Methods and systems for assessing insertion position of hearing instrument
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsKarrie Recker, Jumana Harianawala
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Abstract
A speaker of a hearing instrument generates a sound that includes a range of frequencies. Furthermore, a microphone of the hearing instrument measures an acoustic response to the sound. A processing system classifies, based on the acoustic response to the sound, a depth of insertion of an in-ear assembly of the hearing instrument into an ear canal of a user. Additionally, the processing system generates an indication based on the depth of insertion of the in-ear assembly of the hearing instrument into the ear canal of the user.
Claims22
A method for fitting a hearing instrument, the method comprising:
- generating, by a speaker included in an in-ear assembly of the hearing instrument, a sound that includes a range of frequencies;
- measuring, by a microphone included in the in-ear assembly of the hearing instrument, an acoustic response to the sound;
- classifying, by a processing system of the hearing instrument, based on the acoustic response to the sound, a depth of insertion of the in-ear assembly of the hearing instrument into an ear canal of a user;
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- generating an indication based on the depth of insertion.
A system comprising:
- an in-ear assembly of a hearing instrument, the in-ear assembly comprising:
- a speaker of a hearing instrument, the speaker configured to generate a sound that includes a range of frequencies;
- and
- a microphone of the hearing instrument, wherein the microphone is configured to measure an acoustic response to the sound;
- and
- one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the one or more processors configured to:
- classify, based on the acoustic response to the sound, a depth of insertion of the in-ear assembly of the hearing instrument into an ear canal of a user;
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- generate an indication based on the depth of insertion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.