Patent ID: 11689867

Abstract:
A hearing system comprises a) at least one hearing device adapted for being worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and b) a multitude of external, spatially separated, audio transmitters, each providing respective external electric sound signals comprising audio. The hearing system is configured to allow wireless communication, including audio communication, between the hearing device and the external audio transmitters, at least from the external audio transmitters to the at least one hearing device, to be established. The at least one hearing device comprises A) a multitude of microphones, each providing an electric input signal representative of sound; B) a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from the multitude of electric input signals; and C) an output unit configured to provide stimuli perceivable by the user as sound. The hearing system further comprises c) a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of the electric input signals or the beamformed signal from the hearing device and the external electric signals from the audio transmitters and to provide a current input sound signal based thereon intended for being presented to the user, possibly in a further processed form. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection control signal provided by a source selection processor. The source selection processor is configured to determine the source selection control signal in dependence of a comparison of the beamformed signal and the external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof. A hearing device, and a method of operating a hearing system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, headsets, active ear protection devices, headphones, etc.