US 11,889,273 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 Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,130.
Application 17/884,130 is a continuation of application No. 16/612,633, granted, now 11,445,313, previously published as PCT/AU2018/050480, filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386049 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (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)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hearing assistance system comprising:
a hearing assistance device configured to reproduce sounds and to assist a person to hear the sounds; and
a computing device in communication with the hearing assistance device;
the computing device including a processor configured to implement a hearing device configuration component that configures the hearing assistance device for the person;
the hearing device configuration component interacting with the hearing assistance device to:
implement a hearing assessment on the person using the hearing assistance device, the hearing assessment including generation of hearing assessment sounds of defined frequencies at the hearing assistance device and recording responses from the person; and
configure the hearing assistance device using the responses from the person;
the hearing device configuration component producing hearing assessment sound generation commands and sending the hearing assessment sound generation commands to the hearing assistance device; and
the hearing assistance device configured to use the hearing assessment sound generation commands to generate the hearing assessment sounds during the hearing assessment;
wherein each of the hearing assessment sound generation commands comprise any one or more of the following:
Command ID;
Side—Left, Right, or Left & Right;
Type—Continuous or Pulsed;
Frequency;
Duration; and/or
Volume Level.