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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Farah I. Corona-strauss, Saarbrücken, DE;
Matthias Frölich, Suzhou, CN;
Matthias Latzel, Eggoslheim, DE;
Daniel J. Strauss, Saarbrücken, DE;
Farah I. Corona-Strauss, Saarbrücken, DE;
Matthias Frölich, Suzhou, CN;
Matthias Latzel, Eggoslheim, DE;
Daniel J. Strauss, Saarbrücken, DE;
Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method and device are provided for automatic, recursive adjustment of at least one hearing device worn by a person. The device includes a stimulus generator unit, which emits at least one acoustic stimulus to the hearing device, a signal detection unit with at least one sensor, which detects the neuronal activity of the brain of the person due to the acoustic stimulus, a computation and control unit, which determines a measure of listening effort from the detected neuronal activity and determines changes to hearing device parameters from this. A hearing device control unit changes the hearing device parameters accordingly. The computation and control unit repeatedly prompts the stimulus generator unit to emit a hearing stimulus and the hearing device control unit to change a hearing device parameter, until the measure of listening effort drops below a predefinable first threshold value. This allows hearing devices to be adjusted objectively and automatically in a very robust and reliable manner.