US 11,937,052 B2
Fitting agent for a hearing device and method for updating a multi-environment user model
Aalbert De Vries, Eindhoven (NL); Tanya Ignatenko, Eindhoven (NL); and Kirill Kondrashov, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to GN HEARING A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed by GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup (DK)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,203.
Claims priority of application No. PA 202100638 (DK), filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400350 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/70 (2013.01) [A61B 5/123 (2013.01); H04R 25/30 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fitting agent for a hearing device that is configured to be worn by a hearing device user, the fitting agent comprising one or more processing units configured to:
access a user model comprising a plurality of user preference functions and associated user response distributions, wherein the user preference functions are associated with respective environments;
obtain environment data indicative of a present environment;
obtain a user input indicative of a preferred test setting; and
update the user model based on the environment data and hearing device parameters associated with the preferred test setting.