Patent ID: 11877124
Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 16:
17. An audio system, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
use audio signals of an individual user's speech and a neural network to generate a customized hearing profile for the individual user, wherein the customized hearing profile indicates an ability of the user to hear different audio frequencies or phonemes;
obtain a plurality of hearing profiles of other users of a population of users;
obtain a ranking of the customized hearing profile and the plurality of hearing profiles of the other users to identify one or more users of the population that suffer from hearing difficulty;
provide an indication to the individual user if the individual user is one of the users of the population that has hearing difficulty; and
adjust an audio output of a sound producing device using the customized hearing profile if the individual user has the hearing difficulty.