Patent ID: 9179225
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing aid device with a dichotic function comprising: a first sound input/output component including a first microphone configured to be worn on one ear of a user of the hearing aid device; a second sound input/output component including a second microphone configured to be worn on the other ear of the user; and a dichotic setting component configured to determine whether masking has occurred, according to a sound signal inputted from the first microphone or the second microphone, and either activate the dichotic function when it is determined that masking has occurred so as to apply the dichotic function to correct the masking, or deactivate the dichotic function when it is not determined that masking has occurred, wherein the dichotic setting component includes: a speech detector configured to determine whether or not the sound signal inputted from the first microphone or the second microphone includes a human voice; and a speech rate calculator configured to calculate a speech rate at which the human voice included in the sound signal is spoken, wherein when the speech detector has determined that a human voice is included in the sound signal, the dichotic setting component determines the occurrence of masking according to the speech rate calculated by the speech rate calculator.