US 11,967,334 B2
Method for operating a hearing device based on a speech signal, and hearing device
Sebastian Best, Erlangen (DE); and Marko Lugger, Weilersbach (DE)
Assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by SIVANTOS PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,552.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 210 918.4 (DE), filed on Aug. 28, 2020; and application No. 10 2020 210 919.2 (DE), filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0068293 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 21/0364 (2013.01) [G10L 25/60 (2013.01); H04R 25/405 (2013.01); H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 25/43 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a hearing device on a basis of a speech signal, the method which comprises:
recording with an acousto-electric input transducer of the hearing device a sound which contains the speech signal from surroundings of the hearing device, and converting the sound into an input audio signal;
performing a signal processing operation for generating an output audio signal based on the input audio signal;
quantitatively acquiring at least one articulatory and/or prosodic feature of the speech signal through analysis of the input audio signal by way of the signal processing operation, and deriving from the property a quantitative measure of a speech quality of the speech signal; and
setting at least one parameter of the signal processing operation for generating the output audio signal on a basis of the quantitative measure of the speech quality of the speech signal; and
selectively deriving the quantitative measure as a binary measure or as a discrete measure or as a continuous measure, and:
a) when the quantitative measure is a binary measure:
the binary measure adopting a first value or a second value depending on the speech quality;
wherein the first value is assigned to a sufficiently good speech quality of the speech signal and the second value is assigned to an insufficient speech quality of the speech signal;
wherein, for the first value, the at least one parameter of the signal processing operation is preset to a first parameter value that corresponds to a regular mode of the signal processing operation; and
wherein, for the second value, the at least one parameter of the signal processing operation is set to a second parameter value different from the first parameter value; or
b) when the quantitative measure is a discrete measure:
the discrete measure adopting a value from a value range of at least three discrete values depending on the speech quality; and
mapping individual values of the quantitative measure monotonically onto corresponding discrete parameter values for the at least one parameter; or
c) when the quantitative measure is a continuous measure:
the continuous measure adopting a value from a continuous value range depending on the speech quality; and
mapping individual values of the quantitative measure monotonically onto corresponding parameter values from a continuous parameter interval for the at least one parameter.