Patents by Inventor Dorthe HOFMAN-BANG

Dorthe HOFMAN-BANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling a hearing instrument to relieve tinitus, hyperacusis, and hearing loss
    Patent number: 10674292
    Abstract: A hearing instrument and a method for operating a hearing instrument is provided. The hearing instrument and/or the method includes receiving and manipulating an audio signal at a signal processor to create a manipulated audio signal, providing a tinnitus relief sound having an operational level based on a present volume level from an audio signal, and generating an output signal based on the manipulated audio signal and the tinnitus relief sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Björn Ohl, Dorthe Hofman-Bang, Marianne Philipsson, Jacob Anders Roug, Jesper Nøhr Hansen, Gary Jones
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HEARING INSTRUMENT TO RELIEVE TINITUS, HYPERACUSIS, AND HEARING LOSS
    Publication number: 20190261105
    Abstract: A hearing instrument and a method for operating a hearing instrument is provided. The hearing instrument and/or the method includes receiving and manipulating an audio signal at a signal processor to create a manipulated audio signal, providing a tinnitus relief sound having an operational level based on a present volume level from an audio signal, and generating an output signal based on the manipulated audio signal and the tinnitus relief sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Björn Ohl, Dorthe HOFMAN-BANG, Marianne PHILIPSSON, Jacob Anders ROUG, Jesper Nøhr HANSEN, Gary JONES
  • Method and apparatus for controlling a hearing instrument to relieve tinitus, hyperacusis, and hearing loss
    Patent number: 10321249
    Abstract: A hearing instrument and a method for operating a hearing instrument is provided. The hearing instrument and/or the method includes receiving and manipulating an audio signal at a signal processor to create a manipulated audio signal, providing a tinnitus relief sound having an operational level based on a present volume level from an audio signal, and generating an output signal based on the manipulated audio signal and the tinnitus relief sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Björn Ohl, Dorthe Hofman-Bang, Marianne Philipsson, Jacob Anders Roug, Jesper Nøhr Hansen, Gary Jones
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A HEARING INSTRUMENT TO RELIEVE TINITUS, HYPERACUSIS, AND HEARING LOSS
    Publication number: 20180199142
    Abstract: A hearing instrument and a method for operating a hearing instrument is provided. The hearing instrument and/or the method includes a tinnitus relief sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Björn Ohl, Dorthe Hofman-Bang, Marianne Philipsson, Jacob Anders Roug, Jesper Nøhr Hansen, Gary Jones
  • Method and apparatus for controlling a hearing instrument to relieve tinitus, hyperacusis, and hearing loss
    Patent number: 9883300
    Abstract: A hearing instrument and a method for operating a hearing instrument for relieving tinnitus, hyperacusis, and/or hearing loss is provided. The hearing instrument and/or the method includes receiving and manipulating an audio signal at a signal processor to create a manipulated audio signal, providing a tinnitus relief sound having an operational level based on a present volume level from an audio signal, and generating an output signal based on the manipulated audio signal and the tinnitus relief sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Björn Ohl, Dorthe Hofman-Bang, Marianne Philipsson, Jacob Anders Roug, Jesper Nøhr Hansen, Gary Jones
  • HEARING INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20160249145
    Abstract: A hearing instrument and a method for operating a hearing instrument is provided. The hearing instrument and/or the method includes a tinnitus relief sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Björn OHL, Dorthe HOFMAN-BANG, Marianne PHILIPSSON, Jacob Anders ROUG, Jesper Nøhr HANSEN, Gary JONES