Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7738665
APP PUB NO 20070189561A1
SERIAL NO

11421527

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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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PHONAK COMMUNICATIONS AG3280 MURTEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dijkstra, Evert Fontaines, CH 19 376
Marquis, Francois Oron-le-Chatel, CH 17 251

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