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EP2991379B1
EP2991379B1 EP15181227.8A EP15181227A EP2991379B1 EP 2991379 B1 EP2991379 B1 EP 2991379B1 EP 15181227 A EP15181227 A EP 15181227A EP 2991379 B1 EP2991379 B1 EP 2991379B1
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Homayoun Kamkar Parsi
Marko Lugger
Sebastian Pape
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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
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing
    • 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
    • H04R25/43—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; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/43—Signal processing in hearing aids to enhance the speech intelligibility
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2460/01—Hearing devices using active noise cancellation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2460/05—Electronic compensation of the occlusion effect

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  • the invention relates to a hearing aid according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention further relates to a method for operating the hearing aid according to the preamble of claim 11.
  • Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE), hearing aid with external receiver (RIC: receiver in the canal) and in-the-ear hearing aids (ITE), e.g. Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (ITE, CIC).
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • RIC hearing aid with external receiver
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually an acousto-electrical converter, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing device.
  • the power is usually supplied by a battery or a rechargeable battery.
  • the fact that the airborne sound is amplified in particular results in a changed and unfamiliar perception of one's own voice.
  • a hearing aid according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method according to the preamble of claim 11 are made EP 1 744 589 A2 known.
  • a method for detecting the own voice of the wearer for a hearing aid is still out DE 10 2011 087 984 A1 known.
  • each frequency band of a filter bank is divided into two parallel signal processing paths.
  • an input level controlled dynamic compression is performed while in the other signal processing path an output level controlled dynamic compression is performed.
  • the two signal processing paths are combined after the respective execution of the different dynamic compressions in a certain mixing ratio, ie in different weighting.
  • the different compression methods can be switched on or off as a function of a classification of listening situations or linked to one another in different weighting in the respective frequency band.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore a hearing aid and a method for operating the hearing aid to provide the wearer with a better listening experience of their own voice.
  • this object is achieved by a hearing aid according to claim 1 and a method for operating a hearing aid according to claim 11.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention has an acousto-electrical converter, a signal processing device, an electro-acoustic transducer and a device for detecting the own voice of a wearer.
  • the hearing aid device is designed to quickly recognize the wearer's own voice by means of the recognition device and, if the own voice has been recognized, operate the signal processing device with a signal processing parameter modified in such a way that the sound of the own voice is improved.
  • the modified setting of Immediately becomes effective, i. delayed only by an implementation of the change in the signal processing device, ie within at most 1 ms, 10 ms or 50 ms.
  • the means for detecting may be the signal processing device, but also a separate unit of the hearing aid.
  • a recognition of one's own voice is possible for example on the basis of a direction of the sound or due to a symmetry in a binaural hearing aid device with a data exchange to a second hearing aid device on another side of the head.
  • the means for detecting may comprise a structure-borne sound microphone, so that the voice of the wearer is recognized by the proportion transmitted by the cranial bones.
  • Different possibilities for improving the sound of one's own voice by means of the signal processing parameter are specified in the subclaims.
  • the hearing aid changes a signal processing parameter when the wearer's own voice is detected. So the sound for this special case, in which your own voice is dominated, adapted and optimized without worsening the sound in other listening situations.
  • the method according to the invention shares the advantages of the hearing aid according to the invention.
  • the device for recognizing one's own voice is designed to recognize one's own voice within the duration of a single sound. This is possible, for example, with the methods given above or a combination thereof.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention adjusts its signal parameters and thus the sound of their own voice before the wearer becomes aware of the changed sound.
  • this device has an automatic gain control device.
  • the modified signal processing parameter is a signal processing parameter of the automatic gain control.
  • the signal processing parameter is a group of gain, compression factor, knee point of a compression curve or time constant.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention therefore adapts the amplification, the compression and / or time constants to this increased volume and the usual perception.
  • this has a device for noise suppression on.
  • the modified signal processing parameter indicates a magnitude of noise suppression.
  • the wearer of the hearing aid is not dependent on their own voice to emphasize this from ambient noise, since he knows his own utterances.
  • the hearing aid can therefore dispense with the noise suppression during speech of the wearer or reduce it and thus advantageously avoid disturbing artifacts.
  • this has a device for active occlusion suppression.
  • the modified signal processing parameter gives a strength of active occlusion suppression when the wearer's own voice is detected.
  • the occlusion is unpleasant, especially with your own voice.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention is advantageously able to recognize this situation and to reduce interference by the occlusion.
  • the modified signal processing parameter influences a property of the acousto-electrical converter.
  • the microphone is switched to an omnidirectional characteristic, so that the wearer of the hearing aid perceives all interlocutors in his environment and advantageously not his own voice is further highlighted.
  • the hearing aid device is designed to operate the signal processing device in parallel in a first signal processing path with the modified signal processing parameter and in a second signal processing path with a second value for the signal processing parameter.
  • acoustic signals become parallel processed in two different ways, so that subsequently two output signals with different properties are available.
  • the signal processing device is further configured to mix a signal applied to the electro-acoustic transducer signal from an output signal of the first signal path and an output signal of the second signal path in response to a detection of the own voice.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention can provide by the processing of acoustic signals from different algorithms, even if the modified signal processing parameter, for example, not only changes the processing within an algorithm, but causes the execution of another algorithm. Even in this case, a smooth transition or any intermediate values can be provided by mixing the two output signals.
  • a recognition of one's own voice is represented by a binary value.
  • the signal processing device is designed to superimpose the signal applied to the electro-acoustic transducer between the output signal of the first signal path and the output signal of the second signal path as a function of the binary value.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention can provide a soft and more pleasant for the wearer transition in the hearing aid settings, even if the actual recognition of one's voice is a binary process with a hard transition.
  • this is designed to carry out signal processing in a plurality of disjoint or only partially overlapping frequency bands, the modified signal processing parameter being applied only in a subset of the plurality of frequency bands.
  • the means for detecting the wearer's own voice is adapted to recognize the carrier's voice in one of the plurality of frequency bands and to operate the signal processing means in that one of the plurality of frequency bands with such a modified signal processing parameter, such that the Sound of your own voice is improved.
  • the recognition of the voice of the carrier takes place only in individual ones of the plurality of frequency bands, for example because the voice of the carrier has spectral components only in individual frequency bands. In other frequency ranges, the sound can then advantageously remain unchanged, so that the carrier is less irritated by changes in setting.
  • the hearing aid device is designed to change the modified signal processing parameter again to another value if the device for recognizing one's own voice no longer recognizes its own voice.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention as soon as the carrier stops talking, again assume the old or another listening position. Because the wearer's voice covers other perceptions, the wearer advantageously notes the changes in attitudes during his speech not because the hearing aid before and after again appropriate listening positions for the situation without his own voice accepts.
  • Fig. 1 shows a basic construction of a hearing aid according to the invention 100.
  • a hearing aid housing 10, 20 one or more microphones, also referred to as acousto-electrical converter 2, incorporated for receiving the sound or acoustic signals from the environment.
  • the hearing aid can be a behind-the-ear (BTE) or a behind-the-ear (ITO).
  • the microphones 2 are acousto-electrical converters 2 for converting the sound into first electrical audio signals.
  • the output signal of the signal processing device 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or receiver 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device wearer.
  • a sound tube which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal
  • the eardrum of the device wearer but it is also another electromechanical transducer conceivable, such as a bone conduction.
  • the power supply of the hearing aid 100 and in particular that of the signal processing device 3 is effected by a battery 5 likewise integrated into the hearing aid device housing 10, 20.
  • the hearing aid device 100 also has a device 6 for recognizing the wearer's own voice.
  • the device 6 for detecting the wearer's own voice can be embodied as a separate unit and for this purpose obtains first audio signals of one or more acousto-electrical converters 2 from the signal processing device 3 via a signal connection. It could also be designed as a separate unit outside of the hearing aid 100 and be in wired or wireless signal connection with the latter, the hearing aid 100 according to the invention and the device 6 having corresponding transmission devices in this case.
  • the device 6 for recognizing one's own voice is realized in the signal processing device 3, as a separate circuit or as executed program instructions.
  • the device 6 for detecting the wearer's own voice is able to recognize the voice in a short time, that is to say within the duration of a single sound or even faster, for example within less than 100 ms or 50 ms. This is only possible if the hearing aid uses very quickly recognizable characteristics of the voice.
  • the hearing aid device 100 it is possible, for example, for the hearing aid device 100 to have an acousto-electrical converter 2 which is arranged in the hearing aid device such that it preferably picks up structure-borne noise from a wall of the auditory canal, for example in the wall of the housing 20 or in direct contact therewith , If sound occurs here with a predetermined minimum amplitude in a predetermined frequency range, then acts it is most likely the voice of the wearer, which is quickly recognized in this way.
  • an acousto-electrical converter 2 which is arranged in the hearing aid device such that it preferably picks up structure-borne noise from a wall of the auditory canal, for example in the wall of the housing 20 or in direct contact therewith , If sound occurs here with a predetermined minimum amplitude in a predetermined frequency range, then acts it is most likely the voice of the wearer, which is quickly recognized in this way.
  • a direction determination can be made, from which it is concluded that the carrier's voice is used, when the direction corresponds to a predetermined direction and exceeds a predetermined minimum amplitude.
  • the hearing aid 100 is part of a binaural hearing aid system. It then has a communication device in order to receive an audio signal via a signal connection with another hearing aid device 100 of the system.
  • a communication device in order to receive an audio signal via a signal connection with another hearing aid device 100 of the system.
  • the hearing aid device 100 is further designed to operate the signal processing device 3 with a signal processing parameter modified in such a way that the sound of one's own voice is improved.
  • the signal processing device 3 can, for example, load and apply a modified parameter set in the processing of the audio signals when recognizing its own voice. If the device 6 for recognizing its own voice is executed separately, then it can signal the signal processing device 3 a corresponding change via the signal connection or transmit a parameter set.
  • the hearing aid device according to the invention has a device for automatic gain control in the signal processing.
  • a gain a compression factor can then be changed or reduced as an altered parameter, for example, a knee point in a compression curve can be shifted and / or a time constant for a regulation speed can be increased or changed.
  • the implementation of the change takes place directly on the recognition of one's own voice within at most 1 ms, 10 ms or 50 ms.
  • the delay can result, above all, from the fact that a change in a filter setting only takes effect when a number of samples have passed through the filter, while a change in the amplification within the sweep time of a sample is effected by the signal processing.
  • the hearing aid has a device for noise suppression, it is also conceivable to improve the sound as signal processing parameters whose strength to reduce, for example, to reduce artifacts by their own voice to avoid.
  • the hearing aid has a device for active occlusion suppression.
  • An occlusion is particularly uncomfortable when the wearer speaks for himself.
  • the hearing aid for example, as a modified signal processing parameters increase the strength of the occlusion suppression.
  • a property of the acoustoelectric transducer 2 can be influenced as a modified signal processing parameter, for example an omnidirectional sensitivity can be set.
  • the hearing aid device 100 is designed to operate the signal processing device 3 in parallel in a first signal processing path with the modified signal processing parameter and in a second signal processing path with a second value for the signal processing parameter.
  • the signal processing device 3 can process the audio signals of the acousto-electrical converters in parallel with two processes or in two channels, each with different parameter settings or programs.
  • the signal processing device 3 is then able by means of a mixer or a corresponding algorithm to add or mix the result of the signal processing paths with a mixing parameter in a weighted manner.
  • a soft transition can be performed when recognizing one's own voice, which irritates the wearer less.
  • a smoothly blending between a first hearing situation and one optimized for one's own voice can be achieved by a mixing parameter that changes with time Hörsituation or Höreingna be realized.
  • the hearing aid 100 is configured to perform signal processing in a plurality of disjoint or partially overlapping frequency bands, wherein the modified signal processing parameter is applied only to a subset of the plurality of frequency bands.
  • hearing aids for frequency-dependent adjustment of the gain or the audio signals of the acousto-electrical converter 2 in the signal processing 3 for example by means of a filter bank or FFT in a plurality of disjoint or only partially overlapping frequency ranges.
  • the own voice is usually perceived by the structure-borne sound transmission, especially in lower frequency ranges, so that it is sufficient to improve the sound of one's own voice, if only in some of the plurality of frequency bands, an adaptation of a signal processing parameter.
  • the device 6 for recognizing one's own voice is only executed on one or several of the frequency bands in order to recognize the wearer's own voice.
  • the computational load can be reduced or the reliability for detection increased.
  • the hearing aid device is designed, in the event that the wearer's own voice is no longer recognized, to return to the previous hearing program or to set a hearing program adapted to a different situation. It is conceivable that the change in a device for quick detection also takes place quickly again, for example in at most 50 ms or 100 ms, the hearing aid is thus designed to switch quickly in a word exchange and thereby provide both a pleasant sound of their own voice, as well as to allow an undisturbed perception of the voice of the interlocutor.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic flow diagram of an embodiment of the method according to the invention.
  • a step S10 with the device 6 described above, the own voice of the carrier is recognized within the duration of a single sound.
  • a step S20 when the own voice has been recognized, one or more signal processing parameters are changed by the hearing aid device 100 or the device 6 or the signal processing device 3 such that the sound of the own voice is improved.
  • the various possibilities for the sound enhancement method have already been explained in the preceding discussion regarding the hearing aid device 100.
  • step S30 if one's own voice is no longer recognized, one or more signal processing parameters are again changed by the hearing aid device 100 or the device 6 or the signal processing device 3, so that an original hearing adjustment is restored or a changed hearing adjustment for one new hearing situation is set.

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  1. Appareil d'assistance auditive, l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) possédant un convertisseur acousto-électrique (2), un dispositif de traitement de signal (3), un convertisseur électroacoustique (4) et un dispositif (6) destiné à la reconnaissance rapide de la voix propre d'un porteur,
    l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) étant conçu pour reconnaître la voix propre du porteur au moyen du dispositif (6) destiné à la reconnaissance de la voix propre du porteur et, lorsque la voix propre a été reconnue, faire fonctionner le dispositif de traitement de signal avec un paramètre de traitement de signal modifié de telle sorte que le ton de la voix propre est amélioré,
    caractérisé en ce que l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) est conçu pour faire fonctionner le dispositif de traitement de signal (3) en parallèle dans un premier trajet de traitement de signal avec le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié et dans un deuxième trajet de traitement de signal avec une deuxième valeur pour le paramètre de traitement de signal, le dispositif de traitement de signal (3) étant en outre conçu pour, en fonction d'une reconnaissance de la voix propre, mélanger un signal appliqué au convertisseur électroacoustique à partir d'un signal de sortie du premier trajet de traitement de signal et d'un signal de sortie du deuxième trajet de traitement de signal.
  2. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon la revendication 1, le dispositif (6) destiné à la reconnaissance de la voix propre étant conçu pour reconnaître la voix propre au sein de la durée d'un son unique.
  3. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon la revendication 1 ou 2, l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) possédant un dispositif de contrôle d'amplification automatique et le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié étant un paramètre de traitement de signal du contrôle d'amplification automatique faisant partie d'un groupe comprenant le gain, le facteur de compression, le coude d'une courbe de compression ou une constante de temps.
  4. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes, l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) possédant un dispositif de suppression des bruits parasites et le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié indiquant une intensité d'une suppression des bruits parasites.
  5. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes, l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) possédant un dispositif de suppression d'occlusion active et le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié indiquant une intensité d'une suppression d'occlusion active.
  6. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes, le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié influençant une propriété du convertisseur acousto-électrique (2).
  7. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon la revendication 6, une reconnaissance de la voix propre étant représentée par une valeur binaire et le dispositif de traitement de signal (3) étant conçu pour, en fonction de la valeur binaire, effectuer un fondu du signal appliqué au convertisseur électroacoustique (4) entre le signal de sortie du premier trajet de traitement de signal et le signal de sortie du deuxième trajet de traitement de signal.
  8. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes, l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) étant conçu pour exécuter un traitement de signal dans une pluralité de bandes de fréquences disjointes ou ne se chevauchant que partiellement, le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié n'étant appliqué que dans une quantité partielle de la pluralité de bandes de fréquences.
  9. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon la revendication 8, le dispositif (6) destiné à la reconnaissance de la voix propre du porteur étant conçu pour reconnaître la voix du porteur dans l'une de la pluralité de bandes de fréquences et faire fonctionner le dispositif de traitement de signal dans celle-ci de la pluralité de bandes de fréquences avec un paramètre de traitement de signal modifié de telle sorte que le ton de la voix propre est amélioré.
  10. Appareil d'assistance auditive selon l'une des revendications précédentes, l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) étant conçu pur modifier de nouveau le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié en une autre valeur lorsque le dispositif destiné à la reconnaissance de la voix propre ne reconnaît plus la voix propre.
  11. Procédé pour améliorer une perception de la voix propre sur un appareil d'assistance auditive (100), l'appareil d'assistance auditive (100) possédant un convertisseur acousto-électrique (2), un dispositif de traitement de signal (3), un convertisseur électroacoustique (4) et un dispositif (6) destiné à la reconnaissance rapide de la voix propre d'un porteur, le procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    reconnaissance de la voix propre du porteur au moyen du dispositif (6) destiné à la reconnaissance,
    modification d'un paramètre de traitement de signal de telle sorte que le ton de la voix propre est amélioré lorsque la voix propre est reconnue,
    caractérisé par la reconnaissance de la voix propre du porteur au sein de la durée d'un son unique,
    réalisation d'un traitement de signal au moyen du dispositif de traitement de signal (3) en parallèle dans un premier trajet de traitement dé signal avec le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié et dans un deuxième trajet de traitement de signal avec une deuxième valeur pour le paramètre de traitement de signal, un signal appliqué au convertisseur électroacoustique étant mélangé par le dispositif de traitement de signal (3) à partir d'un signal de sortie du premier trajet de traitement de signal et d'un signal de sortie du deuxième trajet de traitement de signal en fonction d'une reconnaissance de la voix propre.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, une reconnaissance de la voix propre étant représentée par une valeur binaire et le dispositif de traitement de signal (3) effectuant un fondu du signal appliqué au convertisseur électroacoustique entre le signal de sortie du premier trajet de traitement de signal et le signal de sortie du deuxième trajet de traitement de signal en fonction de la valeur binaire.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 11 ou 12, le traitement de signal étant effectué dans une pluralité de bandes de fréquences disjointes ou ne se chevauchant que partiellement, le paramètre de traitement de signal modifié n'étant appliqué que dans une quantité partielle de la pluralité de bandes de fréquences.
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