Method for adjusting a hearing device by using a morphometric feature of the hearing device wearer

• US 20080226106A1
• Filed: 09/06/2007
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Rohrseitz, Kristin
• Application Number:
  US11/899,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20080226106A1
• 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 is based on the knowledge that there are morphometric features or parameters of the hearing device wearer, which enable an effective adjustment of the hearing device to the individual requirements of the wearer. In accordance with the invention, provision is made for a method for adjusting a hearing device with at least one input converter, one signal processing unit and one output converter, with at least one morphometric feature of a hearing device wearer being detected and transmitted to a facility for adjusting the hearing device and an adjustable parameter being adjusted by the signal processing facility of the hearing device in order to individually adjust the hearing device to the hearing device wearer as a function of the morphometric feature. In particular, this enables an age-related adjustment of the hearing device.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A method for adjusting a hearing device based on a morphometric feature of a wearer of the hearing device, comprising:

detecting the morphometric feature of the wear of the hearing device;

transmitting the morphometric feature to the hearing device; and

adjusting an adjustable parameter of the hearing device as a function of the morphometric feature so that the hearing device is individually adjusted to the wearer.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the morphometric feature is transmitted to a device of the hearing device and compared with a reference value that is stored in a database.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the device selects the adjustable parameter based on the comparison and sends out a command for adjusting the adjustable parameter to a signal processing device of the hearing device.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the morphometric feature is transmitted to a signal processing device of the hearing device and compared with a reference value that is stored in a database.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the signal processing device selects the adjustable parameter based on the comparison and adjusts the adjustable parameter accordingly.

17. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the adjustable parameter is selected from the group consisting of:

an amplification, a frequency-specific amplification, a frequency response curve, an acoustic pressure level, a frequency-specific acoustic pressure level, a control time, and a noise suppression.

18. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the morphometric feature of the wear of the hearing device comprises an age-related or growth-related feature.

19. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the morphometric feature of the wear of the hearing device is selected from the group consisting of:

height, body weight, body circumference, biparietal diameter, and occipitofrontal diameter.

20. A hearing device, comprising:

an electroacoustic input converter that converts an acoustic input signal to an electrical signal;

a device that receives a morphometric feature of a wearer of the hearing device;

a signal processing device that adjusts an adjustable parameter of the hearing device by a command sent out from the device based on the morphometric feature and processes the electrical signal based on the adjustable parameter; and

an electroacoustic output converter that converts the processed electrical signal to an acoustic output signal.

21. The hearing device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the device:

compares the morphometric feature with a reference value stored in a database, selects the adjustable parameter based on the comparison, and

sends the command out to the signal processing device accordingly.

22. The hearing device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the adjustable parameter is selected from the group consisting of:

an amplification, a frequency-specific amplification, a frequency response curve, an acoustic pressure level, a frequency-specific acoustic pressure level, a control time, and a noise suppression.

23. The hearing device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the morphometric feature of the wear of the hearing device comprises an age-related or growth-related feature.

24. The hearing device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the morphometric feature of the wear of the hearing device is selected from the group consisting of:

height, body weight, body circumference, biparietal diameter, and occipitofrontal diameter.

25. The hearing device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the signal processing device is a digital signal processing device.

26. A hearing device, comprising:

an electroacoustic input converter that converts an acoustic input signal to an electrical signal;

a signal processing device that;

receives a morphometric feature of a wearer of the hearing device, adjusts an adjustable parameter of the hearing device based on the morphometric feature, and

processes the electrical signal based on the adaptable parameter; and

an electroacoustic output converter that converts the processed electrical signal to an acoustic output signal.

27. The hearing device as claimed in claim 26, wherein the signal processing device:

compares the genetic feature with a reference value stored in a database,

selects the adjustable parameter based on the comparison, and

adjusts the adjustable parameter accordingly.

28. The hearing device as claimed in claim 26, wherein the adjustable parameter is selected from the group consisting of:

an amplification, a frequency-specific amplification, a frequency response curve, an acoustic pressure level, a frequency-specific acoustic pressure level, a control time, and a noise suppression.

29. The hearing device as claimed in claim 26, wherein the morphometric feature of the wear of the hearing device comprises an age-related or growth-related feature.

30. The hearing device as claimed in claim 26, wherein the morphometric feature of the wear of the hearing device is selected from the group consisting of:

height, body weight, body circumference, biparietal diameter, and occipitofrontal diameter.

31. The hearing device as claimed in claim 26, wherein the signal processing device is a digital signal processing device.