Cognitive benefit measure related to hearing-assistance device use

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more electronic computing devices, data from a hearing-assistance device;

determining, by the computing system, based on the data received from the hearing-assistance device, a cognitive benefit measure for a wearer of the hearing-assistance device, wherein determining the cognitive benefit measure comprises:

determining, by the computing system, a plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure, wherein determining the plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure comprises one or more of:

determining, by the computing system, a use score sub-component that is based on how much time the wearer of the hearing-assistance device uses the hearing-assistance device during a scoring period,

determining, by the computing system, an engagement score sub-component that is a measure of how much the wearer of the hearing-assistance device participates in activities involving aural engagement during the scoring period, or

determining, by the computing system, an active listening sub-component based on exposure of the wearer of the hearing-assistance device to a plurality of different acoustic environments during the scoring period; and

determining, by the computing system, the cognitive benefit measure based on the plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure; and

outputting, by the computing system, an indication of the cognitive benefit measure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the plurality of sub-components comprises one or more of:

determining, by the computing system, an audibility sub-component is a measure of an improvement in audibility provided to the wearer by the hearing-assistance device,

determining, by the computing system, an intelligibility sub-component that indicates a measure of an improvement in speech understanding provided by the hearing-assistance device,

determining, by the computing system, a comfort sub-component that indicates a measure of noise reduction provided by the hearing-assistance device,

determining, by the computing system, a focus sub-component that indicates a measure of time the hearing-assistance device spends in directional processing modes, each of the respective directional processing modes selectively attenuating off-axis, unwanted sounds,

determining, by the computing system, a sociability sub-component that indicates a measure of time spent in auditory environments involving speech, or

determining, by the computing system, a connectivity sub-component that indicates a measure of an amount of time the hearing-assistance device spent streaming media from devices connected wirelessly to the hearing-assistance device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the cognitive benefit measure comprises determining, by the computing system, a weighted average of the plurality of sub-components.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the plurality of sub-components comprises:

determining, by the computing system, a use score sub-component that is based on how much time the wearer of the hearing-assistance device uses the hearing-assistance device during a scoring period,

determining, by the computing system, an engagement score sub-component that is a measure of how much the wearer of the hearing-assistance device participates in activities involving aural engagement during the scoring period, and

determining, by the computing system, an active listening sub-component based on exposure of the wearer of the hearing-assistance device to a plurality of different acoustic environments during the scoring period.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the computing system, an indication of user input to access a cognitive benefit section of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software application running on the computing system; and

in response to receiving the indication of user input, sending, by the computing system, a request to the hearing-assistance device,

wherein the computing system receives the data from the hearing-assistance device in response to the request.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining the cognitive benefit measure comprises scaling, by the computing system, the cognitive benefit measure based on an amount of time the wearer spends wearing the hearing-assistance device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing, by the computing system, the cognitive benefit measure in a database of historical cognitive benefit measures for the wearer; and

outputting, by the computing system, an indication of the historical cognitive benefit measures.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the computing system, based on the data received from the hearing-assistance device, a body measure for the wearer of the hearing-assistance device, the body measure being an indication of physical activity in which the wearer of the hearing-assistance device engages while wearing the hearing-assistance device; and

outputting, by the computing system, an indication of the body measure.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining, by the computing system, based on the cognitive benefit measure and the body measure, a wellness measure for the wearer of the hearing-assistance device, the wellness measure for the wearer of the hearing-assistance device being an indication of an overall wellness of the wearer of the hearing-assistance device; and

outputting, by the computing system, an indication of the wellness measure.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the method further comprises sending, by the computing system, timestamps to the hearing-assistance device,

receiving the data from the hearing-assistance device comprises receiving, by the computing system, a plurality of log data items, each of the log data items comprising log data and one of the timestamps, and

determining the cognitive benefit measure comprises determining, by the computing system, the cognitive benefit measure based on the timestamps and the log data in the log data items.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the computing system, based on the cognitive benefit measure, an alert to the wearer of the hearing-assistance device or another person.

12. A computing system comprising:

a radio configured to receive data from a hearing-assistance device; and

one or more processors configured to:

determine, based on the data received from the hearing-assistance device, a cognitive benefit measure for a wearer of the hearing-assistance device, wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the cognitive benefit measure, the one or more processors:

determine a plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure, wherein determining the plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure comprises one or more of:

determine a use score sub-component that is based on how much time the wearer of the hearing-assistance device uses the hearing-assistance device during a scoring period,

determine an engagement score sub-component that is a measure of how much the wearer of the hearing-assistance device participates in activities involving aural engagement during the scoring period, or

determine an active listening sub-component based on exposure of the wearer of the hearing-assistance device to a plurality of different acoustic environments during the scoring period; and

determine the cognitive benefit measure based on the plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure; and

output an indication of the cognitive benefit measure.

13. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the plurality of sub-components, the one or more processors determine one or more of:

an audibility sub-component that is a measure of an improvement in audibility provided to the wearer by the hearing-assistance device,

an intelligibility sub-component that indicates a measure of an improvement in speech understanding provided by the hearing-assistance device,

a comfort sub-component that indicates a measure of noise reduction provided by the hearing-assistance device,

a focus sub-component that indicates a measure of time the hearing-assistance device spends in directional processing modes, each of the respective directional processing modes selectively attenuating off-axis, unwanted sounds,

a sociability sub-component that indicates a measure of time spent in auditory environments involving speech, or

a connectivity sub-component that indicates a measure of an amount of time the hearing-assistance device spent streaming media from devices connected wirelessly to the hearing-assistance device.

14. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the cognitive benefit measure, the one or more processors determine a weighted average of the plurality of sub-components.

15. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the plurality of sub-components, the one or more processors determine:

a use score sub-component that is based on how much time the wearer of the hearing-assistance device uses the hearing-assistance device during a scoring period,

an engagement score sub-component that is a measure of how much the wearer of hearing-assistance device participates in activities involving aural engagement during the scoring period, and

an active listening sub-component based on exposure of the wearer of the hearing-assistance device to a plurality of different acoustic environments during the scoring period.

16. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive an indication of user input to access a cognitive benefit section of a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software application running on the computing system; and

in response to receiving the indication of user input, send a request to the hearing-assistance device,

wherein the computing system receives the data from the hearing-assistance device in response to the request.

17. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the cognitive benefit measure, the one or more processors scale the cognitive benefit measure based on an amount of time the wearer spends wearing the hearing-assistance device.

18. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

store the cognitive benefit measure in a database of historical cognitive benefit measures for the wearer; and

output an indication of the historical cognitive benefit measures.

19. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine, based on the data received from the hearing-assistance device, a body measure for the wearer of the hearing-assistance device, the body measure being an indication of physical activity in which the wearer of the hearing-assistance device engages while wearing the hearing-assistance device; and

output an indication of the body measure.

20. The computing system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine, based on the cognitive benefit measure and the body measure, a wellness measure for the wearer of the hearing-assistance device, the wellness measure for the wearer of the hearing-assistance device being an indication of an overall wellness of the wearer of the hearing-assistance device; and

output an indication of the wellness measure.

21. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein:

the one or more processors are configured to cause the computing system to send timestamps to the hearing-assistance device,

the computing system is configured to receive a plurality of log data items from the hearing-assistance device, each of the log data items comprising log data and one of the timestamps, and

the one or more processors are configured to determine the cognitive benefit measure based on the timestamps and the log data in the log data items.

22. The computing system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

send, based on the cognitive benefit measure, an alert to the wearer of the hearing-assistance device or another person.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a computing system to:

receive data from a hearing-assistance device;

determine, based on the data received from the hearing-assistance device, a cognitive benefit measure for a wearer of the hearing-assistance device, wherein as part of causing the computing system to determine the cognitive benefit measure, execution of the instructions causes the computing system to:

determine a plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure, wherein as part of causing the computing system to determine the plurality of sub-components, execution of the instructions causes the computing system to determine one or more of:

a use score sub-component that is based on how much time the wearer of the hearing-assistance device uses the hearing-assistance device during a scoring period,

an engagement score sub-component that is a measure of how much the wearer of the hearing-assistance device participates in activities involving aural engagement during the scoring period, or

an active listening sub-component based on exposure of the wearer of the hearing-assistance device to a plurality of different acoustic environments during the scoring period; and

determine the cognitive benefit measure based on the plurality of sub-components of the cognitive benefit measure; and

output an indication of the cognitive benefit measure.