Patent ID: 11889273
Assignee: NUHEARA IP PTY LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H  G | IPC A  H

Claim 15:
16. 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 the hearing assessment includes prompting the person to identify a left or right ear that is considered by the person to provide better hearing, and implementing the hearing assessment on the selected ear first.