Patent ID: 9131318
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H03G,H04R

Abstract:
1. A method for providing hearing assistance to a user, comprising: capturing input audio signals by a microphone arrangement; estimating a speech level of the input audio signals and an ambient noise level of the input audio signals; applying a gain model to the input audio signals to transform the input audio signals into filtered audio signals, wherein, for a each ambient noise level, gain is varied as a function of the estimated speech level and wherein the function is varied according to the estimated ambient noise level in such a manner that the ratio of the gain at low speech levels and at high speech levels changing as a function of the estimated ambient noise level; transmitting the filtered audio signals by a transmission unit via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit comprising or connected to means for stimulating hearing of a user, the stimulating means being worn at or in a user's ear; and stimulating the user's hearing with the stimulating means according to the audio signals supplied by the receiver unit, wherein the receiver unit is connected to or integrated within a hearing aid and wherein the stimulation means is an output transducer of the hearing aid.