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EP1354497B2
EP1354497B2 EP01900363A EP01900363A EP1354497B2 EP 1354497 B2 EP1354497 B2 EP 1354497B2 EP 01900363 A EP01900363 A EP 01900363A EP 01900363 A EP01900363 A EP 01900363A EP 1354497 B2 EP1354497 B2 EP 1354497B2
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  • the present invention relates to a method of communication according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a hearing aid system according to that of claim 7.
  • Such methods or hearing aid systems are known. So it is known, for example, on a therapeutic hearing aid device, in particular an outer ear device, manual inputs, such as via toggle switch to acknowledge by means of synthesized Beep signals, which are supplied as electrical audio signals to the electro / mechanical output transducer of the hearing aid.
  • the time-limited electrical audio signals are generated in particular as acknowledgment signals on control signals, which control signals are generated manually or by remote control on the hearing aid, for example, or which are triggered by the hearing aid itself, such as when the battery voltage drops.
  • At least part of the mentioned time-limited audio signals is stored on user-exchangeable memory elements for the hearing aid device, preferably only readable ones.
  • the mentioned time-limited audio signals are user defined stored on a memory unit which is integrated with the hearing aid itself or with the latter, preferably wirelessly, in connection or can be brought into operative connection.
  • the mentioned audio signals are stored selectively and user-defined in the actual hearing aid and can be replaced accordingly.
  • a third embodiment which may be combined with the aforementioned embodiments, only the localization information is stored on the actual hearing aid device, where the audio signal sequences to be retrieved are located on a given audio signal carrier.
  • This procedure requires that the user of the hearing aid carries on it an audio player, such as a mini-disc player, an MP3 player, etc.
  • the communication between the hearing aid on the one hand and such a player preferably takes place wirelessly.
  • the aforementioned output transducer is a loudspeaker
  • at least part of the mentioned time-limited electrical audio signals be generated in such a way that their acoustic conversion result can also be heard by an individual at a distance. This makes it possible to transmit information by appropriate acoustic signals to a user even if the hearing aid is not worn. This may be the case, for example, when the battery voltage drops, with inappropriate, but detectable storage of the hearing aid etc.
  • the user-defined selection of the time-limited electrical audio signals is controlled by a menu.
  • a preferably in communication with the hearing aid wirelessly communicating unit is provided, which guides the user through the selection menu by visual display and / or voice guidance.
  • the mentioned communication unit is also designed at least for voice guidance, it is further proposed to realize the voice guidance via the mentioned hearing aid device by feeding the corresponding voice signals into the hearing aid device.
  • a hearing aid according to the invention is further characterized according to the characterizing part of claim 7, whose preferred embodiments according to claims 8 to 13.
  • a hearing aid device 10 comprises a hearing aid device per se, with an acoustical / electrical input transducer unit 1, downstream of a usually digital signal processing unit 3, which acts on the output side on an electrical / mechanical transducer unit 5.
  • the electrical / mechanical transducer unit 5 is, for example, a unit which acts mechanically on an ossicle in the middle ear, while in a conventional therapeutic in-ear or external-ear hearing aid device the aforementioned transducer unit is replaced by a Speaker unit is formed.
  • the hearing aid is a device for therapeutic purposes.
  • the signal processing unit 3 of the actual hearing aid device receives control signals S of all kinds, such as program switching signals, signals for adjusting the transmitted loudness, ie in principle signals that trigger desired signal processing changes by the respective individual when using the hearing aid.
  • control signals S are manually, M, such as triggered by actuation of switches, or are, when provided remote control, usually wirelessly, as shown at F, entered.
  • M such as triggered by actuation of switches
  • F remote control
  • the hearing aid device 10a It is also known that, as a function of the manually-M-signals mentioned above - or via a remote control - F - acoustic acknowledgment signals perceptible by the respective individual are generated on the hearing aid device 10a, in the form of characteristic sequences of beep signals.
  • the codec unit 7 retrieves the acknowledgment signals Q associated with the control signals M, F at a generator unit 9 and supplies them to the electro / mechanical converter unit 5 on the input side.
  • the audible signals have been transformed by the individual.
  • the actual hearing aid 10a in any case and in representation according to Fig. 1 formed by the units 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and their signal connections.
  • the generator unit 9 provided in previously known hearing aid devices of this type is embodied as an actual read-only unit, to which the acknowledgment signals to be supplied correspondingly to the converter unit 5 are stored.
  • user-specific desired signal sequences can be stored on the hearing device or such signals can be defined on sound carriers, this is preferably done in a menu-controlled manner, as will be explained below.
  • Fig. 1 is the basic, the invention following approach represented by the signal input BD to the generator unit 9, via which, be it by user-defined insert data storage 11a described above, be this by storing user-defined stored sequences 11b, or be by custom storage of sound carriers 11c, the mentioned custom acknowledgment signals Q are input.
  • the signal processing unit 3 states, such as the decrease of battery voltages below predetermined values, the user to be signaled. Then, the input to the codec unit 7 from the signal processing unit 3, as shown at Z. As already explained, a corresponding user-defined acknowledgment signal Q is also transmitted to the converter unit 5 and the occurrence of the signal Z is displayed to the user with a corresponding user-defined signal.
  • the acknowledgment signals Q may be designed such that in hearing aid devices with output-side loudspeaker the corresponding audio signals are also audible when the hearing aid is not worn at all.
  • status message signals Z output by the signal processing unit 3, which indicate, for example, the battery status or indicate that the hearing aid is stored in an environment with too high a temperature, etc., can be used to retrieve a corresponding acknowledgment signal Q, which is also off the user stored hearing aid attracts his attention, and leads to a corresponding action.
  • FIG. 2 which in turn shows schematically and simplified a signal flow / function block diagram of a preferred, working according to the inventive method, inventive hearing aid device, will be explained how a user selects user-controlled custom sound sequences and optionally additionally stores.
  • menu control text is spoken, it is, especially when using a hearing aid, just a therapeutic, displayed this, as in Fig. 2 shown dashed at AT to supply the converter 5.
  • the user switches on any audio signal source, such as a sound carrier 17 or an Internet page, and it is supplied during the predetermined time length of, for example, 5 seconds selected by the user at the source sequence in the form of electrical signals E 17 of the generator unit 9 a and stored there, the specific identification signal I stored.
  • the identification signal I is looped via the aforementioned display unit 15 to the generator unit 9.
  • the selected tone sequence is therefore in this embodiment corresponding signal E 17 preferably, but not necessarily, stored in digital form.
  • the user selects the selected audio signals with the associated triggering signals I at the generator unit 9 for those signals which are input manually or via remote control, corresponding to M or F, for which user-defined acknowledgment signals Q are at all desirable.
  • the display unit 15 In operation of the hearing aid, the display unit 15, if it is not a unit integrated with the remote control system, removed and, as shown at I ', the operative connection between codec unit 7 and generator unit 9 created.
  • the selected audio sequence, according to E 17 is not stored at all on the generator unit 9, but rather that only find data A 17 of the respective sequence are registered on a sound carrier, assigned to the respective signal I.
  • the generator unit 9 when carrying on the individual reproducing apparatus with the sound carrier 17, upon the occurrence of an identification signal I, the generator unit 9, as shown by dashed lines at L, the playback device to play the audio units defined at the generator unit 9 drive. Only then is the generator unit 9 or possibly directly the signal E 17 of the converter unit 5 fed.
  • the with " ⁇ " in Fig. 2 Marked signal paths may be based on wireless transmission.
  • the signal I can be transmitted wirelessly to the display unit 16, for example as an infrared signal or as a radio signal over the short distance.
  • the generator unit 9a can be implemented offset from the actual hearing aid 1, 3, 5, 7.
  • the acknowledgment signal Q is then transmitted wirelessly from the remote generator unit 9a to the input of the converter unit 5.
  • the respective signal I recalling an audio sequence is preferably transmitted to the generator unit 9 wirelessly.
  • the selected wireless transmission techniques to the units 7, 9a, 15, 17 on the input side of the converter unit 5 (not shown) transmitting or receiving units provided.
  • the signals I are stored, which then practically call online from a sound carrier 17 defined audio sequences, at the generator unit 9a but in the sense of a read / write memory, a RAM data storage in a corresponding memory made, whereupon the mentioned discovery data can be changed by the user at any time to assign other audio sequences to the respective control signals I as acknowledgment signals Q.
  • Fig. 3 a further preferred embodiment of an inventive hearing aid system is shown, which is fully integrated.
  • the generator unit 9b is part of the actual hearing aid device, to which the respective desired acknowledgment signal audio sequences or their user-replaceable memory, such as chips 20, are selected.
  • a selection of different acknowledgment signals is made available on memories 20, by means of which the user can select the style or sound structure that suits him.
  • the memory 20, which are then preferably designed as a read-only memory ROM the user selects each of which acknowledgment signals he wants to hear for the associated switching signals M, F or Z.

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Selon l'invention, pour accroître l'attractivité d'appareils de correction auditive, il est proposé d'entrer des séquences définies par l'utilisateur dans une unité génératrice (9) de l'appareil auditif. Comme accusé de réception de manipulations faites sur l'appareil auditif, un signal d'accusé de réception (Q) correspondant est, à partir de l'unité génératrice (9), transmis à l'unité de conversion électrique/mécanique (5) de l'appareil auditif.

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  1. Procédé de communication entre une prothèse auditive thérapeutique et un individu, auquel des signaux audio d'indication (Q) limités de temps électriques sont alimentés à un transducteur de sortie électro/mécanique (5) de la prothèse auditive en outre des signaux, qui sont fonction des signaux audio acoustiques ou électriques alimentés à l'entrée (1) de la prothèse auditive, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une part des signaux audio d'indication (Q) limités de temps électriques sont personnalisés, dans lequel les signaux audio d'indication (Q) peuvent être choisi librement et peuvent être modifiées arbitrairement par un individu qui utilise la prothèse auditive.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les signaux audio d'indication limités de temps électriques sont engendrés à la ou vers la prothèse auditive comme signaux d'accusés de réception (Q) sur des signaux de commande (M, F, Z).
  3. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une part des signaux audio d'indication (Q) limités de temps électriques
    - sont sauvegarder sur des éléments de mémoire (20) aptes à d'usager échangeable pour la prothèse auditive, préférablement seulement lisible, et/ou
    - sont déposés personnalisés sur une unité de mémoire (9a, 11b), qui (9a) est intégré à la prothèse auditive ou est en contact avec le dernier de manière relié fonctionnellement ou apte à être relié fonctionnellement, préférablement sans fil, et/ou que
    - d'information de localisation personnalisée pour les signaux audio d'indication (Q) mentionnés sont déposées sur un support de signal audio et à l'aide de cette information les signaux audio d'indication (Q) sont appelés sélectivement du support.
  4. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le transducteur de sortie électro/mécanique est un haut-parleur et qu'au moins une part des signaux audio d'indication (Q) limités de temps électriques sont engendrés tel que leur résultat de transformation est audible sur distance par un individu.
  5. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la définition d'usager des signaux audio d'indication (Q) limités de temps électriques résulte commandé par menu, préférablement par une unité de communication (15) apte à être relié fonctionnellement à la prothèse auditive, préférablement sans fil apte à être relié fonctionnellement.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de communication effectue la commande du menu par display visuel et/ou par guidage de langue, préférablement par alimentation du signal de langue dans la prothèse auditive.
  7. Système de prothèse auditive thérapeutique avec au moins une prothèse auditive, qui comprend:
    - une unité de traitement de signal (3), qui à sa sortie
    - est relié fonctionnellement avec un transducteur (5) électro/mécanique,
    - une unité de générateur signal audio, dont sa sortie est en outre reliée fonctionnellement avec l'entrée du transducteur (5) électromécanique,
    caractérisé en ce que l'unité de générateur signal audio (9, 9a, 9b) a une mémoire apte à d'usager échangeable et/ou une mémoire lire-écrire (9a) apte à d'usager descriptible et, déclenché, reste active pendant une période préalablement fixée.
  8. Système selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce l'unité de générateur signal audio (9, 9a, 9b) a une entrée d'adressage (I) pour la mémoire (20, 9a), qui est reliée fonctionnellement aux organes d'engendrement de signal de commande (7, 3) à la prothèse auditive.
  9. Système selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les organes d'engendrement comprennent des organes de couplage (M) à la prothèse auditive et/ou des organes reliés fonctionnellement avec une entrée de télécommande de la prothèse auditive et/ou une unité de traitement de signalisation (3).
  10. Système selon une des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la mémoire lire-écrire est dimensionnée pour la sauvegarde personnalisée des séquences de signal audio d'une longueur apte à fixer préalablement, ou que l'entrée d'écrire de la mémoire lire-écrire est apte à être reliée fonctionnellement ou est reliée fonctionnellement à une source de signal audio.
  11. Système selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que la source de signal audio est un appareil de défilement audio ou une unité avec accès internet.
  12. Système selon une des revendications 7 à 11, caractérisé en ce que cela comprend une unité d'indication pour la commande par menu visuelle et/ou par la langue, qui d'une part est reliée fonctionnellement ou apte à être reliée fonctionnellement aux organes d'engendrement de signal de commande de la prothèse auditive, d'autre part à l'unité de générateur de signal audio.
  13. Système selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que l'unité d'indication pour le guidage par la langue est dimensionnée par des menus et est reliée fonctionnellement avec l'entrée du transducteur électro/mécanique de la prothèse auditive du côté sortie.
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