Patent ID: 7412288
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: A61N,H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing system for a person, comprising: input means for providing electrical signals produced from sound, signal processing means for processing said electrical signals for producing audio signals, means for storing digital text representative of text information to be provided to said person and received from a source of the digital text, means for converting the digital text from said text storing means into speech audio signals, and output transducer means for converting the audio signals produced by the signal processing means and the speech audio signals produced by the means for converting digital text into a stimulation of said person's hearing, wherein said hearing system is sized to fit at least partly within the person's ear canal or behind the person's ear or be at least partially implanted within the person's skull; and wherein the text converting means comprise a programmable digital signal processor and a program memory with a speech synthesis software for converting the digital text into speech audio signals.