US 12,334,100 B2
Hearing system including a hearing instrument and method for operating the hearing instrument
Cecil Wilson, Erlangen (DE); Maja Serman, Erlangen (DE); and Eghart Fischer, Schwabach (DE)
Assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Sivantos Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,611.
Claims priority of application No. 21191541 (EP), filed on Aug. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047868 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01); G10L 21/0364 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 21/0364 (2013.01) [G10L 17/06 (2013.01); G10L 21/034 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); G10L 2021/03646 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A hearing system, comprising:
a hearing instrument, said hearing instrument including:
an input transducer configured to capture a sound signal from an environment of said hearing instrument;
a signal processor configured to process the captured sound signal, said signal processor including:
a voice recognition unit configured to analyze the captured sound signal to recognize speech intervals, the captured sound signal containing speech, and
a speech enhancement unit configured to periodically vary, in a speech enhancement procedure performed during recognized speech intervals, an amplitude of the processed sound signal according to a temporal pattern consistent with a stress rhythmic pattern of a user of the hearing instrument; and
an output transducer configured to emit the processed sound signal to the user.