Method for improving the comprehensibility of speech with a hearing aid, together with a hearing aid

1. A hearing aid, comprising:

an input transducer for receiving an input signal and converting the input signal into an electrical input signal;

a signal processing unit for processing and frequency-dependent amplification of the electrical input signal and for generating an electrical output signal;

an output transducer for converting the electrical output signal into an output signal which can be perceived by a user as an acoustic output signal;

facilities for performing a frequency transposition and for generating a transposed signal;

facilities for detecting specific features of the electrical input signal; and

filtering facilities, for filtering the transposed signal, whereby the filtering is performed in dependence on the specific features which have been detected in the electrical input signal.

2. The hearing aid according to claim 1 , wherein said facilities for detecting are disposed for detecting a distribution of power of the electrical input signal against frequency.

3. The hearing aid according to claim 1 , wherein said facilities for detecting are disposed for detecting at least one of a maxima or a minima of the electrical input signal in dependency on a frequency.

4. The hearing aid according to claim 1 , further comprising:

further filtering facilities for splitting up the electrical input signal into several frequency bands, whereby processing and frequency-dependent amplification of the electrical input signal is effected at least partially in parallel in individual frequency bands; and

facilities for transferring at least one signal which is present in a first frequency band into a second frequency band in a course of the frequency transposition.

5. The hearing aid according to claim 1 , further comprising a sound detection device by means of which sounds in the electrical input signal, including consonants and fricatives, can be recognized, whereby the filtering is effected in dependence on characteristic features of a sound which has been recognized.

6. The hearing aid according to claim 5 , wherein a recognition of the sounds is effected by detecting a distribution against frequency of maxima and minima in the electrical input signal and wherein said filtering facilities can be adjusted such that a distribution of maxima and minima in the electrical output signal is effected in dependence on the distribution of the maxima and minima in the electrical input signal.

7. The hearing aid according to claim 5 , wherein an application of said filtering facilities can be limited in time and said filtering facilities can be applied for a duration of a sound which has been recognized.

8. The hearing aid according to claim 1 , further comprising facilities for transformation of the input signal or of a signal derived therefrom into a frequency domain, wherein signal processing is effected at least partially in the frequency domain.

9. The hearing aid according to claim 1 , wherein the filtering by said filtering facilities is effected in a time domain.

10. A method for operating a hearing aid, which comprises the method steps of:

receiving an input signal and converting the input signal into an electrical input signal;

processing and amplifying on a frequency-dependent basis the electrical input signal and generating an electrical output signal;

converting the electrical output signal into an output signal which can be perceived by a user as an acoustic output signal;

performing a frequency transposition and generating a transposed signal;

detecting specific features of the electrical input signal; and

filtering the transposed signal in dependence on the specific features of the input signal which have been detected.

11. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 10 , which further comprises detecting a power distribution of the electrical input signal against frequency.

12. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 10 , which further comprises detecting at least one of a maxima or a minima of the electrical input signal in dependence on the frequency.

13. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 10 , which further comprises:

splitting up the electrical input signal into several frequency bands and processing and amplifying the electrical input signal on a frequency-dependent basis at least partially in parallel in individual frequency bands; and

transferring at least one signal which is present in a first frequency band into a second frequency band during the frequency transposition.

14. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 10 , which further comprises recognizing sounds in the electrical input signal, including consonants or fricatives, and effecting the filtering in dependence on a sound which has been recognized.

15. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 14 , which further comprises recognizing the sounds taking into account a distribution against frequency of maxima and minima in the electrical input signal, and the transposed signal is filtered such that a distribution of maxima and minima in the electrical output signal is effected in dependence on the distribution of the maxima and minima in the electrical input signal.

16. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 14 , which further comprises limiting an application of filtering facilities time and the filtering is applied for a duration of a sound which has been recognized.

17. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 10 , which further comprises transforming the input signal or a signal derived therefrom into a frequency domain and signal processing is effected at least partially in the frequency domain.

18. The method for operating the hearing aid according to claim 10 , which further comprises effecting the filtering in a time domain.