Equipment for fitting a hearing aid to the specific needs of a hearing impaired individual and software for use in a fitting equipment for fitting a hearing aid
First Claim
1. Equipment for fitting a hearing aid to the specific needs of a hearing impaired individual, the equipment comprising:
- a computing device that includes software, a display unit, a data intake unit that accepts hearing aid programming data as input, a data storage unit, a hearing aid data output unit that outputs programming data to the hearing aid, and a parameter selector that simultaneously selects and sets values for multiple different parameters relating to the processing of sound in the hearing aid to be programmed based on a single control indicator associated with a particular set of parameter values,wherein said parameters include a rationale, at least one time constant of compression, at least one setting related to vividness of automatic program shifts, at least one setting related to noise management, and at least one setting related to adaptive directionality.
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Abstract
The invention relates to equipment for fitting a hearing aid to the specific needs of a hearing impaired individual. The equipment comprising a computer or similar device with soft-ware, where the device has display means for visual display of data, data entry means for entering hearing aid programming data into the device, data storing means, and data output means for outputting programming data to the hearing aid. According to the invention means are provided for selecting simultaneous settings relating to two or more different parameters relating to the processing of sound in the hearing aid to be programmed.
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11 Claims
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1. Equipment for fitting a hearing aid to the specific needs of a hearing impaired individual, the equipment comprising:
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a computing device that includes software, a display unit, a data intake unit that accepts hearing aid programming data as input, a data storage unit, a hearing aid data output unit that outputs programming data to the hearing aid, and a parameter selector that simultaneously selects and sets values for multiple different parameters relating to the processing of sound in the hearing aid to be programmed based on a single control indicator associated with a particular set of parameter values, wherein said parameters include a rationale, at least one time constant of compression, at least one setting related to vividness of automatic program shifts, at least one setting related to noise management, and at least one setting related to adaptive directionality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of fitting a hearing aid, the method comprising:
controlling different parameters of the hearing aid by controlling indicators of said parameters through a computer program that displays said indicators on a display device, said indicators including an indicator for simultaneous control of parameters including;
a rationale, at least one time constant of compression, at least one setting related to vividness of automatic program shifts, at least one setting related to noise management, and at least one setting related to adaptive directionality of the hearing aid, where controlling said indicator for simultaneous control includes simultaneously determining and establishing values for all the parameters via the indicator.- View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program that, when executed, causes a computing device to carry out a method of fitting a hearing aid, the method comprising:
controlling different parameters of the hearing aid by controlling indicators of said parameters through a computer program that displays said indicators on a display device, said indicators including an indicator for simultaneous control of parameters including;
a rationale, at least one time constant of compression, at least one setting related to vividness of automatic program shifts, at least one setting related to noise management, and at least one setting related to adaptive directionality of the hearing aid, where controlling said indicator for simultaneous control includes automatically determining and establishing values for all the parameters when the value of any one particular parameter is set via the indicator.
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