HEARING AID OPERATING IN DEPENDENCE OF POSITION

摘要

A new hearing aid system is provided, comprising a location detector, e.g. a GPS receiver, for determination of the geographical position of the user of the hearing aid system, and an environment detector configured for determination of the type of sound environment surrounding the user of the hearing aid system based on sound as received by the hearing aid system and the geographical position of the hearing aid system as determined by the location detector.

主权项

1. A hearing aid system comprising:
a first hearing aid with
a first microphone for provision of a first audio input signal in response to sound signals received at the first microphone in a sound environment,a first processor that is configured to process the first audio input signal in accordance with a first signal processing algorithm to generate a first hearing loss compensated audio signal, anda first output transducer for conversion of the first hearing loss compensated audio signal to a first acoustic output signal; a first sound environment detector configured for determining a type of sound environment surrounding a user of the hearing aid system, and for provision of a first output for selection of the first signal processing algorithm based on the determined type of sound environment; and a location detector configured for determining a geographical position of the hearing aid system; wherein the first sound environment detector is configured for determining the type of sound environment surrounding the user of the hearing aid system based on the first audio input signal and the geographical position of the hearing aid system.