Patent ID: 9301057
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G02C,G10L,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A hearing assistance system, comprising: a frame configured to be worn on a head of a user, the frame including a bridge configured to be supported on a nose of the user; a first transducer coupled to the frame, the first transducer including at least two microphones, each of the at least two microphones configured to receive a respective audio signal including speech, wherein the at least two microphones are positioned such that: a first converter configured to amplify the respective audio signal received at the first lag microphone into a first amplified audio signal; a second converter configured to amplify the respective audio signal received at the second microphone into a second amplified audio signal; a signal mixer configured to sum: (i) an inverted representation of the first amplified audio signal and (ii) the second amplified audio signal into a third summed amplified audio signal; an accelerometer configured to generate a control signal from detected noise vibrations, the control signal is mixed with the third summed amplified audio signal into an output audio signal; and a second transducer for emitting the output audio signal to a first earphone coupled to a first ear of the user, where at least a portion of the first earphone is removably coupled to at least a portion of the frame, such that when the first earphone is in communication with the at least a portion of the frame, the first earphone is configured to emit the output audio signal.