System for detection of special environments for hearing assistance devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9532147
APP PUB NO 20150023536A1
SERIAL NO

13946851

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Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for detection of special environments for hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method of operating a hearing assistance device for a user. A signal is received from a mobile device, such as a cellular telephone, representative of an environmental parameter sensed by the mobile device. In various embodiments, an acoustic environment about the mobile device is identified based on the received signal using a signal processor. An operational mode of the hearing assistance device is adjusted using the signal processor based on the identified acoustic environment, according to various embodiments.

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  • STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.

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Scheller, Thomas A Eden Prairie, US 8 72

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