METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HEARING ASSISTANCE TO A USER
First Claim
1. A method for adjusting a system for providing hearing assistance to a user, said system comprising a microphone arrangement for capturing audio signals, a transmission unit for transmitting said audio signals via a wireless link to a receiver unit worn by said user, a gain control unit located in said receiver unit for setting a gain applied to said audio signals, and means worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear for stimulating a hearing of said user according to said audio signals from said receiver unit,said method comprising:
- (a) generating test audio signals, transmitting said test audio signals at a pre-defined level from said transmission unit via said wireless link to said receiver unit and stimulating said user'"'"'s hearing with said test audio signals via said stimulating means;
(b) simultaneously transmitting gain control commands from said transmission unit to said gain control unit in order to selectively change said gain set by said gain control unit;
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until an optimum value of said gain set by said gain control unit has been determined; and
(d) transmitting a store command from said transmission unit to said receiver unit in order to store that determined optimum value of said gain.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for adjusting a system for providing hearing assistance to a user (101), the system comprising a microphone arrangement (26) for capturing audio signals, a transmission unit (102) for transmitting the audio signals via a wireless link (107) to a receiver unit (103) worn by the user, a gain control unit (126) located in the receiver unit for setting the gain applied to the audio signals, and means (38) worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear (39) for stimulating the hearing of the user according to the audio signals from the receiver unit (103), said method comprising: generating test audio signals, transmitting said test audio signals at a pre-defined level from the transmission unit via the wireless link to the receiver unit and stimulating the user'"'"'s hearing with said test audio signals via said stimulating means; simultaneously transmitting gain control commands from the transmission unit to the gain control unit in order to selectively change the gain set by the gain control unit; repeating these steps until an optimum value of the gain set by the gain control unit has been determined; and transmitting a store command from the transmission unit to the receiver unit in order to store that determined optimum value of the gain.
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1. A method for adjusting a system for providing hearing assistance to a user, said system comprising a microphone arrangement for capturing audio signals, a transmission unit for transmitting said audio signals via a wireless link to a receiver unit worn by said user, a gain control unit located in said receiver unit for setting a gain applied to said audio signals, and means worn at or in a user'"'"'s ear for stimulating a hearing of said user according to said audio signals from said receiver unit,
said method comprising: -
(a) generating test audio signals, transmitting said test audio signals at a pre-defined level from said transmission unit via said wireless link to said receiver unit and stimulating said user'"'"'s hearing with said test audio signals via said stimulating means; (b) simultaneously transmitting gain control commands from said transmission unit to said gain control unit in order to selectively change said gain set by said gain control unit; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until an optimum value of said gain set by said gain control unit has been determined; and (d) transmitting a store command from said transmission unit to said receiver unit in order to store that determined optimum value of said gain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for providing hearing assistance to a user, comprising a microphone arrangement for capturing audio signals, a transmission unit for transmitting said audio signals via a wireless link to a receiver unit to be worn by said user, a gain control unit located in said receiver unit for setting a gain applied to said audio signals, and means worn at or in an ear of said user for stimulating a hearing of said user according to said audio signals from said gain control unit,
means for generating test audio signals and transmitting said test audio signals at a pre-defined level from said transmission unit via said wireless audio signal link to said receiver unit; -
means for simultaneously transmitting gain control commands from said transmission unit to said gain control unit in order to selectively change said gain set by said gain control unit in order to determine an optimum value of said gain; means for storing optimum value said gain; and means for transmitting a store command from said transmission unit to said receiver unit in order to store that determined optimum value of said gain in said storing means. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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