A hearing device providing spoken information on selected points of interest

DRIVE January 29, 2014
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A personal navigation system is disclosed, comprising a hearing device configured to be head worn and having loudspeakers for emission of sound towards the ears of a user and accommodating an inertial measurement unit positioned for determining head yaw, when the user wears the hearing device in its intended operational position on the user's head, a GPS unit for determining the geographical position of the system, a sound generator connected for outputting audio signals to the loudspeakers, and a processor configured for selecting a POI in the forward looking direction of the user, and controlling the sound generator to output audio signals with spoken information on the selected POI.

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