System and method for personalized sound modification

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for personalize d sound modification with a personal sound system, the method comprising:

• providing a user hearing profile including lower and upper limits of the user's auditory dynamic range at a plurality of sound frequencies, wherein the user hearing profile was prepared with the user device and the sound output device of the personal sound system;
• receiving a sound signal from the microphone of the personal sound system;
• separating the sound signal into a plurality of frequency channels with the user device of the personal sound system;
• amplifying or attenuating sound at frequencies in the sound signal which have a volume level outside the lower or upper limits of the user's auditory dynamic range from the user hearing profile, respectively, and forming with the user device of the personal sound system a modified sound signal with which the sound output device will produce sounds within the user's auditory dynamic range;
• and providing the modified sound signal to the sound output device of the personal sound system;
• wherein the personal sound system comprise:
• (i) a user device which includes a processor, and the non-transitory computer readable medium;
• (ii) a microphone, connected to the user device;
• and (iii) a sound output device, connected to the user device.

A system for personalized sound modification, comprising:

• (1) a personal sound system, having (i) a user device which includes a processor, and non-transitory computer readable medium, (ii) a microphone, connected to the user device, and (iii) a sound output device, connected to the user device, and (2) a computer program product, comprising the non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for personalized sound modification with the personal sound system, the method comprising:
• providing a user hearing profile including lower and upper limits of the user's auditory dynamic range at a plurality of sound frequencies, wherein the user hearing profile was prepared with the user device and the sound output device of the personal sound system;
• receiving a sound signal from the microphone of the personal sound system;
• separating the sound signal into a plurality of frequency channels with the user device of the personal sound system;
• amplifying or attenuating sound at frequencies in the sound signal which have a volume level outside the lower or upper limits of the user's auditory dynamic range from the user hearing profile, respectively, and forming with the user device of the personal sound system a modified sound signal with which the sound output device will produce sounds within the user's auditory dynamic range;
• and providing the modified sound signal to the sound output device of the personal sound system.

A method for personalized sound modification for user having tinnitus, with a personal sound system having:

• (i) a user device which includes a processor, and computer readable medium;
• (ii) a microphone, connected to the user device;
• and (iii) a sound output device, connected to the user device;
• the method for personalized sound modification comprising:
• testing the user to estimate a tinnitus frequency and a tinnitus loudness level, with the user device and the sound output device of the personal sound system:
• receiving a sound signal from the microphone of the personal sound system:
• providing masking sounds in the sound signal at a loudness level higher than the tinnitus loudness level at the tinnitus frequency, and forming with the user device of the personal sound system a modified sound signal with which the sound output device will produce sounds;
• and
• providing the modified sound signal to the output device of the personal sound system.