Patent ID: 8379871

Claim:
A method for generating a personalized hearing profile, the method comprising: providing, on a first device including a user interface, a frame of reference including a field having an area in the user interface that includes a movable visual indicator which can point to a current location within the field; storing a data structure mapping locations in the field to sound profile data; in response to user interaction with the user interface causing movement of the visual indicator within the field while a sound is played, determining using the mapping data structure, certain sound profile data associated with the current location; changing the sound to provide real time feedback to the user in response to the movement of the visual indicator, by transmitting to a receiving device a chosen one of: certain sound profile data, whereby the receiving device is capable of generating sound through a speaker based upon the certain sound profile data to provide real-time feedback to the user; or audio stream data generated using (1) an audio stream, and (2) the certain sound profile data, whereby the receiving device is capable of generating sound through a speaker based upon the audio stream data to provide real-time feedback to the user; repeating the determining and sound changing steps until detection of an end event; and storing the certain sound profile data associated with the currently chosen location upon detection of the end event.