Patent ID: 9525951
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04R

Claim Text:
1. A hearing aid function provision method of a device, the method comprising: determining a sub-mode of a current hearing aid mode of the device, the sub-mode comprising a hearing aid speaker mode and a hearing aid telecommunication mode; if the sub-mode is the hearing aid speaker mode, enhancing input audio based on a hearing impairment information of a user of the device or another user of an external device, and outputting the enhanced audio through a speaker; if the sub-mode is the hearing aid telecommunication mode, enhancing input audio based on a hearing impairment information of the another user, and transmitting the enhanced audio to the external device through a communication unit; determining, by a control unit, whether a sub-mode of the hearing aid speaker mode comprises a privacy mode or a public mode; outputting, when the sub-mode comprises the privacy mode, the audio enhanced based on the hearing impairment information of an owner of the device to the speaker; determining, when the sub-mode comprises the public mode, whether an audio output terminal is opened; outputting, when the audio output terminal is opened, one of first and second audios through the speaker of the device according to a sub-mode of the public mode; and outputting, when the audio output terminal is unopened, the first and second audios to the speaker and audio output terminal, respectively.