RESTRICTING HEARING DEVICE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON MODIFIER EFFECTIVENESS

• Main Authors: HILDEBRAND, Nicola, KUEHNEL, Volker, BORETZKI, Michael
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.05.2022
• Subjects: DEAF-AID SETS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS

A method for fitting a hearing device (12) comprises: receiving an audio signal (38) in the hearing device (12); providing a user interface (34) for inputting at least one modifier value into the fitting device (14), the modifier value indicating, how a sound property of the audio signal (38) should be modified by the hearing device (12); processing the audio signal (38) with a sound processor of the hearing device (12) in dependence of the at least one modifier value (50), thus providing a processed audio signal (38); outputting the processed audio signal (38) to a user of the hearing device (12); determining an modifier effectiveness value (54) based on the audio signal (38), the modifier effectiveness value indicating how much a change of the at least one modifier value (50) results in a perceptible change of the processed audio signal (38) output to the user; and restricting the inputting of the at least modifier value (50) in dependence of the modifier effectiveness value (54).