Hearing aid

• US 20050069163A1
• Filed: 10/08/2002
• Published: 03/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bernafon AG (William Demant Fonden)
• Original Assignee: Bernafon AG (William Demant Fonden)
• Inventors: O'Brien, Anna
• Application Number:
  US10/492,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20050069163A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/314
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/70 Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of adjusting a hearing aid in a fitting situation where the hearing impaired person is present, where sound is provided through one or more speakers, where the hearing aid is placed in/on the ear of the hearing impaired in the intended working position, where the sound signal is provided and where the hearing aid is producing a microphone level and/or frequency output signal in correspondence to its actual working position and in response to the sound provided, where this output signal is provided to the fitting software during the fitting process.

Claims

1. A method of adjusting a hearing aid in a fitting situation where the hearing impaired person is present, where sound is provided through one or more speakers, where the hearing aid is placed in/on the ear of the hearing impaired in the intended working position, where the sound signal is provided and where the hearing aid is producing a microphone level and/or frequency output signal in correspondence to its actual working position and in response to the sound provided, where this output signal is provided to the fitting software during the fitting process and where the microphone output is used to adjust the level and/or spectrum of the sound produced through the loud speaker/s.

2. A method according to claim 1, where the microphone output is used to produce a visual indication of the level and/or frequency on the display used by the hearing aid professional during the fitting process.

3. A method according to claim 1, where the output level signal is analyzed for both intensity content and frequency content.

4. A method according to claim 3, where the intensity and the frequency content of the signal is indicated on the display used by the hearing aid professional.

5. A fitting equipment for performing the method according to any of the preceding claims on a hearing aid capable of providing an microphone output level and/or frequency signal to the fitting equipment, where the equipment is adapted for indicating the microphone output during the fitting procedure.

6. A fitting equipment according to claim 5, where the equipment is adapted for producing a visual indication of the level on the display used by the hearing aid professional during the fitting process.

7. A fitting software for use in connection with a fitting equipment according to any of the previous claims, where the software is adapted for producing an output for the fitting equipment indicating the microphone output level during the fitting procedure.

8. A fitting software according to claim 7, where the software is adapted for producing a signal enabling a visual indication of the level on the display of the fitting equipment used by the hearing aid professional during the fitting process.