Patent ID: 7853031

Claim:
A hearing apparatus, comprising: a first microphone comprising an audio input for picking up ambient sound from a vicinity of a user, and an output for outputting a signal; a second microphone comprising an audio input for picking up auditory channel sound in an auditory channel or on an auditory channel wall of the user, and an output for outputting a signal; an own-voice detection device for detection of the user's own voice, comprising a first input that is connected to the output of the first microphone, a second input that is connected to the output of the second microphone, and an output at which a corresponding control signal is provided; a BSS device, via which separate sources can be identified from the microphone signal or signals, and comprises an output; and a signal processing device, comprising a drive input via which it is controlled by the BSS device, wherein the drive of the signal processing device by the BSS device remains unchanged at times when the user's own voice is detected.