Patent ID: 9538296
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61N,H04R,H04S

Claim:
1. A hearing assistance device adapted for being arranged at least partly on a user's head or at least partly implanted in a user's head, the hearing assistance device comprising: an input transducer system that includes an output transducer for converting a processed output signal to a stimulus perceivable by said user as sound; a signal processing unit operationally connected to said audio input transducer, to said first supplementary input transducer, and to said output transducer, said signal processing unit being configured for processing said electric audio input signal, and said first supplementary electric input signal, and for providing said processed output signal; and a howl detector for detecting occurrence or build-up of feedback howl, wherein said audio input transducer is adapted for being located in an ear of said user, the signal processing unit is configured to provide that said processed output signal, in a feedback mode of operation of the hearing assistance device where feedback howl is detected by the howl detector, originates fully or partially from a supplementary input signal that includes said first supplementary electric input signal, and the signal processing unit is configured to provide that said processed output signal, in a normal mode of operation of the hearing assistance device, originates from said electric audio input signal.