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US 2017/0289714 A1Published application
Customization of bone conduction hearing devices
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsMartin Evert Gustaf Hillbratt, Gunnar Kristian Asnes
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Abstract
The present invention relates to recipient customization of a bone conducting hearing device. Customization of the bone conducting hearing device may include attaching the bone conducting hearing device to a recipient, establishing communication between the hearing device and an external device, generating at least one control setting with the external device, and storing the at least one control setting in a memory device in the hearing device.
Claims28
1-30. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- placing a remote computing device into signal communication with a bone conduction device;
- obtaining data based on the recipient's ability to perceive sound at a frequency with the bone conduction device operating at a given output level;
- utilizing the remote computing device, generating a control setting based on the obtained data;
- communicating the control setting to the bone conduction device;
- and
- storing the communicated control setting in the bone conduction device.
3 more elements
A method, comprising:
- setting a control regime for a bone conduction hearing prosthesis, including:
- evoking respective hearing percepts in a recipient with the bone conduction device at respective different frequencies, wherein the bone conduction device is attached to the recipient;
- obtaining data based on the evoked hearing percepts;
- using the obtained data in correlation with the respective different frequencies, developing control settings for the bone conduction device hearing prosthesis;
- and
- storing the control settings in the bone conduction hearing prosthesis.
3 more elements
A method, comprising:
- obtaining access to a bone conduction hearing prosthesis attached to a recipient;
- vibrating the bone conduction hearing prosthesis at different frequency- amplitude combinations;
- obtaining data indicative of the recipient's hearing threshold based on the action of vibrating;
- and
- setting a control regime of the bone conduction hearing prosthesis based on the obtained data.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- obtaining access to a bone conduction hearing prosthesis attached to a recipient;
- vibrating the bone conduction hearing prosthesis at different frequency-amplitude combinations;
- obtaining data indicative of the recipient's hearing threshold based on the action of vibrating;
- developing control data for the bone conduction hearing prosthesis based on the obtained data;
- and
- storing the developed control data in a memory of the bone conduction hearing prosthesis.
3 more elements
A method, comprising:
- obtaining data based on a recipient's ability to perceive sound at a frequency with a bone conduction device by operating the bone conduction device when the bone conduction device is attached to the recipient;
- using the obtained data in correlation with the respective different frequencies to identify a resonance frequency of the bone conduction device when attached to the recipient,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.