EP3614695A1 - Système d'instrument auditif et procédé mis en oeuvre dans un tel système - Google Patents
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- the self-reported input can be obtained by interacting with the electronic communication device; voice interacting with a microphone of the hearing device or interacting with the hearing device.
- the feedback information is any of cognitive state and mood of the user, gathered from hearing instrument sensors and/or from the electronic communication device, audiogram of user and insertion gain in soft, moderate and loud environments, users past behavioral patterns and preferences related to the above parameters and crowdsourced behavioral patterns based on collected audiograms and insertion gains.
- the listening preferences in the hearing instrument is set directly by the user 15 interacting with electronic communication device 22; directly by the user 15, accepting recommendations presented on the display 29 of the electronic communication device 22 and directly by the electronic communication device 22 without user confirmation, once user preferences have been learned and approved by the user 15.
- a hearing instrument system including at least one hearing instrument and an electronic communication device, for adjusting the settings of the hearing instrument.
- the hearing instrument comprises an electronic communication circuitry configured to communicate with the electronic communication device.
- the electronic communication device comprises a display unit and an electronic communication circuitry configured to communicate with the hearing instrument and to communicate with at least one external communication device.
- the system is configured to, when the hearing instrument makes a decision that affects the performance of the hearing instrument, collect feedback information by using the electronic communication device and/or the hearing instrument; process the feedback information and transferring the processed information to a hearing instrument algorithm; present the listening preferences on the display of the electronic communication device as graphical objects representing the processed information and adjust the settings of the hearing instrument based on a chosen listening preferences.
- Such auxiliary devices may include at least one of remote controls, remote microphones, audio gateway devices, mobile phones, public-address systems, car audio systems or music players or a combination thereof.
- the audio gateway is adapted to receive a multitude of audio signals such as from an entertainment device like a TV or a music player, a telephone apparatus like a mobile telephone or a computer, a PC.
- the audio gateway is further adapted to select and/or combine an appropriate one of the received audio signals (or combination of signals) for transmission to the at least one hearing device.
- the remote control is adapted to control functionality and operation of the at least one hearing devices.
- the function of the remote control may be implemented in a Smartphone or other electronic device, the Smartphone/ electronic device possibly running an application that controls functionality of the at least one hearing device.
- a hearing device includes
- the hearing device further includes a signal processing unit for processing the input audio signal and an output unit for providing an audible signal to the user in dependence on the processed audio signal.
- the output unit may include an output transducer such as a loudspeaker/ receiver for providing an air-borne acoustic signal transcutaneous or percutaneous to the skull bone or a vibrator for providing a structure-borne or liquid-borne acoustic signal.
- the output unit may include one or more output electrodes for providing the electric signals such as in a Cochlear Implant.
- the method 40 comprising the steps of triggering S41 the hearing instrument system 10 when the hearing instrument 15 makes a decision that affects the performance of the hearing instrument; collecting S42 feedback information by using the electronic communication device 22 and/or the hearing instrument 11; processing S43 the feedback information and transferring the processed information to a hearing instrument algorithm 12; presenting the listening preferences on the display 29 of the electronic communication device 22 as graphical objects representing the processed information and adjusting the settings of the hearing instrument 11 based on a chosen listening preferences.
- the self-reported input can be obtained by interacting S4211 with the electronic communication device 22; voice interacting S4212 with a microphone of the hearing device 11 or interacting S4213 with the hearing device 11.
- the feedback information is any of cognitive state and mood of the user, gathered from hearing instrument sensors and/or from the electronic communication device, audiogram of user and insertion gain in soft, moderate and loud environments, users past behavioral patterns and preferences related to the above parameters and crowdsourced behavioral patterns based on collected audiograms and insertion gains.
- FIG. 1 and 2 illustrates a hearing instrument system 10 including at least one hearing instrument 11 and an electronic communication device 22, for adjusting the settings of the hearing instrument 11.
- the hearing instrument 11 comprises an electronic communication circuitry configured to communicate with the electronic communication device 22.
- the electronic communication device 22 comprises a display unit 29 and an electronic communication circuitry configured to communicate with the hearing instrument 11 and to communicate with at least one external communication device 30.
- the system is configured to, when the hearing instrument makes a decision that affects the performance of the hearing instrument, collect feedback information by using the electronic communication device 22 and/or the hearing instrument 11; process the feedback information and transferring the processed information to a hearing instrument algorithm 12; present the listening preferences on the display 29 of the electronic communication device 22 as graphical objects representing the processed information and adjust the settings of the hearing instrument 11 based on a chosen listening preferences.
- the hearing instrument 11 is or comprises a hearing aid, a hearing device or a headset.
- the user 15 is wearing the hearing aids 11 and enters a bar to meet some friends.
- the hearing aids 11 detect a change of sound environment and trigger a different configuration of the hearing aids - a more aggressive noise reduction scheme is turned on.
- the user 15 receives a message from an app on the smartphone asking if the change was good or bad, as shown in fig 2 .
- the user 15 has personalized how often these prompts should occur.
- the user 15 replies that it was a bad change as the user cannot hear his or her friends.
- This self-reported feedback is provided to the hearing device algorithm 12 that put a label of "false-positive" to the sound environment detection algorithm. With this feedback, the user's hearing devices 11 are less prone to make similar mistakes in the future, when the user 15 is in similar sound environments.
- a level regulation or loudness control algorithm 27 is provided, as shown in fig 2 , which is based on three different types of data: Subjective user-input, big-data collection, and physiological measurements using build-in sensors.
- Figure 2 shows a schematic outline of the proposed loudness control algorithm 27.
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