Remotely updating a hearing and profile
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1. A method for updating a hearing aid profile stored in a hearing aid, comprising:
- establishing a data link between the hearing aid and a hearing aid profile service;
transmitting a hearing aid profile update request to the hearing aid profile service;
receiving an updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service at the hearing aid, wherein the updated hearing aid profile is customized and generated by the hearing aid profile service responsive to the hearing aid profile update request;
processing audio received at the hearing aid in accordance with the updated hearing aid profile;
evaluating the processed audio;
transmitting an evaluation of the updated hearing aid profile to the hearing aid profile service when the updated hearing aid profile is unacceptable;
saving the updated hearing aid profile at the hearing aid when the evaluation is acceptable;
capturing at least some sound as an audio sample by the hearing aid; and
associating the audio sample with the hearing aid profile update request;
associating meta-data with the audio sample, the meta-data including an indication of a target audio component;
wherein the hearing aid profile service is located at a remote location relative to the hearing aid;
wherein the hearing aid profile update request is sent by a personal computing device in communication with the hearing aid; and
wherein the data link between the personal computing device and the hearing aid profile service is over a network.
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Abstract
Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe replacing a current hearing aid profile stored in a hearing aid. In one embodiment, the hearing aid profile is updated by sending a hearing aid profile update request to a hearing aid profile service, receiving the updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service, and replacing the current hearing aid profile in the hearing aid with the updated hearing aid profile.
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1. A method for updating a hearing aid profile stored in a hearing aid, comprising:
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establishing a data link between the hearing aid and a hearing aid profile service; transmitting a hearing aid profile update request to the hearing aid profile service;
receiving an updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service at the hearing aid, wherein the updated hearing aid profile is customized and generated by the hearing aid profile service responsive to the hearing aid profile update request;processing audio received at the hearing aid in accordance with the updated hearing aid profile; evaluating the processed audio;
transmitting an evaluation of the updated hearing aid profile to the hearing aid profile service when the updated hearing aid profile is unacceptable;saving the updated hearing aid profile at the hearing aid when the evaluation is acceptable; capturing at least some sound as an audio sample by the hearing aid; and
associating the audio sample with the hearing aid profile update request;associating meta-data with the audio sample, the meta-data including an indication of a target audio component; wherein the hearing aid profile service is located at a remote location relative to the hearing aid; wherein the hearing aid profile update request is sent by a personal computing device in communication with the hearing aid; and wherein the data link between the personal computing device and the hearing aid profile service is over a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16)
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5. A method for generating an updated hearing aid profile used by a hearing aid to process sound, by a hearing aid profile service, comprising:
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receiving a hearing aid profile update request; receiving an audio sample, the audio sample comprising sound recorded by the hearing aid, the audio sample including meta-data indicating a target audio component; generating the updated hearing aid profile in accordance with the audio sample and the meta data, wherein the updated hearing aid profile is customized and generated by the hearing aid profile service responsive to the hearing aid profile update request;
sending the updated hearing aid profile to the hearing aid; and
receiving an evaluation of the updated hearing aid profile if the updated hearing aid profile is not accepted;wherein the hearing aid profile service is located at a remote location relative to the hearing aid. - View Dependent Claims (9, 17, 18)
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10. A system, comprising:
- a programmable hearing aid comprising;
a hearing aid processor, a memory, the programmable memory arranged to store a hearing aid profile comprising a plurality of audio processing instructions executed by the hearing aid processor; a personal computing device (PCD) in communication with the hearing aid, the personal communication device comprising;
a PCD processor, a data storage device, anda network interface arranged to establish a communication channel to a remote hearing aid profile service over a network, wherein the hearing aid profile is updated by the personal computing device sending a hearing aid profile update request to the hearing aid profile service over the communication channel, and receiving the updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service over the communication channel, wherein the updated hearing aid profile is customized and generated by the hearing aid profile service responsive to the hearing aid profile update request, wherein the PCD is configured to process the audio of the hearing aid profile, and the PCD is configured to transmit an evaluation of the updated hearing aid profile to the hearing aid profile service when the updated hearing aid profile is unacceptable, and wherein the PCD is configured to write the updated hearing aid profile to the programmable memory when the hearing aid profile is acceptable, and wherein the hearing aid profile service is located at a remote location relative to the hearing aid wherein the hearing aid captures at least some sound as an audio sample and wherein the PCD associates the audio sample with the hearing aid profile update request, the audio sample including at least a noise component; and wherein the PCD associates metadata with the audio sample that includes at least an indication of a target audio component. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 19, 20)
- a programmable hearing aid comprising;
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13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions, which when executed by a processor in a personal computing device coupled with a hearing aid, causes the processor to perform a method to replace a current hearing aid profile stored in the hearing aid, comprising:
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establishing a data link between the hearing aid and a hearing aid profile service; transmitting a hearing aid profile update request to the hearing aid profile service; receiving an updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service at the hearing aid, wherein the updated hearing aid profile is customized and generated by the hearing aid profile service responsive to the hearing aid profile update request; processing audio received at the hearing aid in accordance with the updated hearing aid profile; evaluating the processed audio; transmitting an evaluation of the updated hearing aid profile to the hearing aid profile service when the updated hearing aid profile is unacceptable; establishing a data link between the personal computing device and the remotely located hearing aid profile service over a network; capturing at least some sound as an audio sample by the hearing aid, the audio sample including noise; associating the audio sample with the hearing aid profile update request; associating meta-data with the audio sample, the meta-data including an indication of a target audio component; and saving the updated hearing aid profile at the hearing aid when the evaluation is acceptable; wherein the hearing aid profile service is located at a remote location relative to the hearing aid. - View Dependent Claims (14, 21, 22)
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