Patent ID: 11917372
Assignee: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A system, comprising:
a hearing device including a microphone and a receiver, the hearing device configured to:
produce a receiver signal through the receiver of the hearing device, or a physical extension of the receiver, placed inside an ear canal of a user; and

one or more processors programmed to:
receive a microphone signal, in response to the receiver signal, from the microphone placed outside the ear canal;
compute a reliability signal of the microphone signal based on the receiver signal and the microphone signal;
compute a feedback-path signal based on the receiver signal and the microphone signal;
compute a spectral representation signal of the feedback-path signal;
compute a real-ear response signal using a mathematical combination of the spectral-representation signal and the reliability signal; and
modify an operational characteristic of the hearing device, or make a recommendation for a modification of a physical characteristic or operational characteristic of the hearing device, using the computed real-ear response signal.