Patent ID: 9473862
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04R

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a hearing aid, which is adapted to the individual needs of a hearing aid user, the method comprising: assessing the admissibility of previously measured hearing loss for the hearing aid user by determining if measured hearing loss data is located within a predetermined admissibility range and stopping the method in case of an entire or fractional mismatch; if the measured hearing loss data is located within the predetermined admissibility range, converting the measured hearing loss data into a hearing loss profile by extracting a number of data points that are associated with a predetermined number of data points of each of a set of standardized profiles; attributing said hearing loss profile to one of the set of standardized profiles, wherein each standardized profile includes a set of data points corresponding to a certain type of hearing loss generally located within said admissibility range and is associated with a set of standardized programming parameters of a hearing aid; and providing a hearing aid which is programmed according to the set of standardized programming parameters that is associated with said attributed standardized profile.