AUDIO INPUT DEVICE

摘要

An audio input device is provided which can include a number of features. In some embodiments, the audio input device includes a housing, a microphone carried by the housing, and a processor carried by the housing and configured to modify an input sound signal so as to amplify frequencies corresponding to a target human voice and diminish frequencies not corresponding to the target human voice. In another embodiment, an audio input device is configured to treat an auditory gap condition of a user by extending gaps in continuous speech and outputting the modified speech to the user. In another embodiment, the audio input device is configured to treat a dichotic hearing condition of a user. Methods of use are also described.

主权项

1. A method of treating an auditory disorder of a user having a dichotic hearing condition corresponding to a delay perceived by a first ear of the user but not by a second ear of the user, comprising:
inputting an input sound signal into first and second channels of an audio input device carried by the user, the first channel corresponding to the first ear of the user and the second channel corresponding to the second ear of the user; modifying the input sound signal in the second channel by adding a compensation delay to the input sound signal in the second channel with a processor of the audio input device; and outputting input sound signal from the first channel into the first ear of the user and outputting the modified input sound signal from the second channel into the second ear of the user from the audio input device to correct the dichotic hearing condition.