Patent ID: 7715576
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A hearing aid system comprising a hearing aid and a control device removed from the hearing aid and linked to the hearing aid by a communications interface for autonomously controlling the hearing aid, the hearing aid comprising: the control device comprising: the control device being operable in a first mode to perform an audiometric process in cooperation with the hearing aid to adapt the hearing aid to the hearing loss of a specific user; and the control device being adapted to utilise feedback provided by the user relating to acoustic test signals output by the hearing aid as part of the audiometric process; and the control device being operable in a second mode to be responsive to the acoustic environment data transmitted thereto to derive the optimal algorithm based upon the data and to transmit the optimal algorithm to the hearing aid; wherein the hearing aid is adapted to receive the optimal algorithm transmitted thereto by the control device and to perform said processing using the received optimal algorithm as the predetermined algorithm.