Method of fitting a hearing device to a user, and fitting system
AssigneeSonova AG
InventorsCharlotte Vercammen, Olaf Strelcyk, Nicola Hildebrand
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method of fitting a hearing device to a user, the method comprising obtaining an auditory input dataset; determining an estimate of an auditory threshold based on the auditory input dataset; determining first and second parameter settings each representative of a different amplification characteristic of the hearing device; and initiating an outputting of an audio signal by an audio output unit included in the hearing device when consecutively applying the first and second parameter settings. The invention further relates to a system for fitting a hearing device.
Claims15
A method of fitting a hearing device to a user, the method comprising:
- obtaining an auditory input dataset representative of one or more hearing characteristics of the user;
- determining an estimate of an auditory threshold based on the auditory input dataset;
- determining first and second parameter settings each representative of a different amplification characteristic of the hearing device so as to compensate for a hearing impairment of the user;
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- initiating an outputting of an audio signal by an audio output unit included in the hearing device when consecutively applying the first and second parameter settings of the hearing device so as to allow the user a comparison in between,
- wherein the method further comprises:
- determining a variability range of the estimate, the variability range defining a set of values in which the auditory threshold is variable relative to the estimate, wherein the variability range is determined based on an uncertainty metric representative of an uncertainty of the estimate, and wherein the first and second parameter settings are determined such that the amplification characteristic of the hearing device is adjusted to the auditory threshold comprised within the variability range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.