Sonova Ag

Ullrich Sigwanz

Nadim El Guindi

Michael Boretzki

Nina Stumpf

Robert Baur

Daniel Lucas-Hirtz

Elmar Fichtl

Volker Kuehnel

Philipp Schneider

Stefan Pislak

Josef Chalupper

Matthias Latzel

Harald Krueger

Alfred Stirnemann

Olaf Strelcyk

Ralph Peter Derleth

Volker Kühnel

Nicola Schmitt

Tobias Neher

Ivo Spieler

Thomas Wessel

Maxi Susanne Moritz

Patrick Baechler

Manfred Duerst

Martina Schuepbach-Wolf

Nathalie Leuthold

Nanda Sandhu

Sascha Liebe

Solange Anderson

Gavin Buddis

Oliver Frank

Shin-Shin Hobi

Mareike Carstens

Martina Wolf

An exemplary system includes a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and configured to execute instructions to provide a frequency lowering scheme that maps at least some audio frequencies included in a first set of audio frequencies to relatively lower audio frequencies to form a second set of audio frequencies, provide a first output frequency-based curve representing a set of values of a fitting-related parameter at frequencies included in the second set of audio frequencies, generate, based on an inverse application of the frequency lowering scheme, a second output frequency-based curve representing the set of values of the fitting-related parameter with respect to the first set of audio frequencies, and present a graph including a first axis to which the first set of audio frequencies is assigned, a second axis to which a quantification of the fitting-related parameter is assigned, and the second frequency-based curve.

Systems and methods for visualizing effects of a frequency lowering scheme implemented by a hearing device

An exemplary system includes a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and configured to execute instructions to generate a modified audiogram for a user of a hearing device. The modified audiogram may be based on a frequency lowering scheme that maps at least some audio frequencies included in a first set of audio frequencies to relatively lower audio frequencies to form a second set of audio frequencies. The modified audiogram may indicate a set of modified hearing thresholds of the user at the first set of audio frequencies. The generating of the modified audiogram may include applying an inverse of the frequency lowering scheme to the set of modified hearing thresholds at the second set of audio frequencies to obtain the set of modified hearing thresholds of the modified audiogram at the first set of audio frequencies.

Systems and methods for generating and/or implementing a modified audiogram

A method for operating a hearing system worn by a user, the hearing system being a binaural hearing system including first and second hearing aids and being prepared for processing a sound. The processing includes a beamforming which can be adjusted to at least a first beamforming mode and a second beamforming mode. The method includes receiving sound by the hearing system, determining whether the beamforming is to be adjusted to the first beamforming mode or the second beamforming mode and adjusting the beamforming accordingly and generating a processed sound, and presenting the processed sound to the user.

Method for operating a hearing system, a hearing system and a fitting system

The disclosed technology includes a system and method for providing pairing information to assist in pairing devices for wireless communication. For example, the disclosed technology includes a method for visually displaying time remaining in pairing time windows for hearing aid devices. A hearing aid professional can view the displayed information on a computer, fitting station, or mobile device and then use this information to determine which devices can be paired or how much time is remaining to pair the device.

Pairing information for wireless communication

A method for adjusting at least one hearing device comprises: providing the at least one hearing device with basic sound classes, each basic sound class comprising an actuator parametrization with parameters for at least one actuator of the hearing device; collecting of adjustments of sound properties of at least one user of the at least one hearing device together with weightings of a sound signal acquired by the hearing device at which the adjustments have been made; analyzing the collected adjustments, whether same adjustments have been applied at same weightings; generating at least one supplementary sound class, when the same adjustments have been applied at a weighting, wherein the actuator parametrization of the supplementary sound class is a modified actuator parametrization based on the adjustments at the weighting.

Supplementary sound classes for adjusting a hearing device

The present invention pertains to a method for adjusting a hearing device to personal preferences and needs of a user. The proposed method comprises providing initial settings and target settings for signal processing parameters of the hearing device, the user operating the user control element to provide an input for adjusting the current settings so as to meet the personal preferences and needs of the user, adjusting the current settings based on the initial settings and the target settings in dependence of the input to provide adjusted settings for the signal processing parameters. Thereby the user control element is located at the hearing device and/or a hearing device accessory such as a smartphone or tablet. Moreover, the present invention provides a system structured and configured to carry out the proposed method.

Method and system for adjusting a hearing device to personal preferences and needs of a user

An exemplary system includes a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to concurrently present, within a graphical user interface displayed by a display device, a gain limit curve and a target gain curve representing a target gain profile for the useable gain by a hearing device across a range of frequencies, the target gain curve corresponding to a first sound input level and initially having an amplitude greater than an amplitude of the gain limit curve within a subset of frequencies included in the range of frequencies. The processor is further configured to detect user input representative of a request to increase the amplitude of the gain limit curve, increase a portion of the gain limit curve, and update the gain limit profile in accordance with the increased portion of the gain limit curve.

Systems and methods for adjusting a gain limit of a hearing device

A hearing device configured to be worn at a head of a user. The hearing device includes a vibration sensor to detect a vibration conducted through the user's head to the hearing device and to output a vibration signal including information about the vibration. At least part of the vibration can be caused by an own voice activity of the user. A method of operating the hearing device allows a reliable own voice detection at rather low processing effort. The processor determines a presence of an own voice characteristic in the vibration signal at a vibration frequency associated with the own voice characteristic and identifies the own voice activity based on an identification criterion including the presence of the own voice characteristic in the vibration signal at the associated vibration frequency. The own voice characteristic indicative of part of the vibration can be caused by the own voice activity.

Hearing device for own voice detection and method of operating a hearing device

A method of performing real ear measurements by a measuring system is described herein. The measuring system comprises a probe element adapted to be inserted in the ear canal of an individual; a loudspeaker configured to deliver a sample sound signal to the ear canal; at least one microphone configured to detect a response to the sample sound signal, wherein the probe element is in acoustic communication with the loudspeaker and cooperates with the at least one microphone; and a signal processing unit for performing an acoustic measurement of a response to the sample sound signal, based on an electrical input signal from the microphone.

Method of performing real ear measurements by placing a probe element at an intended position from a tympanic membrane of an individual's ear canal and a measuring system configured to carry out such method

An exemplary hearing device is configured to selectively connect to a remote audio source configured to provide remote audio content. The hearing device operates in a first audio rendering mode in which the processor provides the user with a first audio signal based on a first combination of at least one of the ambient audio content detected by a microphone and the remote audio content. The hearing device determines, while operating in the first audio rendering mode and based on the accelerometer data, a movement of the user. The hearing device determines, based on the movement of the user, whether to switch from operating in the first audio rendering mode to operating in a second audio rendering mode in which the processor provides the user with a second audio signal based on a second combination of at least one of the ambient audio content and the remote audio content.

Accelerometer-based selection of an audio source for a hearing device

A hearing device configured to be worn by a user includes a microphone, an accelerometer, and a processor. The microphone detects an audio signal. The accelerometer outputs accelerometer data associated with the hearing device. The processor is configured to 1) identify a music feature of the audio signal, the music feature indicating that the audio signal includes music content, 2) identify a movement feature of the accelerometer data, the movement feature representative of movement by the user while the microphone detects the audio signal, 3) determine a similarity measure between the music feature and the movement feature, and 4) perform, based on the similarity measure, an operation with respect to a sound processing program executable by the processor.

Systems and methods for accelerometer-based optimization of processing performed by a hearing device

An exemplary hearing device configured to be worn by a user includes an accelerometer configured to output accelerometer data representative of an acceleration of the hearing device and a processor configured to maintain data representative of a walking detection algorithm, determine an optimized parameter for the user for use with the walking detection algorithm, and apply, in accordance with the optimized parameter, the walking detection algorithm to the accelerometer data to determine a walking state of the user while the user wears the hearing device.

Accelerometer-based walking detection parameter optimization for a hearing device user

A method for adjusting a hearing device comprising: providing a user profile () of the user comprising actual user information () and a fitting history () stored in a database () of a fitting system (), wherein the fitting history comprises fitting information (&#x2033;) of at least one previous fitting session, in which previous fitting session the hearing device () or a different hearing device was adjusted for the user; determining a user experience value () of the user, wherein the user experience value () depends on the actual user information () and the fitting history (); determining sound processing parameters () for the hearing device () based on the user experience value (); and applying the determined sound processing parameters () in the hearing device (), such that the hearing device () is adapted for generating optimized sound signals based on the applied sound processing parameters ().

Automatically determined user experience value for hearing aid fitting

A method for operating a hearing device for a user having tinnitus includes converting an acoustic input signal into a corresponding converted input signal, applying a transfer function to the converted input signal for generating a processed input signal, generating a stimulation signal depending on characteristics of a perceived disturbing internal signal resulting from a tinnitus perceived by a prospective user of the hearing device, limiting the stimulation signal by applying a predefined limiting scheme thereby generating a limited stimulation signal, superimposing the limited stimulation signal onto the processed signal thereby generating an output signal, and feeding the output signal to an output transducer for generating a hearing device output signal.

Method for operating a hearing device as well as a hearing device

The method for adjusting a hearing system to individual hearing needs and preferences of a specific hearing system user by means of a fitting system comprising a visual display comprises:

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