Patent ID: 8243938

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a hearing device fitted to an individual, comprising: registering characteristics of the individual for whom the hearing device is to be manufactured; inputing data identifying said characteristics to a machine; automatically evaluating, dependent from said data input, a personality profile; automatically selecting, in dependency of said personality profile, characteristics of a hearing device to be manufactured for said individual; and manufacturing a hearing device based on said characteristics as automatically selected, the method further comprising: encoding said registered characteristics to generate said data in dependency of which said personality profile is automatically evaluated; grouping by said machine said data inputted to form a personality vector of said individual; storing a multitude of personality vectors and comparing said personality vector of said individual with said personality vectors as stored; determining by said comparing at least one of said personality vectors stored which is most similar to said personality vector of said individual; and assigning to each of said personality vectors stored a fitting vector and manufacturing said hearing device based on the fitting vector assigned to said most similar personality vector.