DE69012582T2 - Hörgerät. - Google Patents

Hörgerät.

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DE69012582T2
DE69012582T2 DE69012582T DE69012582T DE69012582T2 DE 69012582 T2 DE69012582 T2 DE 69012582T2 DE 69012582 T DE69012582 T DE 69012582T DE 69012582 T DE69012582 T DE 69012582T DE 69012582 T2 DE69012582 T2 DE 69012582T2
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Asbjorn Krokstad
Jarle Svean
Tor Ramstad
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Auristronic Ltd St Albans Gb
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/45Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback
    • H04R25/453Prevention of acoustic reaction, i.e. acoustic oscillatory feedback electronically
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04RLOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/50Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing
DE69012582T 1989-11-30 1990-11-29 Hörgerät. Expired - Fee Related DE69012582T2 (de)

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NO894806A NO169689C (no) 1989-11-30 1989-11-30 Programmerbart hybrid hoereapparat med digital signalbehandling samt fremgangsmaate ved deteksjon og signalbehandlingi samme.
PCT/NO1990/000178 WO1991008654A1 (en) 1989-11-30 1990-11-29 Hearing aid

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EP (1) EP0502073B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH05504029A (de)
AT (1) ATE111670T1 (de)
AU (1) AU654266B2 (de)
CA (1) CA2069737C (de)
DE (1) DE69012582T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0502073T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2060345T3 (de)
FI (1) FI922408A0 (de)
HU (1) HU9201417D0 (de)
NO (1) NO169689C (de)
WO (1) WO1991008654A1 (de)

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AU654266B2 (en) 1994-11-03
NO169689B (no) 1992-04-13
FI922408A (fi) 1992-05-26
WO1991008654A1 (en) 1991-06-13
DK0502073T3 (da) 1995-02-20
NO894806D0 (no) 1989-11-30
HUT63726A (en) 1993-09-28
CA2069737A1 (en) 1991-05-31
ES2060345T3 (es) 1994-11-16
JPH05504029A (ja) 1993-06-24
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