Device for testing directionality in hearing aids

A hearing aid and equipment technology, applied in the field of equipment, can solve problems such as incorrect measurement of directional characteristics, and achieve the effect of avoiding inhibition

Active Publication Date: 2019-08-13
NATUS MEDICAL
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Such algorithms can classify pure tones as non-speech or noise and suppress the signal, leading to incorrect measurements of the directional properties

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[0067] Various features are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the drawings may or may not be drawn to scale and that elements of like structure or function are denoted by like reference numerals throughout the drawings. It should be noted that the drawings are only intended to facilitate the description of this feature. It is not intended to be an exhaustive description of or to limit the scope of the claimed invention. Furthermore, the features shown need not have all of the aspects and advantages shown. An aspect or advantage described in conjunction with a particular feature is not necessarily limited to that feature, and may be practiced with any other feature even if it is not shown, or explicitly described.

[0068] The first signal may be directed to a first input sensor of the hearing aid, such as the hearing aid front input sensor. The second signal may be directed to a second input sensor of the hearing aid, such ...

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An apparatus for testing a directional hearing instrument includes: a first microphone for coupling with an output of the hearing instrument, wherein the first microphone is configured to receive an audio output signal from the hearing instrument; a first speaker for transmission of a first signal having a first frequency component at a first frequency; a second speaker for transmission of a second signal having a second frequency component at a second frequency; and a processing unit configured to determine one or more hearing instrument parameters based on cross spectrum analysis of the first signal and the audio output signal.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to devices for testing hearing aids and methods relating thereto, and in particular to devices for testing the directivity of hearing aids. Background technique [0002] Many modern hearing aids include signal processing that allows the hearing aid to amplify sounds arriving from one direction (particularly from the front of the hearing aid user) while attenuating sounds from other directions. A simple test to verify this functionality would present a pure tone at each frequency from the front of the hearing aid and from other directions in two separate measurements. [0003] This type of test will work well if the hearing aid is run in a simple mode where the amplification is hardly dependent on the type of signal presented to its speaker. [0004] However, with the recent development of advanced hearing aids, signal processing functions within the hearing aid may include adaptation of the received signal. In particula...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04R29/00
CPCH04R25/30H04R25/405
Inventor A·博耶森M·埃克里德
Owner NATUS MEDICAL
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