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Hearing augmentation systems and methods

  • US 10,390,155 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2017
  • Issued: 08/20/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hearing system comprising:

  • a microphone in a hearing aid configured to generate audio data representing ambient sound;

    a speaker in said hearing aid worn by a user configured to direct a pre-recorded audio sample having a mixture of frequencies comprising having frequencies in a human hearing frequency range, during a first testing cycle, and said audio data representing ambient sound, detected by said microphone, during a second testing cycle, into at least one ear of a user;

    a memory comprising a machine readable medium having machine executable instructions stored on said machine readable medium;

    a control system coupled to said memory, wherein said control system is configured to use said machine executable instructions to cause said hearing system to perform the functions of;

    playing said pre-recorded audio sample through the speaker;

    receiving user input in response to said pre-recorded audio sample;

    modifying sound settings based upon said user input in response to said pre-recorded audio sample to produce modified sound settings;

    playing said audio data representing ambient sound through said speaker using said modified sound settings;

    receiving additional user input in response to said audio data representing ambient sound;

    modifying said modified sound settings based upon said additional user input in response to said audio data representing ambient sound.

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