpfaden des Hörgerätes (1), wobei ein Signal, das aus dem ersten Betriebszustand resultiert, und ein Signal, das aus dem zweiten Betriebszustand resultiert, in wechselnder Gewichtung addiert werden.
EP02022530A 2001-10-17 2002-10-07 Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Hörgerätes sowie Hörgerät Expired - Lifetime EP1307072B1 (de)

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AT (1) ATE381237T1 (de)
DE (1) DE50211346D1 (de)
DK (1) DK1307072T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2296861T3 (de)

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