EP1519626A3 - Method and device for processing an acoustic signal - Google Patents

Method and device for processing an acoustic signal Download PDF

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EP1519626A3
EP1519626A3 EP04405754A EP04405754A EP1519626A3 EP 1519626 A3 EP1519626 A3 EP 1519626A3 EP 04405754 A EP04405754 A EP 04405754A EP 04405754 A EP04405754 A EP 04405754A EP 1519626 A3 EP1519626 A3 EP 1519626A3
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wind noise
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microphones
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Henry Luo
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Sonova Holding AG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/502—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using analog signal processing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2410/00—Microphones
    • H04R2410/07—Mechanical or electrical reduction of wind noise generated by wind passing a microphone

Abstract

For reducing wind noise effects in a hearing instrument, a converted acoustic signal is processed in a number of frequency bands, a low frequency band of which is chosen to be a master band. A wind noise attenuation value is determined in each frequency band, based on a signal level in the frequency band concerned and on a signal level in the master band. A further wind noise reducing effect may be achieved in hearing instruments with at least two microphones where in the presence of wind noise the instrument may be switched from a direction al mode to a omnidirectional mode in which an average of the output signals of the two microphones is used as signal. In single microphone hearing instruments, the microphone signal and a delayed version of this signal are used to improve wind noise detection and reduction.
EP04405754A 2004-12-07 2004-12-07 Method and device for processing an acoustic signal Withdrawn EP1519626A3 (en)

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US8019103B2 (en) 2005-08-02 2011-09-13 Gn Resound A/S Hearing aid with suppression of wind noise
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WO2013164029A1 (en) 2012-05-03 2013-11-07 Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ) Detecting wind noise in an audio signal
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DE102015204253B4 (en) 2015-03-10 2016-11-10 Sivantos Pte. Ltd. Method for frequency-dependent noise suppression of an input signal and hearing aid
US10586523B1 (en) 2019-03-29 2020-03-10 Sonova Ag Hearing device with active noise control based on wind noise
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