Method for adapting a hearing device to a momentary acoustic situation and a hearing device system
First Claim
1. A method for adapting a hearing device to a momentary acoustic surround situation, the method comprising the steps of adjusting parameters of a parameter set saved in the hearing device and belonging to an identified momentary surround situation with the aid of an input unit operated by the hearing device user in accordance with the hearing desire of the hearing device user.
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Abstract
In a signal processing unit of a hearing device, the signal processing unit consisting of a signal analyzing unit and a signal identification unit, the momentary acoustic surround situation is identified. Based on this identified surround situation, the parameter set belonging to the identified surround situation is automatically adjusted in a transmission unit in which a number of parameter sets are saved which are assigned to different acoustic surround situation. The hearing device user can adjust his individual hearing desire for each acoustic surround situation according to the automatic adjusted parameter set with the aid of an input unit. Thereby, the parameter of this parameter set are adjusted at the same time and commonly in one of two opposing directions, e.g. in the sense of “better hearing” or in the sense of “more pleasant understanding”.
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- 1. A method for adapting a hearing device to a momentary acoustic surround situation, the method comprising the steps of adjusting parameters of a parameter set saved in the hearing device and belonging to an identified momentary surround situation with the aid of an input unit operated by the hearing device user in accordance with the hearing desire of the hearing device user.
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15. A hearing device system comprising a hearing device and an input unit, wherein the hearing device comprises
a transmission unit, at least one microphone, and a receiver, wherein the transmission unit, which, on its input side, is operationally connected to the at least one microphone and, on its output side, to the receiver and which is adjustable to different transmission characteristics determined by saved parameter sets to adjust its transmission characteristics, wherein the input unit is operable by the hearing device user and is operationally connected to the transmission unit, and wherein the parameters of the adjusted parameter sets resulting from the momentary transmission characteristics of the transmission unit are adjustable according to the hearing desire of the hearing device user with the aid of the input unit.
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26. An input unit comprising input means to generate information for an adjustment of parameters of a parameter set of a hearing device, and transmission means to transmit the information to the hearing device, wherein the adjustment of the parameters is performed in the sense of “
- better understanding”
, at one hand, and in the sense of “
more pleasant hearing”
, on the other hand.
- better understanding”
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