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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2024
Applicant:

Sonova Ag, Staefa, CH;

Inventor:

Daniel Von Holten, Hombrechtikon, CH;

Assignee:

Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/26 (2026.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/505 (2013.01); G06T 11/26 (2026.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary method includes a hearing system accessing one or more images of an environment of a user located at a position within the environment and wearing a hearing device to hear sound within the environment, determining a current hearing performance level being provided by the hearing device worn by user at the position, determining, based on the one or more images, one or more expected hearing performance levels at one or more other positions in the environment, and performing, based on the determining of the current hearing performance level and the one or more expected hearing performance levels, a hearing performance enhancement operation configured to improve the current hearing performance level.


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