Patent ID: 7027606

Claim:
An apparatus ( 100 ) to aid rehabilitation of hearing deficiencies comprising an electronic apparatus (AE) which has a port ( 101 ) for connection to a hearing aid adapter (AP) for programming and calibration of hearing aids or auditory prostheses (PA), said electronic apparatus comprising: a central processing unit (UC), a user interface (IU)) for sending control signals imparted by the user to said central unit (UC), a display unit (UV) and at least one sound module (MS) respectively for displaying and listening to multimedia filmed recordings, and a memory unit (UM) for storage of data, multimedia files and software programs; said memory unit comprising: a multimedia database (DBM) comprising a plurality of multimedia filmed recordings depicting real-life situations that can be reproduced by means of the display unit (UV) and the sound modules (MS); a patient database (DBP) comprising data representing the patient's personal data and auditory status, at least one hearing aid programming module (MPPA) provided by the hearing aid manufacturers, and an expert system (SE) able to process the data representing the patient's auditory status contained in the patient database (DBP) in order to suggest the choice of a hearing aid (PA) and to programme and calibrate a hearing aid (PA).