WO2010019622A3 - Hearing assistance using an external coprocessor - Google Patents

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WO2010019622A3
WO2010019622A3 PCT/US2009/053480 US2009053480W WO2010019622A3 WO 2010019622 A3 WO2010019622 A3 WO 2010019622A3 US 2009053480 W US2009053480 W US 2009053480W WO 2010019622 A3 WO2010019622 A3 WO 2010019622A3
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coprocessor
assist device
hearing assist
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hearing
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Vasant Shirdhar
Malayappan Shirdhar
Duane Wertz
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Intelligent Systems Incorporated
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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
    • H04R25/554—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
    • 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
    • H04R2225/55—Communication between hearing aids and external devices via a network for data exchange
    • 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

Abstract

Techniques are described for enhancing a hearing assist device (102) using one or more coprocessor devices (104). The hearing assist device (102) uses a handshaking protocol to detect and pair with the one or more coprocessor devices (104). The hearing assist device (102) is capable of stand-alone signal processing in the absence of the coprocessor devices (104). In one embodiment, the hearing assist device (102) directs processing of a signal to the coprocessor device (104) when the coprocessor is detected. In another embodiment, the hearing assist device (102) detects a coprocessor device (104) and uses the coprocessor device (104) to supplement signal processing performed by the hearing assist device (102). In yet another embodiment, the hearing assist device (102) communicates with a plurality of coprocessor devices (104(a), 104(m)) and the work of processing the signal is shared amongst the devices (104(a), 104(m)) according to a respective functionality of each device (104(a), 104(m)).
PCT/US2009/053480 2008-08-13 2009-08-11 Hearing assistance using an external coprocessor WO2010019622A2 (en)

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