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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2013
Oticon A/s, Smørum, DK;
Michael Smed Kristensen, Smørum, DK;
Michael Syskind Pedersen, Smørum, DK;
Thomas Kaulberg, Smørum, DK;
Oticon A/S, Smørum, DK;
Abstract
A method detects whether an ear mold of a listening device is correctly mounted in the ear of a user. An indication of whether or not a mold of a listening device is correctly mounted in an ear canal of a user is provided. The method comprises a) providing a long term estimate of the feedback path; b) providing an estimate of the current feedback path; c) comparing the long term feedback path estimate with the current feedback path estimate, and providing a measure of their difference, termed the feedback difference measure FBDM; and optionally d) providing an alarm indication, if the feedback difference measure exceeds a predefined threshold.