ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORSMESM..................JJDIM360 Ver 1.28 (29 Oct 2014) - 1620000/02696599EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320150311EP13178787.12013073120130731enenen20121356861820120807US2015031120151120140212201407H04R 25/00 20060101AFI20150130BHEP deKompression beabstandeter Quellen für HörgeräteenCompression of spaced sources for hearing assistance devicesfrCompression de sources espacées pour dispositifs d'aide auditive5Starkey Laboratories, Inc.100226906PN810780EP6600 Washington Avenue SouthEden Prairie, MN 55344USStrelcyk, Olaf6526 Dana StreetOakland, CA 94609USEdwards, Brent1306 29th AvenueSan Francisco, CA 94122USMaury, Richard Philip100025539Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long AcreLondon WC2E 9RAGBALATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCMKMTNLNOPLPTRORSSESISKSMTRBAME20150311201511

This application relates to a system for compression and mixing for hearing assistance devices by application of compression to individual sound sources before applying a head-related transfer function (HRTF) to prevent compression and cross modulation of interaural-level-difference (ILD) cues for localization, according to one example. Variations of the present system use coordinated compression to left and right individual source signals after application of HRTFs.

PN810780EPEP13178787.1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.5MN20150205H04RH04SEP2131610A1STARKEY LAB INC [US]20091209X,D1-11* abstract *A12-15* paragraph [0016] - paragraph [0024]; figures 6-8 *
MICHAEL A STONE AND BRIAN C J MOOREEffects of spectro-temporal modulation changes produced by multi-channel compression on intelligibility in a competing-speech taskTHE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS FOR THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, NEW YORK, NY, US200802123210.1121/1.28219690001-496610631076XP007921522
A,D1,12* abstract *Gerken, StephanMunich20150129EP2131610A120091209AT478525T20100915DK2131610T320100927EP2131610A120091209US2009296944A120091203US2014226825A120140814