Hearing aid and method for adjusting a hearing aid
View Patent ↗The object of the invention is to make the adjustment of a hearing aid more convenient, for which purpose the frequency response data relating to the frequency response individually measured for the present hearing aid (HG) is stored in a memory device (S) of the hearing aid. As a result the length of a sound tube installed in the hearing aid can also be taken directly into account, for example. For the purpose of adjusting the hearing aid, the individual frequency response can then be read out from the hearing aid, thereby enabling the adjustment process to be performed much more quickly.
1. A hearing aid, comprising:
an in the ear hearing aid device configured for insertion in an auditory canal of a user; and
a memory device arranged within the hearing aid device configured for storing and reading out data related to the operation of the hearing aid device, wherein
the data includes a frequency response individually measured for the hearing aid device, and
the frequency response is measured while the hearing aid is inserted into an auditory canal of a user so that the frequency response includes information on the auditory canal of the user.
2. The hearing aid as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frequency response includes the frequency range from 100 Hz to 10 kHz.
3. The hearing aid as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frequency response is represented by a plurality of frequency sampling values stored in the memory device.
4. The hearing aid as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the plurality of frequency sampling values includes between 10 and 200 frequency sampling values.
5. The hearing aid as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frequency response is stored in the memory device using a standardized format.
6. A method of adjusting a hearing aid, the method comprising:
providing a hearing aid;
inserting the hearing aid into an auditory canal of a use;
measuring a frequency response of the hearing aid so that the frequency response includes information on the auditory canal of the user;
storing the frequency response in a memory device of the hearing aid;
reading out the frequency response from the memory device; and
adjusting the hearing aid based on the read out frequency response.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the frequency response includes the frequency range from 100 Hz to 10 kHz.
8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the frequency response is represented by a plurality of frequency sampling values stored in the memory device.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plurality of frequency sampling values includes between 10 and 200 frequency sampling values.
10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the frequency response is stored in the memory device using a standardized format.