A hearing device has a sealable housing with a wall that delimits an inner space. In addition, the hearing device has a microphone which is arranged in the inner space, and a microphone opening in the wall, as well as a protective element for protecting the microphone. The housing has a sound channel with at least one sound inlet opening, and the protective element is positioned in the sound channel.

An electronic device includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with a hearing device, the hearing device configured to be worn by a user, the hearing device comprising a processing unit configured to receive an input signal and provide an output signal for compensating a hearing loss of the user; a processing unit configured to generate a request upon a detection of the output signal being unsatisfactory, wherein the processing unit is also configured to receive a wireless response that is generated in response to the request, the response being based at least in part on one or more of a plurality of initial fitting parameters of the hearing device, audiogram(s), one or more of a plurality of current settings of the hearing device, or any combination of the foregoing; and a screen configured to display information regarding an adjustment for improving a performance of the hearing device.

A hearing aid includes a microphone unit arranged in a hearing aid housing. The microphone unit is oriented in the housing relative to a microphone inlet element to cause a pressure equalization that allows acoustic cancellation of vibrations in the microphone unit.

A hearing device comprises a sound system for estimating the direction of arrival of sound emitted by one or more sound sources creating a sound field. The sound system comprises an array of N sound receiving transducers (microphones), each providing an electric input signal, a processing unit comprising a) a model unit comprising a parametric model configured to be able to describe the sound field at the array as a function of the direction of arrival in a region surrounding and adjacent to the array; b) a model optimizing unit configured to optimize said model with respect to its parameters based on said sound samples; c) a cost optimizing unit configured to minimize a cost function of the model with respect to said direction of arrivals; d) an estimating unit configured to estimate the direction of arrival based on said parametric model with the optimized parameters and the optimized cost function.

A bone-conductive audio system includes at least one head-worn hearing enhancement apparatus. The head-worn hearing enhancement apparatus comprises a microphone in front of the outer ear generally picking up sound in a forward outward direction and at least one microphone behind the outer ear picking up sound in a more rearward outward direction. First and second amplified vibration transducers interact with the at least one microphone in front of the outer ear and the at least one microphone behind the outer ear. The first and second amplified vibration transducers are drawn toward audio conductive bones. Placement of the at least one microphone in front of the outer ear and the at least one microphone behind the outer ear feeds the naturally captured discrete audio signals, front and rear, captured in a physical location on the head to the first and second amplified vibration transducers to create organically recognizable audio spatiality.

A hearing aid includes a microphone unit arranged in a hearing aid housing. The microphone unit is oriented in the housing relative to a microphone inlet element to cause a pressure equalization that allows acoustic cancellation of vibrations in the microphone unit.

The present invention relates to the technical field of electroacoustic products. Disclosed is a miniature speaker. The miniature speaker comprises an upper housing and a lower housing combined together. A vibration system and a magnetic circuit system are accommodated in the space defined by the upper housing and the lower housing. The upper housing is disposed close to the vibration system. The miniature speaker also comprises a hearing-aid voice coil. The hearing-aid voice coil is fixed to the upper housing and is located at the inner side of the upper housing. The miniature speaker of the present invention solves the problem of poor acoustics caused by collision of a lead wire of a vibrating voice coil with a hearing-aid voice coil of a miniature speaker in the prior art, and the miniature speaker of the present invention has good acoustic performance and a better hearing-aid effect.

The invention relates to a biomimetic microphone, a product comprising at least one biomimetic microphone, such as a hearing implant, wherein the hearing implant may comprise a cochlear implant, or a vibrating implant, or both, a method of operating a hearing implant, and a hearing implant computer program comprising instructions for operating the hearing implant.

The present invention provides hearing systems and methods that provide an improved high frequency response. The high frequency response improves the signal-to-noise ratio of the hearing system and allows for preservation and transmission of high frequency spatial localization cues.

A personal audio system enabling a user to distinguish approximate locations of sound sources comprises at least one sound receiver. The sound receiver comprises a sound collecting structure for collecting sound. The sound collecting structure comprises a plurality of sound passages opening toward different directions and with different sizes to collect sound waves from the environment. The different sizes of the openings render a decline or an increase in specific frequency ranges of sound as a result of different resonances via the different openings. The user may therefore distinguish the direction of a sound source based on the slightly different pitches (frequencies) of the sound.