Patent ID: 8712067
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G10L,H04R

Abstract:
1. A system for altering an audio signal to compensate for a listener's hearing loss, the system comprising: a computer program for accepting frequency hearing response data representing the listener's hearing loss; an equalizer for accepting an input audio signal and providing a first modified audio signal, the equalizer being configured by the computer program to modify the input audio signal by boosting or attenuating a decibel level of one or more frequency bands in which the hearing response data indicates a hearing loss in proportion to the hearing loss in that frequency band contained in the hearing response data; a first audio signal output device electrically connected to the equalizer for accepting the first modified audio signal and providing a second modified audio signal; a second audio signal output device for audio playback; and a coil element disposed between the first and second audio signal output devices for accepting the second modified audio signal from the first audio signal output device and providing a third modified audio signal to the second audio signal output device.