Patent ID: 9107016
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A handheld device for interactively fitting a programmable hearing device, the handheld device comprising: an audio signal generator configured to deliver test audio input signals corresponding to sound segments at predetermined suprathreshold loudness levels to a non-acoustic audio input of the programmable hearing device in-situ; and a programming interface configured to deliver a programming signal to the programmable hearing device in-situ and to program fitting parameters of the programming hearing device in-situ, wherein the programmable hearing device is configured to deliver an acoustic output representative of the test audio input signals and according to the fitting parameters, and wherein the handheld device is configured to deliver the programming signal interactively to adjust plurality of the fitting parameters according to a perceptual assessment of a consumer listening to the acoustic output of the programmable hearing device in-situ, wherein the adjustments comprise a first adjustment made to one or more fitting parameters corresponding to a relatively loud level sound and a second adjustment made to one or more fitting parameters corresponding to a relatively soft level sound.