Patent ID: 11863939
Assignee: SONOVA AG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A system comprising:
a hearing device configured to assist a user in hearing, the hearing device including a first user interface; and
a computing device communicatively coupled to the hearing device and including a second user interface, the computing device configured to:
provide an option for a user to select, by way of at least one of the first user interface and the second user interface, an ambient sound setting for use by the hearing device during an audio streaming session in which an audio signal is streamed to the hearing device;
detect a selection by the user of the option; and
direct, based on the user selecting the option, the hearing device to initiate the audio streaming session and attenuate, in accordance with the ambient sound attenuation setting, ambient sound during the audio streaming session,

wherein:
the hearing device is included as part of a binaural hearing system in which the hearing device is associated with a first ear of the user and an additional hearing device is associated with a second ear of the user; and
the directing of the hearing device to attenuate the ambient sound during the audio streaming session includes directing an active vent of the hearing device to close and directing an active vent of the additional hearing device to remain open during the audio streaming session.