Patent ID: 9584933
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04R,H04S

Claim:
1. A hearing assistance system for transmitting sounds to a user from one or more streaming sources, the system comprising: a hearing aid configured to be communicatively coupled to the one or more streaming sources via one or more wireless links to receive an audio signal streamed from a streaming source of the one or more streaming sources, process the audio signal to produce an output sound, and transmit the output sound to the user, the output sound including a spatialization effect allowing the user to locate the streaming source from which the audio signal is received; a positioning system configured to determine a distance between the hearing aid and the streaming source from which the audio signal is received; and a spatialization processor configured to select a spatialization technique from a plurality of spatialization techniques based on the distance and spatially enhance the audio signal using the distance and the selected spatialization technique such that the output sound includes the spatialization effect.