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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2009
Ivo Merks, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Harikrishna P. Natarajan, Shakopee, MN (US);
Ivo Merks, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Harikrishna P. Natarajan, Shakopee, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to measurement of maximum stable gain of a hearing assistance device, including but not limited to hearing aids, as a function of frequency. In various approaches an adaptive filter with a variable step size is used to determine maximum stable gain as a function of frequency. In various approaches, the determination is done in process steps performed by the hearing assistance device. In various approaches, the determination is done in process steps performed by the hearing assistance device and by a host computer.