Method for configuring a hearing-assistance device with a hearing profile

A method comprising:

• generating a hearing profile for the user based on a hearing assessment;
• accessing a set of hearing-assistance device options, each hearing-assistance device option defining a form factor of the hearing-assistance device;
• detecting a constraining dimension based on an image of the ear of the user;
• identifying a first subset of hearing-assistance device options in the set hearing-assistance device options defining form factors conforming to the constraining dimension;
• accessing a set of preferences of the user;
• identifying a second subset of hearing-assistance device options in the first subset of hearing-assistance device options most likely to be selected by the user based on the set of preferences of the user;
• configuring a selected set of hearing-assistance devices represented in the second subset of hearing-assistance devices with the hearing profile for the user;
• and
• dispatching the selected set of hearing-assistance devices to the user.

A method comprising:

• generating a hearing profile of a user based on a hearing assessment;
• accessing a set of hearing-assistance device options, each hearing-assistance device option:
• defining a full-on gain of the hearing-assistance device;
• defining a number of frequency bands of the hearing-assistance device;
• and
• defining a form factor of the hearing-assistance device;
• accessing a set of constraining dimensions representing an ear of the user;
• identifying the subset of hearing-assistance device options, in the set of hearing-assistance device options:
• defining form factors conforming to the set of constraining dimensions;
• defining full-on gains greater than the minimum full-on gain;
• and
• defining numbers of frequency channels greater than the minimum number of frequency channels;
• accessing a set of preferences of the user;
• ranking the subset of hearing-assistance device options based on the set of preferences of the user;
• selecting a set of highest-ranked hearing-assistance device options from the subset of hearing-assistance device options, the set of highest-ranked hearing-assistance device options representing a set of highest-ranked hearing-assistance devices;
• and
• configuring each hearing-assistance device in the set of highest-ranked hearing-assistance devices with the hearing profile of the user.