Abstract: A method for operating a hearing aid which has a vent and the vent has a controllable closure for opening and closing the vent. The opening and closing of the vent is linked via a control rule to an environmental parameter, wherein the vent is controlled depending on the environmental parameter. The environmental parameter is ascertained and the vent is opened or closed in accordance with the control rule depending on the environmental parameter. The control rule is configured user-specifically. There are also described a corresponding hearing aid and a computer program product.

Abstract: A hearing aid system has comprises a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a movement sensor. An actual movement of the hearing aid system user is detected as movement sensor data of the movement sensor and/or as movement sound data of the input transducer. An actual movement pattern for the actual movement is determined based on the movement sensor data and/or the movement sound data. The actual movement pattern is compared with a target movement pattern and, depending on the outcome of the comparison, an audio signal is generated at a perceptible signal level to supports the hearing aid system user in the execution of the actual movement. The movement sounds detected by the input transducer are used as the audio signal.

Abstract: A method for operating a hearing aid system. The hearing aid system includes a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a motion sensor. The movement of a hearing aid system user is captured as movement data of the motion sensor. A probability for a future fall or trip event on the part of the hearing aid system user is determined on the basis of the captured movement data. A perceptible warning signal is generated when the probability reaches or exceeds a stored threshold value.

Abstract: A method for adapting signal processing parameters of a hearing instrument of a hearing system. A number of acoustic indicators (IndA) for a temporary environmental situation of a user of the hearing instrument is ascertained from an input signal generated by a transducer. A first sensor ascertains a number of peripheral indicators (IndP) for the existing temporary environmental situation. Based on the acoustic and peripheral indicators (IndA, IndP) the system determines whether the existing temporary environmental situation falls into a known class of temporary environmental situations. If it does not, a new class is defined with the respective ascertained acoustic and peripheral indicator(s) (IndA, IndP), and the plurality of signal processing parameters are assigned a corresponding plurality of parameter values, according to which the first input signal is to be processed to form the output signal upon the future existence of a temporary environmental situation from the new class.

Abstract: A hearing aid system has comprises a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a movement sensor. An actual movement of the hearing aid system user is detected as movement sensor data of the movement sensor and/or as movement sound data of the input transducer. An actual movement pattern for the actual movement is determined based on the movement sensor data and/or the movement sound data. The actual movement pattern is compared with a target movement pattern and, depending on the outcome of the comparison, an audio signal is generated at a perceptible signal level to supports the hearing aid system user in the execution of the actual movement. The movement sounds detected by the input transducer are used as the audio signal.

Abstract: A method for operating a hearing aid which has a vent and the vent has a controllable closure for opening and closing the vent. The opening and closing of the vent is linked via a control rule to an environmental parameter, wherein the vent is controlled depending on the environmental parameter. The environmental parameter is ascertained and the vent is opened or closed in accordance with the control rule depending on the environmental parameter. The control rule is configured user-specifically. There are also described a corresponding hearing aid and a computer program product.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing system which has a hearing instrument worn in an ear. The method includes capturing a sound signal from an environment, processing the captured sound signal in dependence of a set of signal processing parameters, and outputting a processed sound signal to the user. The method further includes analyzing the captured sound signal to recognize own-voice intervals, in which the user speaks, analyzing the captured sound signal for an acoustic feature of the own voice of the user and/or analyzing a signal of a bio sensor. The bio sensor measures at least one non-acoustic vital function of the user and determines, from the acoustic feature and/or the non-acoustic vital function of the user, a measure of an emotional state of the user. A value of a signal processing parameter is adapted, within the own-voice intervals, to change the emotional state if a criterion is fulfilled.

Abstract: A method for operating a hearing aid system. The hearing aid system includes a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a motion sensor. The movement of a hearing aid system user is captured as movement data of the motion sensor. A probability for a future fall or trip event on the part of the hearing aid system user is determined on the basis of the captured movement data. A perceptible warning signal is generated when the probability reaches or exceeds a stored threshold value.

Abstract: A hearing system for assisting the sense of hearing of a user has a hearing instrument worn in or on the ear. In operation a sound signal is received from an environment by an input transducer and modified in a signal processing step. The modified sound signal is output by an output transducer. In an analysis step, foreign speech intervals are recognized in which the received sound signal contains speech of a speaker different from the user. The recognized foreign speech intervals are assigned to various identified speakers. For each recognized foreign speech interval, the respective assigned speaker is classified in the course of an interaction classification as to whether this speaker is in a direct communication relationship with the user as a main speaker or whether this speaker is not in a direct communication relationship with the user as a secondary speaker.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing aid for a user. A neuronal signal of the user is measured in the method and a listening effort of the user is determined therefrom. Both an intensity of the listening effort and a hearing direction are determined from the neuronal signal. The intensity and the hearing direction form a hearing vector. A mode of operation of the hearing aid is adapted or set depending on the hearing direction, for the purposes of reducing the intensity of the listening effort.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing system which has a hearing instrument worn in an ear. The method includes capturing a sound signal from an environment, processing the captured sound signal in dependence of a set of signal processing parameters, and outputting a processed sound signal to the user. The method further includes analyzing the captured sound signal to recognize own-voice intervals, in which the user speaks, analyzing the captured sound signal for an acoustic feature of the own voice of the user and/or analyzing a signal of a bio sensor. The bio sensor measures at least one non-acoustic vital function of the user and determines, from the acoustic feature and/or the non-acoustic vital function of the user, a measure of an emotional state of the user. A value of a signal processing parameter is adapted, within the own-voice intervals, to change the emotional state if a criterion is fulfilled.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing device for a user. In the method, electromyography is performed, in which a muscle activity of an auricular muscle of the user is measured by an electrode array. The muscle activity is continuously measured to detect a complex activity profile of the auricular muscle, in which the user's intention is coded. The electrode array generates a sensor signal that is classified by means of a classifier, and in this classification process, the muscle activity is decoded and the underlying intention is determined by examining whether the sensor signal has a previously known feature vector. The previously known feature vector is assigned to an operating mode of the hearing device, which is set when the sensor signal has the previously known feature vector.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing aid for a user. A neuronal signal of the user is measured in the method and a listening effort of the user is determined therefrom. Both an intensity of the listening effort and a hearing direction are determined from the neuronal signal. The intensity and the hearing direction form a hearing vector. A mode of operation of the hearing aid is adapted or set depending on the hearing direction, for the purposes of reducing the intensity of the listening effort.

Abstract: A method operates a hearing device for a user. In the method, electromyography is performed, in which a muscle activity of an auricular muscle of the user is measured by an electrode array. The muscle activity is continuously measured to detect a complex activity profile of the auricular muscle, in which the user's intention is coded. The electrode array generates a sensor signal that is classified by means of a classifier, and in this classification process, the muscle activity is decoded and the underlying intention is determined by examining whether the sensor signal has a previously known feature vector. The previously known feature vector is assigned to an operating mode of the hearing device, which is set when the sensor signal has the previously known feature vector.

Abstract: Individual adjustment of a hearing apparatus, and in particular a hearing aid, is improved by testing the auditory sensory memory of a user of the hearing apparatus. At least one test result is obtained and the hearing apparatus is adjusted in dependence on the at least one test result. The test person must detect, perceive and be able to reproduce changes in a signal.

Abstract: The fitting of a hearing device and in particular of a hearing aid using frequency compression is to be simplified. A method for determining a knee point of a frequency compression characteristic for a hearing device is therefore proposed wherein a maximum audible frequency of a hearing device user is first determined and the knee point is then determined using a predefined rule in dependence on a maximum audible frequency. An end point of a compression characteristic can also be automatically determined.

Abstract: A method of operating a hearing device monitors for a head movement of a hearing device wearer. When a head movement is detected, an acoustic signal acquired by a microphone is output in an amplified and phase-modulated manner with a receiver. Furthermore, a hearing device includes a motion sensor and a signal processing unit that is configured to execute the method.

Abstract: Individual adjustment of a hearing apparatus, and in particular a hearing aid, is improved by testing the auditory sensory memory of a user of the hearing apparatus. At least one test result is obtained and the hearing apparatus is adjusted in dependence on the at least one test result. The test person must detect, perceive and be able to reproduce changes in a signal.

Abstract: A method of operating a hearing device monitors for a head movement of a hearing device wearer. When a head movement is detected, an acoustic signal acquired by a microphone is output in an amplified and phase-modulated manner with a receiver. Furthermore, a hearing device includes a motion sensor and a signal processing unit that is configured to execute the method.

Abstract: While prior art hearing aids and/or tinnitus therapy devices only contribute to making an existing tinnitus condition more bearable, the invention provides for a method for operating a hearing aid and/or tinnitus therapy device as well as a hearing aid and/or tinnitus therapy device which contributes to a tinnitus being able to be eliminated over the long-term. An acoustic output signal is generated in which the tinnitus frequency and/or the tinnitus frequency spectrum are suppressed. This makes the neuroplastic reorganization of the central auditory system of a sufferer possible, which reverses the tinnitus-causing maladaptive change in their central auditory system.