Patent ID: 6707921
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G02C,G10L,H04R

Abstract:
A hearing aid, comprising:an image sensing device for detecting an image from a selected region of a user of said hearing aid; a sound input transducer which receives sound and produces an audio signal representative of said sound in response; a sound output transducer which receives said audio signal and converts said audio signal to a sound wave that is provided to said user; and a processor which receives said image, analyzes said image to determine an existence of human-generated sound, and provides said audio signal from said sound input transducer to said sound output transducer when said human-generated sound is detected; wherein said processor controls admission of said audio signal to said sound output transducer in order to provide said audio signal at a first level when human-generated sound is detected and to provide said audio signal at a second level in an absence of human-generated sound.