Patent ID: 8130989

Claim:
A method for determining an amplification of a hearing device with respect to an individual hearing device wearer, comprising: calculating via adjusting software on a computing device a target amplification for the individual hearing device wearer based on the individual wearer's hearing loss; receiving via the computing device a gender data of the individual hearing device wearer; prior to individual adjustment of the hearing device based on a subjective sensitivity of the hearing device wearer, further adjusting the target amplification for sensitivity via the computing device by calculating a gender-specific target amplification based on gender-specific auditory sensitivity data for the gender data of the individual hearing device wearer, wherein the gender-specific auditory sensitivity data comprises different amplification levels for a plurality of level ranges as a function of gender; and transmitting the gender-specific target amplification to the hearing device, thereby improving acceptance by the hearing device wearer based on the target amplification for sensitivity.