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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Yoshiaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Gempo Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Katayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hikaru Takato, Miyagi, JP;
Yoshiaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Gempo Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Katayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hikaru Takato, Miyagi, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hearing assistance suitability determining device () according to the present invention is a hearing assistance suitability determining device () which determines a suitability () of a subject for dichotic hearing assistance, and includes: a hearing ability information obtaining unit () which obtains left-ear hearing ability information () and right-ear hearing ability information () each of which indicates a hearing ability for frequencies; a hearing ability type determining unit () which determines, among hearing ability types each of which is defined by a tendency in a change of the hearing ability with respect to the frequencies, a hearing ability type () of the hearing ability indicated by the left-ear hearing ability information () and the right-ear hearing ability information (); and a suitability deciding unit () which determines, with reference to a suitability database (), the suitability () of the subject for the dichotic hearing assistance based on a suitability corresponding, in the suitability database (), to the hearing ability type () determined by the hearing ability type determining unit (), the suitability database () showing a correspondence relationship between each of the hearing ability types and one of suitabilities of the subject for dichotic hearing assistance.