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US 8,644,535 · App. 12/607,114 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Method for adjusting a hearing device and corresponding hearing device

Inventor: Andre Steinbuss (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,644,535
App. No.
12/607,114
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for adjusting a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, to an individual user, includes firstly recording data relating to at least one setting of the hearing device together with direct or indirect temporal information. Thereupon, a period of time during which the at least one setting was/is active is automatically determined. Finally, at least one parameter of the hearing device is automatically adapted as a function of the determined period of time and the at least one setting. This affords the possibility of adapting, for example, time constants according to individual usage. A corresponding hearing device is also provided.

Claims (13)

1. A method for adjusting a hearing device, the method comprising:

recording data relating to at least one setting of the hearing device together with direct or indirect temporal information;

automatically determining a period of usage time during which the at least one setting was or is active;

automatically adapting at least one parameter of the hearing device as a function of the determined period of usage time and the at least one setting during a period of learning time; and

controlling the period of learning time for the automatic adaptation of the at least one parameter on a basis of the period of usage time determined earlier.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the setting relates to an activation of a hearing program, a volume, a tone or a control range for noise reduction.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one parameter to be adapted is a time constant or an averaging time.

4. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises continuously changing the at least one parameter to be adapted.

5. A hearing device, comprising:

a data-logging apparatus for recording data relating to at least one setting of the hearing device together with direct or indirect temporal information;

an evaluation apparatus for automatically determining a period of usage time during which the at least one setting was or is active;

an adaptation apparatus for automatically adapting at least one parameter of the hearing device as a function of the determined period of usage time and the at least one setting during a period of learning time; and

a control apparatus for controlling the period of learning time for the automatic adaptation of the at least one parameter on a basis of the period of usage time determined earlier.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 10, 2015
From: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
To: SIVANTOS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 036089/0827 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2012
From: STEINBUSS, ANDRE
To: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 027698/0671 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 053 457 · Oct 28, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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