# US 2026/0101145 A1 · Hearing device comprising a stress evaluator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0101145 A1 - Document ID: US20260101145A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/381,825 - Filed: 2025-11-06 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-20 - Assignees: GN Hearing A/S - Applicants: GN Hearing A/S - Inventors: Jesper BÜNSOW BOLDT - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260101145A1 ## CPC - H04R 25/505: {using digital signal processing} - A61B 5/02055: {Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature} - A61B 5/165: {Evaluating the state of mind, e.g. depression, anxiety} - A61B 5/6817: {Ear canal} - G10L 25/63: for estimating an emotional state - H04R 25/554: {using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils} - H04R 25/604: {of acoustic or vibrational transducers} - A61B 5/02438: {with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient} - A61B 5/0531: Measuring skin impedance - H04R 2225/39: Aspects relating to automatic logging of sound environment parameters and the performance of the hearing aid during use, e.g. histogram logging, or of user selected programs or settings in the hearing aid, e.g. usage logging - H04R 2225/41: Detection or adaptation of hearing aid parameters or programs to listening situation, e.g. pub, forest - H04R 2225/55: Communication between hearing aids and external devices via a network for data exchange - 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) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING ## Abstract A hearing device configured to be worn by a user comprises one or more microphones, a processing unit, a speaker, a wireless communication unit, and stress evaluator. The user wearing the hearing device is in an environment defined by an acoustic scene. The microphones receive audio signals from audio sources in the environment and provide them to the processing unit which applies processing parameters to thereby process the audio signals. The speaker provides the processed audio signals to the user. The stress evaluator generates an indication of stress of the user, stress of the user being related to the acoustic scene. The processing unit then decides whether to perform an action on the basis of the received audio signals and the indication of stress of the user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hearing device configured to be worn by a user in an environment, the hearing device comprising: a processing unit configured to apply a processing parameter to process audio signals, the audio signals; a speaker configured to provide sound to the user based on the processed audio signals; and a wireless communication unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to obtain a stress parameter relating to a stress of the user; wherein the processing unit is configured to perform processing based on the stress parameter and an expected stress parameter; and wherein the expected stress parameter is variable based on a complexity of an acoustic scene. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to perform the processing to determine whether a hearing-loss of the user is uncompensated based on the stress parameter and the expected stress parameter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor, a heart rate sensor, a skin resistance sensor, or any combination of the foregoing, for providing the stress parameter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, further comprising one or more microphones configured to provide the stress parameter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The hearing device according to claim 4, wherein the one or more microphones are configured to receive sound in the environment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is configured to generate an indication of stress based on the stress parameter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is configured to generate an indication of stress, the indication of stress being based on at least a speech of the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to adjust the processing parameter after the indication of stress is generated by the hearing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to change the processing parameter based on the acoustic scene. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is configured to forward speech data indicating a speech of the user to an external device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is communicatively coupled to a database comprising historical data, the historical data relating to a perceptual hearing of the user and/or a general perceptual hearing, wherein the hearing device is configured to generate an indication of stress based on the historical data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether a hearing-loss of the user is uncompensated based on the acoustic scene. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is a hearing aid configured to compensate for a hearing loss of the user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is configured to obtain a data signal comprising acoustic scene information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is configured to determine an indication of stress based on the stress parameter, and to transmit the indication of stress to an external device via the wireless communication unit of the hearing device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the hearing device is configured to cause a suggestion to change the processing parameter to be provided to the user, wherein the suggestion is based on the stress parameter and allows the user to have freedom to decide whether to change the processing parameter of the hearing device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the stress parameter comprises a non-audio sensor output. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the stress parameter comprises speech information derived from the audio signals. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein the expected stress parameter is based on historical data.