Method for operating a hearing system
AssigneeSivantos Pte. Ltd.
InventorsRonny Hannemann, Tobias Wurzbacher
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Abstract
A method for operating a hearing aid system. The hearing aid system includes a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a motion sensor. The movement of a hearing aid system user is captured as movement data of the motion sensor. A probability for a future fall or trip event on the part of the hearing aid system user is determined on the basis of the captured movement data. A perceptible warning signal is generated when the probability reaches or exceeds a stored threshold value.
Claims13
A method of operating a hearing aid system having a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a motion sensor, the method comprising:
- capturing a movement of a hearing aid system user as movement data of the motion sensor;
- determining a probability of a future fall or trip event on the part of the hearing aid system user on a basis of the movement data;
- generating a perceptible warning signal when the probability reaches or exceeds a stored threshold value;
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- adjusting a hearing aid parameter and/or a hearing aid performance of the hearing aid depending on the probability of the future fall or trip event by varying settings of the hearing aid with regard to signal processing and output of an ambient signal in the event of a change in a risk of falling so as to minimize the risk of falling.
A method of operating a hearing aid system having a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a motion sensor, the method comprising:
- capturing a movement of a hearing aid system user as movement data of the motion sensor;
- determining a probability of a future fall or trip event on the part of the hearing aid system user on a basis of the movement data;
- generating a perceptible warning signal when the probability reaches or exceeds a stored threshold value;
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- adjusting a hearing aid parameter and/or a hearing aid performance of the hearing aid depending on the probability of the future fall or trip event;
- determining an environmental situation of the hearing aid system user on a basis of acoustic data of the input transducer, and assigning the movement data to the environmental situation and storing in a memory;
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- wherein the step of determining the probability comprises comparing the movement data for a particular environmental situation with the stored movement data and environmental situations.
A method of operating a hearing aid system having a hearing aid with at least one input transducer, an output transducer, and a motion sensor, the method comprising:
- capturing a movement of a hearing aid system user as movement data of the motion sensor;
- determining a probability of a future fall or trip event on the part of the hearing aid system user on a basis of the movement data;
- generating a perceptible warning signal when the probability reaches or exceeds a stored threshold value;
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- adjusting a hearing aid parameter and/or a hearing aid performance of the hearing aid depending on the probability of the future fall or trip event;
- determining an environmental situation of the hearing aid system user on a basis of acoustic data of the input transducer, and assigning the movement data to the environmental situation and storing in a memory;
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- creating a user profile for the hearing aid system user based on the stored movement data and environmental situations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.