Patent ID: 9173043
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A method for fitting a hearing aid to the needs of a hearing aid user comprising the steps of recording the audiogram of the hearing aid user, selecting a fitting setting and implementing the setting in the hearing aid, using the hearing aid by the hearing aid user for a period of time, logging data representing information on the sound environment in which the hearing aid is being used, said data being logged in a memory in the hearing aid, providing a computer-based questionnaire on a first computer, said questionnaire comprising a number of questions directed to the hearing aid users subjective experience with using said hearing aid fitted to the specific hearing loss of the hearing aid user, where each of said questions are to be answered by an indication on a predefined scale, requesting the hearing aid user to fill out said questionnaire, uploading questionnaire data representing the filled out questionnaire to an internet server, downloading said questionnaire data from said internet server to a second computer, transferring said logged data to said second computer, correlating said downloaded questionnaire data with said logged data, wherein data logged in a specific sound environment are compared with questionnaire data corresponding to that specific sound environment, selecting a new hearing aid setting, and implementing the new hearing aid setting into the hearing aid.