US 12,207,056 B2
System for configuring a hearing device
Clint Mathurine, Bayswater (AU); Andrew Victor Cammell, Beeliar (AU); Gregory Paul Breen, Nedlands (AU); Peng Jiang, Morwell (AU); David Ronald Ward, Mosman Park (AU); and Alan Davis, Riverton (AU)
Assigned to NUHEARA IP PTY LTD, Northbridge (AU)
Filed by NUHEARA IP PTY LTD, Northbridge (AU)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/396,024.
Application 18/396,024 is a continuation of application No. 17/884,130, filed on Aug. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,889,273.
Application 17/884,130 is a continuation of application No. 16/612,633, granted, now 11,445,313, issued on Sep. 13, 2022, previously published as PCT/AU2018/050480, filed on May 18, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017901904 (AU), filed on May 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129680 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/70 (2013.01) [A61B 5/123 (2013.01); A61B 5/4023 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0242 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A hearing assistance system comprising:
a hearing assistance device configured to reproduce sounds and to assist a person to hear the sounds, the hearing assistance device including a left hearing assistance device and a right hearing assistance device; and
a computing device in communication with the hearing assistance device;
the computing device interacting with the hearing assistance device to implement a fitting mode wherein the hearing assistance device is caused to generate fitting sounds usable to evaluate whether the left and right hearing devices are properly fitted into respective left and right ears of the person; and
the computing device producing a communication indicative of whether the left and right hearing assistance devices are properly fitted into respective left and right ears of the person.