Patent ID: 9699574
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A method of superimposing spatial auditory cues to an externally picked-up sound signal in a hearing instrument, comprising: receiving, via a first wireless communication link, an external microphone signal from an external microphone placed in a sound field, wherein the act of receiving is performed using a wireless receiver of a first hearing instrument; generating a first hearing aid microphone signal by a microphone system of the first hearing instrument, wherein the first hearing instrument is placed at, or in, a left ear or a right ear of a user; determining a response characteristic of a first spatial synthesis filter by correlating the external microphone signal and the first hearing aid microphone signal; and filtering, in the first hearing instrument, the received external microphone signal by the first spatial synthesis filter to produce a first synthesized microphone signal comprising first spatial auditory cues.