Hearing sensitivity acquisition methods and devices
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of determining hearing loss using audio cues whose spectrum is orthogonal to each other to identify a wearer's hearing loss, and using the information to adjust audio to normal listening levels.
1. The device comprising:
a user interface;
a speaker that emits audio;
a memory that stores instructions;
a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
retrieving a first sentence audio content signal, wherein the first sentence audio content signal includes a non-musical first frequency band word (FBW1);
retrieving a second sentence audio content signal, wherein the second sentence audio content signal includes a non-musical second frequency band word (FBW2), wherein the FBW1 and FBW2 are substantially orthogonal in frequency in time, wherein FBW1 and FBW2 are generated from the same sound source;
sending the first sentence audio content signal to the speaker to be emitted;
sending the second sentence audio content signal to the speaker to be emitted, wherein a portion of the first sentence audio content overlaps the second sentence audio content in time;
receiving a response from the user using the user interface; and
storing the response into a machine readable medium.
2. The device according to claim 1 , where the operations further include:
sending a list of questions visually to the user interface to stimulate the reception of a response, wherein the response indicates which of the following frequency band words have been heard FBW1 or FBW2 or both.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a keyboard.
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a touch screen.
5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a microphone.
6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
adjusting a first gain of the FBW1 and adjusting a second gain of the FBW2 based upon the response.
7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the first gain is increased if FBW1 is not indicated as being heard in the response by the user.
8. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the second gain is increased if FBW2 is not indicated as being heard in the response by the user.
9. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the first gain is decreased if FBW2 is not indicated as being heard in the response by the user.
10. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the second gain is decreased if FBW1 is not indicated as being heard in the response by the user.
11. A method comprising:
retrieving a first sentence audio content signal, wherein the first sentence audio content signal includes a non-musical first frequency band word (FBW1);
retrieving a second sentence audio content signal, wherein the second sentence audio content signal includes a non-musical second frequency band word (FBW2), wherein the FBW1 and FBW2 are substantially orthogonal in frequency in time, wherein FBW1 and FBW2 are generated from the same sound source;
sending the first sentence audio content signal to the speaker to be emitted;
sending the second sentence audio content signal to the speaker to be emitted, wherein a portion of the first sentence audio content overlaps the second sentence audio content in time;
receiving a response from the user using a user interface; and
storing the response into a machine readable medium.
12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
sending a list of questions visually to the user interface to stimulate the reception of a response, wherein the response indicates which of the following frequency band words have been heard FBW1 or FBW2 or both.
13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
adjusting a first gain of FBW1 and adjusting a second gain of FBW2 based upon the response.
14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
generating an adjusted FBW1 by applying the first gain to the FBW1;
generating an adjusted FBW2 by applying the second gain to the FBW2; and
sending the adjusted FBW1 and adjusted FBW2 to the speaker.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first gain and second gains are adjusted until a user indicates that they have heard both adjusted FBW1 and adjusted FBW2.