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

Claim 16:
17. A hearing device configured to assist a user in hearing, the hearing device including a user interface, the hearing device configured to:
provide an option for a user to select, by way of the 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;
initiate, based on the user selecting the option, the audio streaming session and attenuate, in accordance with the ambient sound attenuation setting, ambient sound during the audio streaming session;
provide an additional option for the user to select an additional ambient sound attenuation setting for use by the hearing device during the audio streaming session;
detect a selection by the user of the additional option; and
direct, based on the user selecting the additional option, the hearing device to attenuate the ambient sound during the audio streaming session in accordance with the additional ambient sound attenuation setting instead of the ambient sound attenuation setting.