Patent ID: 9538295
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A hearing aid, comprising: a directional microphone adapted to receive sound signals having a signal frequency range; an amplifier configured to amplify signals received by the directional microphone; and an output device, wherein the hearing aid is configured to detect whether speech is received by the directional microphone and whether the speech is transmitted from a sound source different than a user of said hearing aid, the hearing aid is further configured to provide amplification of the detected sound signals according to a non-speech mode when no speech from the sound source different than the user of said hearing aid is detected, the hearing aid is further configured to provide amplification of the detected sound signals according to a speech mode when speech from the sound source different than the user of said hearing aid is detected, and the amplification gain in a subset of the signal frequency range, the subset being narrower than the signal frequency range, carried out according to the speech mode is reduced according to a predefined gain reduction when compared to the amplification gain applied to said subset according to the non-speech mode.