Patent ID: 8787603
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a hearing device ( 1 ) in a way that lets a hearing device user ( 10 ) acclimatize to said hearing device ( 1 ), said hearing device ( 1 ) comprising: a signal processing unit ( a user control ( a non-volatile memory ( said method comprising the steps of: a) writing a value indicative of a target power-on value (tPOV) for said audio processing parameter (APP) to said non-volatile memory ( b) waiting until said hearing device user ( c) setting said audio processing parameter (APP) to a power-on value (POV), said power-on value (POV) being either stored in said non-volatile memory ( d) allowing said hearing device user ( e) executing an acclimatization algorithm simultaneously with step d), after step d) and/or before step c), said acclimatization algorithm being designed to approximate said power-on value (POV) to said target power-on value (tPOV) after at least a week, said acclimatization algorithm determining a replacement power-on value (rPOV) for said power-on value (POV) taking into account which setting or settings for said audio processing parameter (APP) has or have been set by said hearing device user ( f) repeating steps b) to e) until an acclimatization phase termination condition is fulfilled, wherein said acclimatization algorithm is a biased user preference learning algorithm, said biased user preference learning algorithm being derived from an unbiased user preference learning algorithm which is designed to determine a setting statistically preferred by said hearing device user (