# US 12,599,767 B2 · Method and system for use of hearing prosthesis for linguistic evaluation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,599,767 B2 - Document ID: US12599767B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/485,435 - Filed: 2023-10-12 - Published: 2024-04-11 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-13 - Assignees: Cochlear Limited - Applicants: Cochlear Limited - Inventors: Rami Banna; Alexander Case; Florent Hubert-Brierre; Andrew Kendrick - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12599767B2 ## CPC - A61N 1/36038: {Cochlear stimulation} - H04R 25/407: {Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers} - H04R 25/606: {acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window} - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A method and system to help determine the extent to which a hearing prosthesis recipient is exposed to speech. The hearing prosthesis will log data regarding audio input, optimally in correspondence with times when the hearing prosthesis is in a stimulation-on mode in which the hearing prosthesis is set to stimulate a physiological system of the recipient in accordance with received audio input, so as to facilitate identification of speech to which the recipient is exposed. Further, as the hearing prosthesis itself receives the audio input, the hearing prosthesis may analyze the audio input to determine one or more linguistic characteristics of the audio input, such as a quantity of speech by the recipient and/or by others, and the hearing prosthesis may output data representing the determined one or more linguistic characteristics. Advantageously, the data may then be used to help facilitate rehabilitation of the recipient. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: operating a hearing device in a stimulation mode to provide first stimulation signals to a recipient of the hearing device; obtaining data, via the hearing device, representative of a hearing environment of the recipient; determining, from the data, an amount of conversational speech in the hearing environment and a period of time spent by the recipient in conversation with others while receiving the first stimulation signals; determining a level of engagement of the recipient of the hearing device with other individuals based on the amount of conversational speech and the period of time; generating one or more metrics from the level of engagement; displaying the one or more metrics via a user interface communicatively coupled with the hearing device; and providing second stimulation signals to the recipient based on the data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more metrics comprise counts. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a smartphone display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the data comprises obtaining a period of time during which the hearing device is operable. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the one or more metrics comprises generating the one or more metrics from the data representative of the hearing environment of the recipient. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the one or more metrics comprises generating metrics tracking rehabilitation progress of the recipient. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the one or more metrics comprises generating the one or more metrics to indicate changes in the one or more metrics over time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7 wherein the one or more metrics indicate changes over a day, a week or a month. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein generating the one or more metrics comprises generating the one or more metrics using artificial intelligence. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein generating the one or more metrics using artificial intelligence comprises generating the metrics using a neural network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the amount of conversational speech or the determining the level of engagement of the recipient of the hearing device with other individuals is performed at a sound processor of the hearing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the generating is performed at the sound processor of the hearing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising transmitting the one or more metrics to a smartphone; and wherein the generating is performed at the smartphone. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the data to a smartphone. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the amount of conversational speech or the determining the level of engagement of the recipient of the hearing device with other individuals is performed at the smartphone. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the generating is performed at the smartphone.