Hearing evaluation and configuration of a hearing assistance-device

A method comprising:

• accessing a set demographic data representing a user;
• identifying a subset of users, in a population of users, characterized by demographics approximating the set of demographic data representing the user;
• accessing a set of hearing profiles associated with the subset of users, the set of hearing profiles representing hearing loss within the subset of users;
• generating a first hearing profile:
• based on a combination of the set of hearing profile;
• and
• comprising a first set of gain values, each gain value in the first set of gain values corresponding to a frequency in a set of frequency bands;
• modifying a first frequency spectrum of a first soundbite based on the first hearing profile to generate a first modified soundbite for playback to the user;
• modifying the first frequency spectrum of the first soundbite based on a set of test gain values to generate a second modified soundbite for playback to the user;
• prompting the user to confirm preference of a soundbite from:
• the first soundbite;
• the first modified soundbite;
• and
• the second modified soundbite;
• and
• in response to the user confirming preference for the second modified soundbite, modifying the first hearing profile based on the set of test gain values, to generate a second hearing profile associated with the user.