Patent ID: 11924374
Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A mobile device including an executable application supporting access to and adjustment of a patient's hearing aid, the mobile device comprising:
a processor and memory storing a mobile application, the mobile application configured for:
connecting to a cloud-based platform and to the patient's hearing aid;
communicating adjustable settings for the patient's hearing aid to the cloud-based platform;
transmitting, through a connection from a microphone cooperatively coupled with the mobile device, environmental sounds of a normal life environment;
receiving from the cloud-based platform, a changed setting for at least one of the adjustable settings, the changed setting being stored in the cloud-based platform; and
communicating one or more changed settings, to the patient's hearing aid for storage of the changed setting by the patient's hearing aid, thereby enabling access to and adjustment of the patient's hearing aid, wherein
the mobile application is further configured for providing access by a hearing professional's mobile device or computer to the adjustable settings via the cloud-based platform, and
the mobile device is configured to receive, from the cloud-based platform, a request for a session with the hearing professional, the request for the session being initiated by the hearing professional's mobile device or computer.