Adjustment of a hearing aid using a phone

A method for adjusting a hearing aid of a user, comprising the steps of:

• generating a command via a computer;
• sending the command to a digital signal processor in the hearing aid as a DTMF tone;
• outputting a test tone from the digital signal processor based on the command to the user of a telephone wearing the hearing aid;
• receiving a response to the test tone by the user;
• storing the response to the test tone by the user in the computer;
• retrieving a stored audiogram from memory based on an accuracy of the stored response;
• and
• uploading the audiogram into the hearing aid of the user.

A method for remotely adjusting a hearing aid of a user, comprising the steps of:

• generating a command via a first computer at a first location;
• transmitting the command to a second computer at a second location over a remote data link;
• sending the command from the second computer to a digital signal processor in the hearing aid as a DTMF tone;
• outputting a test tone from the digital signal processor based on the command to a user of a telephone wearing the hearing aid;
• receiving a user response to the test tone over the remote data link;
• and
• adjusting the hearing aid based on the user response to the test tone, wherein said receiving step comprises inputting a response to the command into the second computer via a keyboard attached to the computer.

A method for remotely adjusting a hearing aid of a user, comprising the steps of:

• generating a command via a first computer at a first location;
• transmitting the command to a second computer at a second location over a remote data link;
• sending the command from the second computer to a digital signal processor in the hearing aid as a DTMF tone;
• outputting a test tone from the digital signal processor based on the command to a user of a telephone wearing the hearing aid;
• receiving a user response to the test tone over the remote data link;
• and
• adjusting the hearing aid based on the user response to the test tone, wherein said adjusting step comprises the steps of:
• transmitting the user response to the first computer over the remote data link;
• determining an accuracy of the user response;
• retrieving a stored audiogram from memory based on the accuracy of the response;
• and
• uploading the stored audiogram into the hearing aid of the user over the remote data link.

A method for adjusting a hearing aid of a user, comprising the steps of:

• generating a command via a computer;
• sending the command to a digital signal processor in the hearing aid as a DTMF tone;
• outputting a test tone from the digital signal processor based on the command to the user of a telephone wearing the hearing aid;
• receiving a response to the test tone by the user;
• and
• storing the response to the test tone by the user in the computer, wherein said receiving step comprises inputting a response to the command into the computer via a keyboard attached to the computer.

A method for adjusting a hearing aid of a user, comprising the steps of:

• generating a command via a computer;
• sending the command to a digital signal processor in the hearing aid as a DTMF tone;
• outputting a test tone from the digital signal processor based on the command to the user of a telephone wearing the hearing aid;
• receiving a response to the test tone by the user;
• and
• storing the response to the test tone by the user in the computer, wherein the command is generated by a first computer at a first location and is received by a second computer at a second location, and said second computer sends the command to the digital processor.

A method for remotely performing a hearing test on a user of a hearing aid via a telephone system, the method comprising:

• transmitting a command from a remote computer over the telephone system to a telephone of the user;
• rendering the command, by the telephone, as a sound signal;
• receiving the sound signal at the hearing aid;
• generating a test signal, by a signal processor in the hearing aid, based on the sound signal;
• generating a test tone, by the hearing aid, based on the test signal;
• transmitting a user response to the test tone to the remote computer;
• and
• generating, by the remote computer, hearing test results for the user of the hearing aid based on the user response.

A remote computer adapted to support remote performance of a hearing test on a user of a hearing aid via a telephone system, wherein the remote computer is adapted to:

• transmit a command over the telephone system to a telephone of the user, wherein:
• the telephone renders the command as a sound signal;
• the hearing aid receives the sound signal;
• a signal processor in the hearing aid generates a test signal based on the sound signal;
• the hearing aid generates a test tone based on the test signal;
• receive a user response to the test tone;
• and
• generate hearing test results for the user of the hearing aid based on the user response.

A system for remotely performing a hearing test on a user of a hearing aid via a telephone system, the system comprising the hearing aid and a remote computer, wherein:

• the remote computer is adapted to transmit a command over the telephone system to a telephone of the user, wherein the telephone renders the command as a sound signal;
• the hearing aid is adapted to receive the sound signal;
• a signal processor in the hearing aid is adapted to generate a test signal based on the sound signal;
• the hearing aid is adapted to generate a test tone based on the test signal;
• the remote computer is adapted to receive a user response to the test tone;
• and
• the remote computer is adapted to generate hearing test results for the user of the hearing aid based on the user response.