Patent ID: 9138178
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61B,H04R

Abstract:
1. A system for enhancing an individual's hearing experience comprising: a component for capturing and storing audio hearing characteristics of the individual; a component for analyzing the individual's audio hearing characteristics and tinnitus characteristics of the individual to generate an individualized audiological profile; a component for applying said individualized audiological profile to provide an enhanced audio signal to the individual; a component for generating an environment profile for use to adapt the enhanced audio signal to the ambient sound environment and a component for performing a tinnitus test, the tinnitus characteristics of the individual including results of a tinnitus test performed on the individual by said tinnitus test component, the results including a tinnitus location, a tinnitus pitch, a tinnitus type selected from tonal tinnitus and tinnitus perceived as noise, a minimum loudness level audible to the individual at the identified tinnitus pitch, a sensation level of the individual's tinnitus, and a tinnitus uncomfortable loudness level of a narrow band of noise at the identified tinnitus pitch.