Patent ID: 7006646

Claim:
A fitting system for in situ fitting at least one hearing device to the auditory needs of an individual with said hearing device applied comprising: a fitting calculator unit with an input and with a setting signal output being linkable to a setting input of a hearing device applied to said individual; and a rating unit with an output and generating at said output an output signal as a response of said individual's appraisal of an auditory stimulus; a bidirectional interface unit having an input linked to the output of the rating unit, an output being linkable to the setting input of the hearing device, and an input/output being linkable to both the input and the setting signal output of the fitting calculator unit; said bidirectional interface unit exclusively providing for transfer of information contained in a signal at the output of the rating unit to the input of the fitting calculator; said bidirectional interface unit exclusively providing for transfer of information contained in a setting signal at the setting signal output of the fitting calculator unit to the setting input of the hearing device; said fitting calculator generating setting signals for said hearing device as a function of said output signal of said rating unit.