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Online hearing aid fitting system and methods for non-expert user

  • US 9,439,008 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2013
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An online fitting system for fitting a hearing device for a consumer, the system comprising:

  • a programmable hearing device configured to deliver a sequence of output signals in-situ in response to non-acoustic inputs, each output signal of the sequence corresponding to a sound segment, wherein the output signals are delivered according to fitting parameters programmed into the programmable hearing device;

    a programming interface configured to deliver programming signals to the programmable hearing device in-situ; and

    a computing device configured to execute a fitting application, the computing device communicatively coupled online to a remote server, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a consumer input indicative of a subjective assessment of the consumer of each of the sound segments, wherein the consumer input is configured to adjust one or more fitting parameters associated with the output signal corresponding to the sound segment being assessed,wherein the fitting application is configured to generate the programming signals to make adjustments to the fitting parameters in accordance with the consumer input and is further configured to deliver the programming signals to the programmable hearing device in-situ via the programming interface, wherein the adjustments comprise a first adjustment made to one or more fitting parameters associated with an output signal corresponding to a relatively loud sound segment and a second adjustment made to one or more fitting parameters associated with an output signal corresponding to a relatively soft sound segment.

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