Systems and methods for obtaining hearing enhancement fittings for a hearing aid device
AssigneeSonic Innovations, Inc.
InventorGerald A. Wilson
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for obtaining hearing enhancement fittings for a hearing aid device is described. A plurality of audiograms is collected. The plurality of audiograms is divided into one or more sets of audiograms. A representative audiogram is created for each set of audiograms. A hearing enhancement fitting is computed from each representative audiogram. A hearing aid device is programmed with one or more hearing enhancement fittings computed from each representative audiogram.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for programming a hearing aid device, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- collecting with an audiometer a plurality of audiograms, an audiogram being a collection of hearing thresholds at various frequencies for a particular individual;
- computing a hearing enhancement fitting from each audiogram of the collected plurality of audiograms to produce hearing enhancement fittings for the plurality of audiograms;
- dividing the hearing enhancement fittings into one or more sets of fittings;
- creating a representative enhancement fitting for each set of the divided one or more sets of fittings to produce one or more representative hearing enhancement fittings;
- and
- programming the hearing aid device with at least one of the one or more representative hearing enhancement fittings.
A computing device configured to obtain hearing enhancement fittings and program a hearing aid device, the computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- a collection module configured to collect a plurality of audiograms, an audiogram being a collection of hearing thresholds at various frequencies for a particular individual;
- a fitting generation module configured to compute a hearing enhancement fitting based on each audiogram of the collected plurality of audiograms to produce hearing enhancement fittings for the plurality of audiograms;
- an organization module configured to divide the enhancement fittings into one or more sets of fittings;
- and
- a representative generation module configured to create a representative enhancement fitting for each set of the divided one or more sets of fittings to produce one or more representative hearing enhancement fittings, wherein
- the fitting generation module is further configured to program the hearing aid device with at least one of the one or more representative hearing enhancement fittings.
A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed on a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
- collecting a plurality of audiograms, an audiogram being a collection of hearing thresholds at various frequencies for a particular individual;
- computing a hearing enhancement fitting from each audiogram of the collected plurality of audiograms to produce hearing enhancement fittings for the plurality of audiograms;
- dividing the hearing enhancement fittings into one or more sets of fittings;
- creating a representative enhancement fitting for each set of the divided one or more sets of fittings to produce one or more representative hearing enhancement fittings;
- and
- programming the hearing aid device with at least one of the one or more representative hearing enhancement fittings.
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