US 11,785,404 B2
Method and system of fitting a hearing device
Meng Guo, Smørum (DK); and Bernhard Kuenzle, Düdingen (CH)
Assigned to OTICON A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed by Oticon A/S, Smørum (DK)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,467.
Claims priority of application No. 21166135 (EP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021; and application No. 21181031 (EP), filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322019 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/70 (2013.01) [H04R 25/453 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fitting of a hearing device without a Hearing care professional's (HCP) involvement, the hearing device comprising an input transducer for picking up sound in an environment of a user and providing an electric input signal, and an output transducer for providing output stimuli perceivable to the user as sound based on a processed version of said electric input signal, the method comprising,
S1—executing a fitting application on a graphical user interface (GUI) of an external device in communication with the hearing device,
S2—detecting, by measuring, reactions of the user to the picked-up sound,
S3—performing acoustic feedback measurements as a background process without a user's involvement,
S4—assessing the probability of a correct physical fit based on the position of the inserted hearing device,
S5—assessing feedback risk based on the correct physical fit assessment and the acoustic feedback measurements, and
S6—fine tuning a fitting parameter of the hearing device based on the result of at least one of: a) the detected reactions of the user, b) acoustic feedback measurements, and c) saved, within the fitting application, personal information of the user,
wherein steps S1 to S6 are configured to be automatically performed as background processes.