Automatic hearing aid adaptation over time via mobile application
US8965016B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 2, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2225/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hearing assistance system for delivering sounds to a listener provides for programming of a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid, using a communication link with a secondary device such as a smartphone. An example hearing assistance system may compensate for a patient's hearing deficit in a gradually progressing fashion over a configured period of absolute time, device operation time, or a combination of absolute and operation time. The hearing assistance device may be programmed by an application operating on the secondary device to successively select a parameter set that defines an operating characteristic of the signal processing circuit from a group of such parameter sets over a period of time or in response to a listener or physician input. The physician input may be received by the secondary device over a network. The defined sequence may end in a parameter set that optimally compensates the patient's hearing.
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