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EP1624722A2
EP1624722A2 EP05107047A EP05107047A EP1624722A2 EP 1624722 A2 EP1624722 A2 EP 1624722A2 EP 05107047 A EP05107047 A EP 05107047A EP 05107047 A EP05107047 A EP 05107047A EP 1624722 A2 EP1624722 A2 EP 1624722A2
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Eghart Fischer
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/558—Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
    • H04R25/554—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils

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  • the invention relates to a hearing aid system comprising at least one hearing aid comprising an input transducer for receiving an input signal and conversion to an electrical input signal, a signal processing unit for processing and frequency-dependent amplification of the input signal and an output transducer for generating a perceptible by a user as an acoustic signal output signal
  • the hearing aid device system further comprises an external transmitter for transmitting data to the hearing aid device and wherein an announcement of the current time can be issued by the hearing aid in conjunction with the external transmitter.
  • a hearing aid in which a spoken time announcement can be effected via an electromagnetic transducer.
  • a time function in a microcomputer can be realized in a simple manner.
  • a wake-up device is known, which is installed in an embodiment in an in-ear hearing aid.
  • An alarm can also be associated with a time announcement, an appointment message or another message.
  • US Pat. No. 5,721,783 discloses a hearing aid system with a wearable processor unit and a headset that can be worn on the head.
  • the external processor unit includes a clock and means for generating a voice prompt for the current time.
  • a corresponding voice signal in electrical or electromagnetic form transmitted to the handset and submitted by this as an acoustic speech signal.
  • the signal transmission can also be wireless.
  • a clock and memory are required to store all the words required for the different time announcements.
  • hearing aids that are portable outside of the ear canal on the head should be as small and inconspicuous as possible. It is therefore possible only with great technical and expense to integrate all the necessary components for such a time announcement in a head-worn hearing aid. For the time in hours and minutes alone, 60 words would have to be stored for the numbers from 0 to 59. The memory required for this is not provided in today's hearing aids.
  • An alternative to storing the required speech signals in the hearing aid would be the transmission of a signal from an external transmitter to the hearing aid which contains the data required to deliver the acoustic speech signals. This raises the problem that the data transmission for the voice output would have to be at least approximately in real time, since a user would not accept a longer wait for a time request. However, this requires a high data transmission rate between the external transmitter and the hearing aid. Also this problem is to be solved in today's hearing aids only with relatively high cost and the associated costs.
  • Object of the present invention is therefore to enable a simple and inexpensive to implement time announcement in hearing aids.
  • a hearing aid system comprising at least one hearing aid comprising an input transducer for receiving an input signal and conversion to an electrical input signal, a signal processing unit for processing and frequency dependent amplification of the electrical input signal, and an output transducer for generating an output signal perceivable by a user as an audible signal
  • the hearing aid device system further comprises an external transmitter for wireless transmission of data to the hearing aid and wherein the hearing aid in conjunction with the external transmitter an announcement of the current time can be issued, solved in that only voice signals for a small part of all for Speech signals required to be output to the hearing aid device system are stored in the hearing aid, in particular the voice signal for the current time announcement being stored in the hearing aid device d can be issued on request and wherein this speech signal is constantly updatable by a transmitted from the external transmitter to the hearing aid signal.
  • an input signal is recorded by means of an input transducer and converted into an electrical input signal.
  • an input transducer usually serves as an input transducer at least one microphone which receives an acoustic input signal.
  • Modern hearing aids often comprise a microphone system with a plurality of microphones in order to achieve a direction dependent on the direction of arrival of acoustic signals reception, a directional characteristic.
  • the input transducers may also include a telecoil or antenna for receiving electromagnetic input signals.
  • the input signals converted by the input transducer into electrical input signals are fed to a signal processing unit for further processing and amplification. The further processing and reinforcement takes place to compensate for the individual Hearing loss of a hearing aid wearer usually in response to the signal frequency.
  • the signal processing unit outputs an electrical output signal, which is supplied via an output transducer to the hearing of the hearing aid wearer, so that the latter perceives the output signal as an acoustic signal.
  • output transducers usually listeners are used, which generate an acoustic output signal.
  • output transducers for generating mechanical vibrations are also known, which directly excite certain parts of the ear, such as the ossicles, to vibrate.
  • output transducers are known which directly stimulate neurons of the ear.
  • the invention offers the advantage that in the hearing aid device usually only the words for the current time are stored. From these words, the acoustic speech signal for the current time announcement is formed on request. In the hearing aid, therefore, at most two words for the hours and minutes and the words "clock” and "minutes" must be stored. A possible acoustic speech signal that can be delivered by the hearing aid is, for example, "14 o'clock and 25 minutes”. The subsequent time announcement would then be: “14 o'clock and 26 minutes”. For this announcement, it is necessary to transmit a voice signal for the word "26" to the hearing aid. Since in the hearing aid device system according to the invention, the speech signal stored in the hearing aid for the current time announcement is constantly updated, remains for this update a minute.
  • the transmission components that are hitherto used in a hearing aid device system with at least one hearing aid device and a remote control for the wireless operation of the hearing aid device are already sufficient for this purpose.
  • the invention is therefore with relatively simple, already used today means for signal transmission and low storage space requirement in the hearing aid can be realized. Nevertheless, the user can immediately hear the current time announcement at any time.
  • the voice signals transmitted by the remote control to the hearing aid and stored in the hearing aid are preferably transferable and storable in digitized form.
  • the speech signals are compressed for transmission and storage.
  • the method known as "MP3" may be used. The compression allows a further reduction of the data transfer rate between the remote control and the hearing aid and a further reduction of the space used in the hearing aid.
  • the external transmitter of the hearing aid system is preferably designed as a remote control for the hearing aid, in addition to the functionality required for the time announcement is integrated.
  • Another variant provides to install the external transmitter in a wristwatch with the additional functionality required for the time announcement.
  • a combination of the two latter options is also possible, ie a remote control in the form of a wristwatch for the hearing aid with the corresponding additional functionality.
  • the invention can be further developed such that, in addition to the time of day, the current day of the week or the current date can be transmitted to the hearing aid by means of appropriate voice signals from the external transmitter and can be stored there and optionally retrieved. With relatively little storage space in the hearing aid then, for example, a time and date announcement of the following form could be retrieved: "Thursday, June 24, 2004, 14 clock, 25 minutes.”
  • the figure shows a hearing aid system 1, 9 with a hearing aid 1 in the simplified block diagram and a remote control 9.
  • an input transducer of the hearing aid 1 is a microphone 2 for receiving an acoustic input signal and conversion into an electrical input signal.
  • the electrical input signal is further processed in a signal processing unit 2 and amplified as a function of the signal frequency.
  • the processed signal is finally converted back into an acoustic signal by means of a receiver 4 and fed to the ear of a user.
  • By pressing one of each of the "1" to "4" numbered and labeled program selection buttons 10 is a program selection and thus an adjustment of the signal processing in the hearing aid to different listening environments possible.
  • the volume can be adjusted by means of a rocker switch 11.
  • the remote control 9 comprises a transmitting unit (not shown).
  • the hearing aid device 1 accordingly has a receiving unit 5 for receiving the transmitted data.
  • the receiving unit comprises a receiving coil or an antenna.
  • the remote control 9 in addition to the said control signals, voice signals are also transmitted from which a voice announcement by the hearing aid device 1 can be generated.
  • a clock is required for a current time announcement.
  • the remote control 9 therefore advantageously includes a time unit 13, which preferably also includes a calendar function for the current day of the week and the current date.
  • the time unit 13 also includes a receiver for receiving a radio clock signal, such as the receivable in Germany DCF-77 time signal. This ensures that the current time is always present in the remote control 9 seconds and automatically the changeover between winter and summer time is taken into account.
  • the remote control 9 according to the invention comprises a memory 14 for storing the required voice signals for a voice output of the numbers 0 to 59, the days of the week, the months and the years 2004 to 2025.
  • the remote control 9 sends the remote control 9 in the operating state at the beginning of each new minute a speech signal behind which hides the increased by one numerical value of the current minute. If the change to the current minute also involves a change of the current hour, the current day of the week, the current month or the current year, voice signals are also sent after which the current hour, the current weekday, the current month or the current year hides.
  • the respective speech signals are stored in memory 14 in digital and preferably compressed form.
  • the transmitted data from the receiving unit 5 of the hearing aid 1 can be received.
  • the received data (speech signals) for the current year, the current month, the current day of the week, the current hour and the current minute are finally stored in a memory 6 of the hearing aid 1.
  • the stored data are decompressed in a decoder 7, decoded and supplied via the signal processing unit 3 and the handset 4 as adapted to the hearing loss of a user, acoustic speech signal to the user's hearing.
  • the user learns by pressing a button immediately to the minute on the acoustic way the current time and the current date.
  • the remote control 9 includes a Zeitansagetaste 12, so that by a corresponding control signal in addition to the operation of the key switch 8 by pressing the Zeitansagetaste 12 on the remote control 9, a readout of the current contents of the memory 6 and thus a current Time announcement is triggered.
  • the hearing aid device 1 also comprises a controller (not shown), which registers if no valid voice signal has been transmitted to the memory 6 within the last minute, so that there is no voice signal for the current time in this.
  • the speech signal stored in the memory 12 is then output by an actuation of the key switch 8 or the time announcement key 12, but another signal, such as a short beep, which indicates the user to the absence of a current time.

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