US 11,856,371 B2
Method and apparatus for own-voice sensing in a hearing assistance device
Thomas Howard Burns, St. Louis Park, MN (US); and Lars Tuborg Jensen, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Assigned to Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/247,821.
Application 17/247,821 is a continuation of application No. 15/884,850, filed on Jan. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,880,657.
Application 15/884,850 is a continuation of application No. 14/720,036, filed on May 22, 2015, granted, now 9,900,710.
Application 14/720,036 is a continuation of application No. 13/966,058, filed on Aug. 13, 2013, granted, now 9,042,586.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/682,589, filed on Aug. 13, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120347 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/60 (2013.01) [H04R 25/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/453 (2013.01); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 1/38 (2013.01); H04R 25/48 (2013.01); H04R 25/603 (2019.05); H04R 2225/023 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01); H04R 2410/05 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing assistance device, comprising:
a housing adapted to be worn in an ear of a wearer;
a microphone mounted on or in the housing or a faceplate of the housing;
an own-voice sensor within the housing, the own-voice sensor configured to amplify an input signal in a selected frequency region to detect an own-voice signal from the wearer;
a processor within the housing, the processor configured to control transmission of the own-voice signal by correlating an output of the microphone with an own-voice sensor output; and
a resonator positioned between the own-voice sensor and the housing, the resonator and at least a portion of the housing configured to resonate in the selected frequency region to enhance the own-voice sensor output.