Patent ID: 8774432
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A method for adjusting a hearing device to suit a hearing device wearer, the method which comprises: providing a single perceptive model individualized by way of hearing loss data mapping a hearing loss of the hearing device wearer; selecting a hearing device with the aid of original data for several hearing devices in respect of data relating to the hearing loss of the hearing device wearer; and presetting the selected hearing device with a target amplification curve; and effecting a fine adjustment of a setting of the preset hearing device based on data from a wear test that the hearing device wearer has captured by way of data logging of individual acoustic situations in a personal sound environment of the hearing device wearer; and thereby carrying out at least one of the steps of selecting, presetting, and effecting the fine adjustment by way of the single perceptive model; the perceptive model returning a variable selected from the group consisting of loudness, sharpness of sound, harshness, pleasantness, and listening effort as a psychoacoustic variable, and one or more of the steps of selecting, presetting, and effecting the fine adjustment being carried out using the psychoacoustic variable.