Assessing responses to sensory events and performing treatment actions based thereon
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsMatthew Zygorodimos, James Davies, Rishi Wadhwani
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein are relevant to monitoring and treating sensory conditions affecting an individual. Sensors and intelligence integrated within a sensory prosthesis (e.g., an auditory prosthesis) can automatically obtain objective data regarding the ability of one or more of an individuals senses during day-to-day activities. A treatment action can be taken based on the objective data. Further disclosed herein are techniques relating to reducing the gathering of irrelevant sensory input and automatically transmitting relevant data to a caregiver device.
Claims25
A hearing device comprising:
- an implantable or wearable housing;
- a stimulator at least partially disposed within the housing and configured to impart energy to tissue of a recipient of the hearing device to evoke a hearing percept in the recipient;
- a plurality of sensors;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive event sensor data from the plurality of sensors;
- determine an occurrence of an auditory event proximate to the hearing device using the event sensor data;
- determine a vocal response by the recipient to the occurrence of the auditory event using response sensor data;
- characterize the vocal response by the recipient using the response sensor data;
- and
- initiate a treatment action relating to the recipient based on characterizing the vocal response.
A method, comprising:
- receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors proximate a recipient of a hearing device;
- determining an occurrence of an auditory event proximate the hearing device using the sensor data;
- classifying the auditory event as a relevant auditory event or an irrelevant auditory event;
- responsive to the auditory event being a relevant auditory event, detecting a vocal response by the recipient to the occurrence of the auditory event using the response sensor data;
- characterizing the vocal response by the recipient using the response sensor data;
- and
- initiating a treatment action relating to the recipient based on the characterizing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.