Patent ID: 9167366
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a first audiogram for a first hearing assistance device for a wearer; receiving a second audiogram for a second hearing assistance device for the wearer; comparing the first audiogram and the second audiogram to audiometric thresholds; enabling frequency translation in the first and second hearing assistance devices if the first audiogram and the second audiogram meet or exceed the audiometric thresholds; disabling frequency translation in the first and second hearing assistance devices if the first audiogram or the second audiogram do not meet or exceed the audiometric thresholds; if frequency translation is enabled, setting parameters for frequency translation based on the first and second audiograms; and, estimating a corner frequency for each of the first and second audiograms as the lowest frequency at which the slope of the audiogram exceeds 20 dB per octave and computing frequency translation parameters such that a peak found at 2500 Hz is translated to the corner frequency.