| US 7,613,314 B2 | ||
| Mobile terminals including compensation for hearing impairment and methods and computer program products for operating the same | ||
| William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund (Sweden) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/977,713. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0094981 A1, May 04, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 381—315 [381/60; 381/312] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method of operating a mobile terminal that has a pair of microphones associated therewith, comprising:
providing a user of the mobile terminal with a hearing test;
determining a first set of coefficients for a digital filter based on the results of the hearing test;
placing the pair of microphones in a plurality of orientations;
receiving training audio signals through the pair of microphones in each of the plurality of orientations; and
determining a second set of coefficients for the digital filter based on the received training audio signals;
receiving audio signals;
processing the audio signals using the digital filter programmed with the determined first and second set of coefficients;
and
transmitting the processed audio signals to an earphone associated with the mobile terminal.
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