Various implementations include systems for processing audio signals. In particular implementations, a system for processing audio signals includes: a wearable audio device having a transducer and a communication system; and an accessory device configured to wirelessly communicate with the wearable audio device, the accessory device having a processor configured to process a source audio signal according to a method that includes: source separating the source audio signal; and providing a source separated audio signal to the wearable audio device for transduction.

A hearing system comprises a) at least one hearing device adapted for being worn on the head, or fully or partially implanted in the head, of a user, and b) a multitude of external, spatially separated, audio transmitters, each providing respective external electric sound signals comprising audio. The hearing system is configured to allow wireless communication, including audio communication, between said hearing device and said external audio transmitters, at least from said external audio transmitters to said at least one hearing device, to be established. The at least one hearing device comprises A) a multitude of microphones, each providing an electric input signal representative of sound; B) a beamformer filter providing a beamformed signal from said multitude of electric input signals; and C) an output unit configured to provide stimuli perceivable by the user as sound. The hearing system further comprises c) a selector/mixer for selecting and possibly mixing one or more of said electric input signals or said beamformed signal from the hearing device and said external electric signals from the audio transmitters and to provide a current input sound signal based thereon intended for being presented to the user, possibly in a further processed form. The selector/mixer is controlled by a source selection control signal provided by a source selection processor. The source selection processor is configured to determine said source selection control signal in dependence of a comparison of said beamformed signal and said external electric sound signals or processed versions thereof. A hearing device, and a method of operating a hearing system is further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in hearing aids, headsets, active ear protection devices, headphones, etc.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a microactuator including using (i) an ingress membrane mounting ring adhesive positioned on an ingress membrane mounting surface to mount an ingress membrane and (ii) a flexible encapsulation shield mounted on a support band and extending over the ingress membrane mounting ring and (iii) a first reed adhesive connecting the ingress membrane to a microactuator reed at an ingress membrane reed opening and (iv) a second reed adhesive positioned on and covering the first reed adhesive, the second reed adhesive extending from the ingress membrane to the microactuator reed.

System and methods for processing audio signals are disclosed. In one implementation, a system may include a microphone configured to capture sounds from an environment of a user; and at least one processor. The processor may be programmed to receive at least one audio signal representative of the sounds captured by the microphone; analyze the at least one audio signal to distinguish a plurality of voices in the at least one audio signal; transcribe at least a portion of speech associated with at least one voice in the plurality of voices; and cause at least a part of the transcribed portion to be displayed to the user via a display device.

An electronic device configured to communicate with a binaural hearing device, includes: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly receive, from the binaural hearing device, a signal indicating an orientation of a head of a user of the binaural hearing device; a memory storing head-related transfer functions (HRTF) respectively for a left ear and a right ear of the user; an input transducer configured to capture sound at a distance from the user; and a processing unit configured to provide a spatialized binaural audio signal based on the captured sound, the orientation of the head of the user, and the head-related transfer functions (HRTF); wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the spatialized binaural audio signal to the binaural hearing device for allowing the binaural hearing device to provide left and right audio outputs based on the spatialized binaural audio signal.

A headset that can detect the voice activity of a user includes an inner microphone generating an inner microphone signal; an outer microphone generating an outer microphone signal, wherein the inner microphone and outer microphone are positioned such that, when the headset is worn by a user, the inner microphone is disposed nearer to the user's head; and a voice-activity detector determining a sign of a phase difference between the inner microphone signal and the outer microphone signal and generating a voice activity detection signal representing a user's voice activity when the sign of the phase difference indicates that the outer microphone received an audio signal after the inner microphone received the audio signal.

System and method for analyzing audio data are provided. Audio data captured by one or more audio sensors included in a wearable apparatus from an environment of a wearer of the wearable apparatus may be obtained. The audio data may be analyzed to detect a repetition in the audio data, the repetition may comprise a first occurrence of a repeated element followed by one or more successive occurrences of the repeated element. The audio data may be analyzed to determine whether the repetition is meaningful. The audio data may be analyzed to determine which of the one or more successive occurrences of the repeated element were produced by the wearer. A feedback may be provided to a user when the repetition is meaningless and all of the one or more successive occurrences of the repeated element were produced by the wearer.

A set of one or more processing circuits obtains eye movement-related eardrum oscillation (EMREO)-related measurements from one or more EMREO sensors of a hearing instrument. The EMREO sensors are located in an ear canal of a user of the hearing instrument and are configured to detect environmental signals of EMREOs of an eardrum of the user of the hearing instrument. The one or more processing circuits may perform an action based on the EMREO-related measurements.

A hearing device may include a housing, a microphone, and an acoustic element. The housing may include a shell and a microphone port disposed between an outer surface of the shell and an inner surface of the shell that defines a cavity within the shell. The microphone may be disposed within the cavity of the shell and acoustically connected to the microphone port. The acoustic element may be disposed on the outer surface of the shell or at least partially within the microphone port. The acoustic element may include a substrate and fibers extending from the substrate. At least a portion of acoustic energy incident upon the acoustic element may be received by the microphone.

An audio enhancement method includes receiving a first plurality of input signals representative of audio captured using an array of two or more sensors, the first plurality of input signals characterized by a first signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), with the audio being the signal-of-interest. The method also includes receiving a second input signal representative of the audio, the second input signal characterized by a second SNR. The second SNR is higher than the first SNR. The method further includes combining the first plurality of input signals and the second input signal to generate one or more driver signals, and driving one or more acoustic transducers using the one or more driver signals to generate an acoustic signal representative of the audio. The driver signals include spatial information derived from the first plurality of input signals, and are characterized by a third SNR that is higher than the first SNR.