Selectively collecting and storing sensor data of a hearing system

1. A method for collecting and storing sensor data of a hearing system, the method comprising:

receiving the sensor data of a sensor of a hearing device of the hearing system, wherein the hearing device is worn by a user;

detecting a situation of interest by classifying at least a part of the sensor data with a classifier implemented in the hearing system;

collecting the sensor data, when the hearing system is in a situation of interest; and

sending the collected sensor data to a storage system in data communication with the hearing system,

wherein:

the sensor data comprises at least one of motion data acquired with a motion sensor, position data acquired with a position sensor, or medical data acquired with a medical data sensor; and

the classifier comprises an additional data classifier into which at least one of the motion data, position data, or the medical data are input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the classifier further comprises a sound classifier for classifying audio data, which is received by the hearing device and which is output by the hearing device to the user; and

wherein classification values of the sound classifier are used for selecting hearing programs of the hearing device.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein user input into the hearing system is input into the classifier.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein classification values generated by the classifier are compared with threshold values for detecting a situation of interest.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a situation of disinterest by classifying at least a part of the sensor data with the classifier;

wherein the sensor data is discarded, when the hearing system is in a situation of disinterest.

6. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the sensor data is collected, when the hearing system is not in a situation of disinterest.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending configuration parameters for the classifier for a specific situation of interest from the storage system to a plurality of hearing systems.

8. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein first sensor data from a first sensor is collected;

wherein the classifier generates a classification of second sensor data from a second sensor;

wherein the first sensor data is labelled with the classification of the second sensor.

9. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the storage system comprises a further classifier for classifying whether the collected sensor data is sensor data of interest; and

wherein the storage system solely stores collected sensor data of interest.

10. A method for collecting and storing sensor data of a hearing system, the method comprising:

receiving the sensor data of a sensor of a hearing device of the hearing system, wherein the hearing device is worn by a user;

detecting a situation of interest by classifying at least a part of the sensor data with a classifier implemented in the hearing system;

collecting the sensor data, when the hearing system is in a situation of interest; and

sending the collected sensor data to a storage system in data communication with the hearing system,

wherein the hearing system comprises a mobile device carried by the user;

wherein the mobile device is in wireless data communication with the hearing device;

wherein at least a part of the classifier is implemented in the mobile device.

11. A method for collecting and storing sensor data of a hearing system, the method comprising:

receiving the sensor data of a sensor of a hearing device of the hearing system, wherein the hearing device is worn by a user;

detecting a situation of interest by classifying at least a part of the sensor data with a classifier implemented in the hearing system;

collecting the sensor data, when the hearing system is in a situation of interest; and

sending the collected sensor data to a storage system in data communication with the hearing system,

wherein the storage system is connected via the Internet with the hearing system;

wherein the collected sensor data is transmitted to the storage system in selected time windows.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processor cause a device to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving sensor data of a sensor of a hearing device of a hearing system, wherein the hearing device is worn by a user;

detecting a situation of interest by classifying at least a part of the sensor data with a classifier implemented in the hearing system;

collecting the sensor data, when the hearing system is in a situation of interest; and

sending the collected sensor data to a storage system in data communication with the hearing system,

wherein:

the sensor data comprises at least one of motion data acquired with a motion sensor, position data acquired with a position sensor, or medical data acquired with a medical data sensor; and

the classifier comprises an additional data classifier into which at least one of the motion data, position data, or the medical data are input.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the classifier further comprises a sound classifier for classifying audio data, which is received by the hearing device and which is output by the hearing device to the user; and

wherein classification values of the sound classifier are used for selecting hearing programs of the hearing device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein user input into the hearing system is input into the classifier.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein classification values generated by the classifier are compared with threshold values for detecting a situation of interest.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , the method further comprising:

detecting a situation of disinterest by classifying at least a part of the sensor data with the classifier, wherein the sensor data is discarded, when the hearing system is in a situation of disinterest.