EP2172062A1 - Method for adapting a hearing device using a perceptive model - Google Patents

Method for adapting a hearing device using a perceptive model

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EP2172062A1
EP2172062A1 EP08774916A EP08774916A EP2172062A1 EP 2172062 A1 EP2172062 A1 EP 2172062A1 EP 08774916 A EP08774916 A EP 08774916A EP 08774916 A EP08774916 A EP 08774916A EP 2172062 A1 EP2172062 A1 EP 2172062A1
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Matthias Fröhlich
Matthias Latzel
Henning Puder
Andre Steinbuss
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
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  • the present invention relates to a method for adapting a hearing device to a hearing aid wearer by selecting a hearing aid based on a comparison of the technical data of a plurality of hearing aids with hearing loss data of the hearing aid wearer, presetting the selected hearing aid with one
  • Goal gain curve and fine-tuning a preset hearing aid setting Goal gain curve and fine-tuning a preset hearing aid setting.
  • Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE), hearing aid with external receiver (RIC: receiver in the canal) and in-the-ear hearing aids (ITE), e.g. Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (ITE, CIC).
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • RIC hearing aid with external receiver
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually a sound receiver, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit. This basic structure is shown in FIG. 1 using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing device.
  • a hearing aid housing 1 for carrying behind the ear are one or more microphones 2 to Built-in sound recording from the environment.
  • a signal processing unit 3 which is also integrated in the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them.
  • the output signal of the signal processing unit 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or earpiece 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier.
  • the power supply of the hearing device and in particular of the signal processing unit 3 is effected by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
  • the hearing aid selection, pre-setting and fine-tuning by the acoustician using a fitting software aims to meet the individual needs of the hearing impaired in terms of speech understanding and sound quality. This requires a great deal of acoustician experience, but with increasing complexity of the hearing instruments and short product cycles, it is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve so that the risk of inadequate care is growing.
  • the fitting software often provides assistance, which should help the inexperienced acoustician in particular to make the appropriate adaptation steps. For example, in hearing aid selection, the audiological degree of
  • Document US 2002/0111745 A1 discloses a portable hearing aid system.
  • parameters of a hearing response can be obtained by audiometer.
  • a response prediction is used to perform a basic setting of a hearing aid.
  • document EP 0 661 905 A2 describes a method for adapting a hearing device and a corresponding hearing device.
  • a perceptive model is used to gain a psycho-acoustic size, in particular loudness, on the one hand for a norm group of persons and on the other hand for a single individual.
  • setting data are determined, with which the signal transmission to a hearing device is designed or adjusted ex situ or conducted in situ.
  • this object is achieved by a method for adapting a hearing device to a hearing device wearer by selecting a hearing aid based on output data of several hearing aids with regard to hearing loss data of the hearing aid wearer and one or both of the following steps: presetting the selected hearing aid with a target gain curve and fine-tuning a hearing aid Adjustment of the pre-set hearing aid, whereby at least one of the steps of selection, presetting and fine-tuning takes place with the aid of a single perceptive model, which is individualized by hearing loss data reflecting the hearing loss of the hearing aid wearer.
  • the perceptive model preferably supplies the loudness, the tonal sharpness, the roughness, the pleasantness, the hearing effort and / or the speech intelligibility as a psychoacoustic quantity. so that the selection, presetting and / or fine-tuning takes place on the basis of this psychoacoustic variable (s). From the perceptive model, however, other psycho-acoustic parameters can also be supplied and used for adaptation.
  • a predetermined sound is supplied to a simulation model of the hearing device having a plurality of target gain curves, the resulting simulation data are fed to the perceptive model, and a target gain curve is determined from the perceptive model by means of psychoacoustic data.
  • the perceptive model may obtain a plurality of psychoacoustic quantities, individually weight the psychoacoustic quantities, and use the weighted psychoacoustic quantities for selection, presetting, and / or fine tuning.
  • a multi-dimensional parameterization can be carried out very effectively based on sensation variables.
  • FIG. 1 shows the basic structure of a hearing aid according to the prior art
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow chart for selecting and presetting a hearing aid
  • the use of a perceptive model according to the invention provides in the various steps of the hearing aid adaptation a significant increase in the quality of the measures proposed by the fitting software.
  • the model provides predictions of important psychoacoustic properties for a given stimulus, such as: B loudness, sharpness of sound, roughness, pleasantness, hearing effort, subjective speech intelligibility etc.
  • the hearing aid fitting can be roughly divided into three steps: the hearing aid selection, the hearing aid presetting and optionally the hearing aid fine adjustment. The first two steps are indicated in FIG. 2 and the third step in FIG. 3.
  • the data for preselecting can already be made available to the software in the form of a database, so that no computer-intensive online calculation of the hearing aid model and of the subsequent perceptive model must be carried out by the acoustician.
  • the model is changed in order to select the optimal target gain curve, as is also indicated in FIG.
  • suitable sounds S2 are processed with the hearing aid model, ie, the various target gain curves Z1, Z2, Z3, etc., and the output signals are supplied to the perceptual model PM.
  • the A-caretaker can then make a choice W on the basis of the results and thus select a suitable target gain Z or create it from the target gain curves. That is, an individually appropriate strategy is selected, depending on whether the hearing impaired z.
  • B. sets a higher value to a balanced sound, or whether he is primarily interested in improving speech intelligibility.
  • the results for different sounds for representative hearing loss could already be stored as a database, so that no computationally intensive online calculation must be made in order to make the choice W can.
  • the individual hearing loss would be associated with the closest representative hearing loss. That is, the perceptual model is parameterized based on representative hearing loss or multiple representative hearing loss. In either case, the selected target gain curve Z is then used for the selected hearing aid HG.
  • the perceptive model PM according to FIG. 3 can be used in order to carry out the suitable fine adjustment steps, in particular in the case of adaptive algorithms AL, which are difficult to optimize in the laboratory situation. Specifically, therefore, a sound S3 is processed by the adaptive algorithm and fed to the perceptual model PM.
  • the algorithm AL is parameterized by means of a psychoacoustic value supplied by the perceptual model.
  • the perceptive model can be implemented in the hearing aid HG itself or run outside the hearing aid on a computer as a perceptual model PM '.
  • the acoustician can modify the parameters based on the statements of the hearing impaired (which perceptive dimension is to be optimized, or which problem is to be solved) and, based on the model simulation, immediately check whether the desired result arrives.
  • Datalogging can be fed to the perceptual model and model of the device for fine-tuning, and the software can then independently optimizing that a maximum in one dimension, e.g. As loudness is achieved. If there is no absolute maximum, the result could also lie in several settings, which the hearing-impaired then themselves assessed for fitness. In this case too, it is conceivable to carry out the complex calculation in the fitting software in advance by means of representative sounds and to fill the fitting software itself with a database of problem situations and suitable solution proposals.
  • psychoacoustic i. perceptive characteristics in the different steps of the hearing aid adaptation are provided by the fitting software.
  • the perceptual model allows for individual weighting of each of the various psychoacoustic dimensions, i. whether individual, for example, the subjective understanding of speech is in the foreground or rather the sound quality.

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Abstract

The intention is to make the adaptation of hearing devices more convenient and more accurate. To this end, a method for adapting a hearing device to a hearing device support is provided, in which a hearing device (HG) is selected on the basis of initial data of several hearing devices with respect to the data relating to hearing loss of the hearing device support. The selected hearing device is preset using a target reinforcement curve (Z) and, optionally, a setting of the preset hearing device is finely adjusted. At least one of the mentioned steps of selecting and presetting as well as, optionally, the step of fine adjustment is carried out by means of a single perceptive model (PM) which individualizes the hearing loss data projected by the hearing loss of the hearing device support.

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Verfahren zum Anpassen eines Hörgeräts mit Hilfe eines per- zeptiven ModellsMethod for adapting a hearing aid with the aid of a perceptive model
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Anpassen eines Hörgeräts an einen Hörgeräteträger durch Auswählen eines Hörgeräts anhand eines Vergleichs der technischen Daten von mehreren Hörgeräten mit Hörverlustdaten des Hörgeräteträ- gers, Voreinstellen des ausgewählten Hörgeräts mit einerThe present invention relates to a method for adapting a hearing device to a hearing aid wearer by selecting a hearing aid based on a comparison of the technical data of a plurality of hearing aids with hearing loss data of the hearing aid wearer, presetting the selected hearing aid with one
Zielverstärkungskurve und Feinanpassen einer Einstellung des voreingestellten Hörgeräts.Goal gain curve and fine-tuning a preset hearing aid setting.
Hörgeräte sind tragbare Hörvorrichtungen, die zur Versorgung von Schwerhörenden dienen. Um den zahlreichen individuellen Bedürfnissen entgegenzukommen, werden unterschiedliche Bauformen von Hörgeräten wie Hinter-dem-Ohr-Hörgeräte (HdO) , Hörgerät mit externem Hörer (RIC: receiver in the canal) und In-dem-Ohr-Hörgeräte (IdO), z.B. auch Concha-Hörgeräte oder Kanal-Hörgeräte (ITE, CIC), bereitgestellt. Die beispielhaft aufgeführten Hörgeräte werden am Außenohr oder im Gehörgang getragen. Darüber hinaus stehen auf dem Markt aber auch Knochenleitungshörhilfen, implantierbare oder vibrotaktile Hörhilfen zur Verfügung. Dabei erfolgt die Stimulation des ge- schädigten Gehörs entweder mechanisch oder elektrisch.Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired. In order to meet the numerous individual needs, different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE), hearing aid with external receiver (RIC: receiver in the canal) and in-the-ear hearing aids (ITE), e.g. Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (ITE, CIC). The hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal. In addition, bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
Hörgeräte besitzen prinzipiell als wesentliche Komponenten einen Eingangswandler, einen Verstärker und einen Ausgangswandler. Der Eingangswandler ist in der Regel ein Schallemp- fänger, z. B. ein Mikrofon, und/oder ein elektromagnetischer Empfänger, z. B. eine Induktionsspule. Der Ausgangswandler ist meist als elektroakustischer Wandler, z. B. Miniaturlautsprecher, oder als elektromechanischer Wandler, z. B. Knochenleitungshörer, realisiert. Der Verstärker ist üblicher- weise in eine Signalverarbeitungseinheit integriert. Dieser prinzipielle Aufbau ist in FIG 1 am Beispiel eines Hinter- dem-Ohr-Hörgeräts dargestellt. In ein Hörgerätegehäuse 1 zum Tragen hinter dem Ohr sind ein oder mehrere Mikrofone 2 zur Aufnahme des Schalls aus der Umgebung eingebaut. Eine Signalverarbeitungseinheit 3, die ebenfalls in das Hörgerätegehäuse 1 integriert ist, verarbeitet die Mikrofonsignale und verstärkt sie. Das Ausgangssignal der Signalverarbeitungseinheit 3 wird an einen Lautsprecher bzw. Hörer 4 übertragen, der ein akustisches Signal ausgibt. Der Schall wird gegebenenfalls über einen Schallschlauch, der mit einer Otoplastik im Gehörgang fixiert ist, zum Trommelfell des Geräteträgers übertragen. Die Stromversorgung des Hörgeräts und insbesondere die der Signalverarbeitungseinheit 3 erfolgt durch eine ebenfalls ins Hörgerätegehäuse 1 integrierte Batterie 5.Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer. The input transducer is usually a sound receiver, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil. The output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized. The amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit. This basic structure is shown in FIG. 1 using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing device. In a hearing aid housing 1 for carrying behind the ear are one or more microphones 2 to Built-in sound recording from the environment. A signal processing unit 3, which is also integrated in the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them. The output signal of the signal processing unit 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or earpiece 4, which outputs an acoustic signal. The sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier. The power supply of the hearing device and in particular of the signal processing unit 3 is effected by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
Die Hörgeräteauswahl, -Voreinstellung und -feinanpassung durch den Akustiker unter Verwendung einer Anpass-Software dient dem Ziel, den individuellen Bedürfnissen des Schwerhörenden hinsichtlich Sprachverstehen und Klangqualität gerecht zu werden. Dies setzt eine große Erfahrung des Akustikers voraus, die jedoch mit zunehmender Komplexität der Hörsysteme und kurzen Produktzyklen immer schwieriger zu erreichen ist, so dass die Gefahr einer mangelhaften Versorgung wächst.The hearing aid selection, pre-setting and fine-tuning by the acoustician using a fitting software aims to meet the individual needs of the hearing impaired in terms of speech understanding and sound quality. This requires a great deal of acoustician experience, but with increasing complexity of the hearing instruments and short product cycles, it is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve so that the risk of inadequate care is growing.
Die Anpass-Software gibt häufig Hilfestellungen, die insbesondere dem unerfahrenen Akustiker helfen sollen, die geeigneten Anpassschritte vorzunehmen. So wird beispielsweise bei der Hörgeräteauswahl der audiologische Passgrad („Matching-The fitting software often provides assistance, which should help the inexperienced acoustician in particular to make the appropriate adaptation steps. For example, in hearing aid selection, the audiological degree of
Level") eines Hörgeräts hinsichtlich des vorliegenden Hörver- lusts angezeigt, oder es wird eine grobe Vorauswahl der geeigneten Anpassstrategien durch die Software vorgenommen. Diese Vorauswahl basiert jedoch häufig auf technischen Eigen- Schäften der Hörgeräte und ist nicht speziell ausgerichtet auf den potentiellen psychoakustischen Nutzen des Hörgeräts.Level ") of a hearing aid is displayed with respect to the present hearing loss, or a rough pre-selection of suitable adaptation strategies by the software is made, but this pre-selection is often based on technical characteristics of the hearing aids and is not specifically geared to the potential psychoacoustic benefit of the hearing aid hearing aid.
Die Druckschrift US 2002/0111745 Al offenbart ein tragbares Höranalysesystem. Dabei können Parameter einer Hörantwort durch Audiometer gewonnen werden. Eine Antwortvorhersage wird benutzt, um eine Grundeinstellung eines Hörgeräts durchzuführen . Des Weiteren beschreibt die Druckschrift EP 0 661 905 A2 ein Verfahren zur Anpassung eines Hörgeräts und ein entsprechendes Hörgerät. Mit einem perzeptiven Modell wird eine psycho- akustische Größe, insbesondere die Lautheit, einerseits für eine Norm-Personengruppe und andererseits für ein einzelnes Individuum gewonnen. Auf der Grundlage der Differenz der beiden psychoakustischen Größen werden Stellangaben ermittelt, womit die Signalübertragung an einem Hörgerät ex situ konzipiert oder eingestellt wird bzw. in situ geführt wird.Document US 2002/0111745 A1 discloses a portable hearing aid system. In this case, parameters of a hearing response can be obtained by audiometer. A response prediction is used to perform a basic setting of a hearing aid. Furthermore, document EP 0 661 905 A2 describes a method for adapting a hearing device and a corresponding hearing device. A perceptive model is used to gain a psycho-acoustic size, in particular loudness, on the one hand for a norm group of persons and on the other hand for a single individual. On the basis of the difference between the two psychoacoustic variables, setting data are determined, with which the signal transmission to a hearing device is designed or adjusted ex situ or conducted in situ.
Die Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht darin, das Anpassen eines Hörgeräts an einen Hörgeräteträger zu vereinfachen und zu verbessern, so dass eine bessere Versorgung gewährleistet werden kann.The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the fitting of a hearing device to a hearing aid wearer, so that a better care can be ensured.
Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe gelöst durch ein Verfahren zum Anpassen eines Hörgeräts an einen Hörgeräteträger durch Auswählen eines Hörgeräts anhand von Ausgangsdaten mehrerer Hörgeräte im Hinblick auf Hörverlustdaten des Hörgeräteträ- gers und einen oder beide der folgenden Schritte: Voreinstellen des ausgewählten Hörgeräts mit einer Zielverstärkungskurve und Feinanpassen einer Einstellung des voreingestellten Hörgeräts, wobei mindestens einer der Schritte Auswählen, Voreinstellen und Feinanpassen mit Hilfe eines einzigen per- zeptiven Modells erfolgt, das durch den Hörverlust des Hörgeräteträgers abbildende Hörverlustdaten individualisiert ist.According to the invention, this object is achieved by a method for adapting a hearing device to a hearing device wearer by selecting a hearing aid based on output data of several hearing aids with regard to hearing loss data of the hearing aid wearer and one or both of the following steps: presetting the selected hearing aid with a target gain curve and fine-tuning a hearing aid Adjustment of the pre-set hearing aid, whereby at least one of the steps of selection, presetting and fine-tuning takes place with the aid of a single perceptive model, which is individualized by hearing loss data reflecting the hearing loss of the hearing aid wearer.
In vorteilhafter Weise werden somit auch Empfindungsgrößen bei der Anpassung des Hörgeräts ohne hohen Rechenaufwand be- rücksichtigt. Auf diese Weise kann das Hörgerät also bereits vorab in Abhängigkeit von der individuellen Wahrnehmung ausgewählt und voreingestellt werden. Auch bei der Feinanpassung können die individuellen psychoakustischen Größen berücksichtigt werden, so dass die Anpassqualität steigt.Thus, sensation variables are also advantageously taken into account in the adaptation of the hearing device without high computational effort. In this way, the hearing aid can thus already be selected and preset in advance depending on the individual perception. Even with the fine adjustment, the individual psychoacoustic variables can be taken into account, so that the quality of fitting increases.
Vorzugsweise liefert das perzeptive Modell als psychoakusti- sche Größe die Lautheit, die Klangschärfe, die Rauhigkeit, die Angenehmheit, den Höraufwand und/oder die Sprachverständ- lichkeit, so dass das Auswählen, Voreinstellen und/oder Feinanpassen anhand dieser psychoakustischen Größe (n) erfolgt. Von dem perzeptiven Modell können aber auch andere psycho- akustische Größen geliefert und für die Anpassung verwendet werden.The perceptive model preferably supplies the loudness, the tonal sharpness, the roughness, the pleasantness, the hearing effort and / or the speech intelligibility as a psychoacoustic quantity. so that the selection, presetting and / or fine-tuning takes place on the basis of this psychoacoustic variable (s). From the perceptive model, however, other psycho-acoustic parameters can also be supplied and used for adaptation.
Zum Auswählen des Hörgeräts ist es vorteilhaft, wenn ein vorgegebener Schall jeweils einem Simulationsmodell der zur Auswahl stehenden Hörgeräte zugeführt wird, die daraus resultie- renden Simulationsdaten dem perzeptiven Modell eingegeben werden und die Auswahl des Hörgeräts anhand der gewonnenen psychoakustischen Daten von dem perzeptiven Modell erfolgt. Somit ist es möglich, bereits in der Anfangsphase den Hörgeschädigten bei der Auswahl des Hörgeräts zu entlasten.For selecting the hearing device, it is advantageous if a given sound is in each case supplied to a simulation model of the hearing aids to be selected, the resulting simulation data is input to the perceptive model and the selection of the hearing aid is based on the acquired psychoacoustic data from the perceptive model. Thus, it is possible to relieve the hearing impaired in the selection of the hearing aid in the initial phase.
Weiterhin ist es von Vorteil, wenn zum Voreinstellen eines ausgewählten Hörgeräts ein vorgegebener Schall einem Simulationsmodell des Hörgeräts mit mehreren Zielverstärkungskurven zugeführt wird, die resultierenden Simulationsdaten dem per- zeptiven Modell zugeleitet werden und anhand von psychoakustischen Daten von dem perzeptiven Modell eine Zielverstärkungskurve festgelegt wird. Damit kann bereits bei dem ersten individuellen Einstellen (first fit) des Hörgeräts eine verhältnismäßig gute Anpassung erfolgen, so dass der Hörgeräte- träger bereits beim ersten Tragen einen positiveren Gesamteindruck von dem neuen Hörgerät erhält.Furthermore, it is advantageous if, for presetting a selected hearing device, a predetermined sound is supplied to a simulation model of the hearing device having a plurality of target gain curves, the resulting simulation data are fed to the perceptive model, and a target gain curve is determined from the perceptive model by means of psychoacoustic data. Thus, a relatively good adaptation can already take place during the first individual setting (first fit) of the hearing device so that the hearing aid wearer already receives a more positive overall impression of the new hearing device when first worn.
Auch zum Feinanpassen kann ein adaptiver Algorithmus der Signalverarbeitung des Hörgeräts anhand von psychoakustischen Daten von dem pezeptiven Modell eingestellt werden. Da das Feinanpassen üblicherweise in mehreren Iterationen erfolgt, können durch das perzeptive Modell dem Hörgeräteträger mehrere Gänge zum Akustiker erspart werden.Also, for fine tuning, an adaptive algorithm of the signal processing of the hearing aid can be adjusted based on psychoacoustic data from the pacemaker model. Since the fine adjustment usually takes place in a number of iterations, the perceptive model can save the hearing aid wearer several courses to the acoustician.
Besonders günstig ist es, wenn das Feinanpassen zusätzlich auf der Grundlage von Daten erfolgt, die der Hörgeräteträger mittels Datalogging bzw. Aufnahmen individueller akustischer Situationen erfasst hat. Damit lässt sich eine sehr individuelle Anpassung an die persönliche Schallumgebung erreichen.It is particularly favorable if the fine adjustment additionally takes place on the basis of data which the hearing device wearer uses by means of data logging or recordings of individual acoustic signals Has recorded situations. This allows a very individual adaptation to the personal sound environment.
Entsprechend einer weiteren Ausführungsform können durch das perzeptive Modell mehrere psychoakustische Größen gewonnen, die psychoakustischen Größen individuell gewichtet und die gewichteten psychoakustischen Größen für das Auswählen, Voreinstellen und/oder Feinanpassen verwendet werden. Somit lässt sich eine mehrdimensionale Parametrierung anhand von Empfindungsgrößen sehr wirkungsvoll durchführen.According to another embodiment, the perceptive model may obtain a plurality of psychoacoustic quantities, individually weight the psychoacoustic quantities, and use the weighted psychoacoustic quantities for selection, presetting, and / or fine tuning. Thus, a multi-dimensional parameterization can be carried out very effectively based on sensation variables.
Die vorliegende Erfindung ist anhand der beigefügten Zeichnungen näher erläutert, in denen zeigen:The present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG 1 den prinzipiellen Aufbau eines Hörgeräts gemäß dem Stand der Technik;1 shows the basic structure of a hearing aid according to the prior art;
FIG 2 ein Flussdiagramm zur Auswahl und Voreinstellung eines Hörgeräts und2 shows a flow chart for selecting and presetting a hearing aid and
FIG 3 ein Blockschaltdiagramm zur Feinanpassung eines Hörgeräts .3 shows a block diagram for the fine adjustment of a hearing aid.
Das nachfolgend näher geschilderte Ausführungsbeispiel stellt eine bevorzugte Ausführungsform der vorliegenden Erfindung dar .The embodiment described in more detail below represents a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Der erfindungsgemäße Einsatz eines perzeptiven Modells, das das individuelle Audiogramm bzw. entsprechende andere, den Hörverlust abbildende Daten berücksichtigt, liefert in den verschiedenen Schritten der Hörgeräteanpassung einen deutlichen Qualitätszuwachs der von der Anpass-Software vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen. Das Modell liefert zu einem bestimmten Stimulus Vorhersagen wichtiger psychoakustischer Eigenschaften wie z. B Lautheit, Klangschärfe, Rauhigkeit, Angenehmheit, Höraufwand, subjektive Sprachverständlichkeit etc. Die Hörgeräteanpassung kann grob in drei Schritte gegliedert werden: Die Hörgeräteauswahl, die Hörgerätevoreinstellung und optional die Hörgerätefeinanpassung. Die beiden ersten Schritte sind in FIG 2 angedeutet und der dritte Schritt in FIG 3.The use of a perceptive model according to the invention, which takes into account the individual audiogram or other corresponding data representing the hearing loss, provides in the various steps of the hearing aid adaptation a significant increase in the quality of the measures proposed by the fitting software. The model provides predictions of important psychoacoustic properties for a given stimulus, such as: B loudness, sharpness of sound, roughness, pleasantness, hearing effort, subjective speech intelligibility etc. The hearing aid fitting can be roughly divided into three steps: the hearing aid selection, the hearing aid presetting and optionally the hearing aid fine adjustment. The first two steps are indicated in FIG. 2 and the third step in FIG. 3.
Im Schritt der Hörgeräteauswahl wird gemäß FIG 2 das perzep- tive Modell PM verwendet, indem einer oder mehrere typische Schalle Sl, die der Schwerhörende zusammen mit dem Akustiker auswählt, mit Simulationsmodellen HMl, HM2, HM3 usw. der verschiedenen zur Auswahl stehenden Hörgeräte verarbeitet und dann dem perzeptiven Modell PM zugeführt werden. Auf diese Weise wird je nach algorithmischer Ausstattung bzw. Frequenzgang der verschiedenen Hörgeräte eines oder mehrere Geräte vorselektiert.2, the perceptive model PM is used in the hearing aid selection step by processing one or more typical sounds S1, which the hearing impaired selects together with the acoustician, with simulation models HM1, HM2, HM3, etc. of the various hearing aids available for selection and then supplied to the perceptual model PM. In this way, depending on the algorithmic features or frequency response of the various hearing aids one or more devices is preselected.
Entsprechend einer anderen Ausführungsform können die Daten für das Vorselektieren bereits in Form einer Datenbank für die Software zur Verfügung gestellt werden, so dass keine re- chenintensive Online-Berechnung des Hörgerätemodells und des nachfolgenden perzeptiven Modells beim Akustiker vorgenommen werden muss .According to another embodiment, the data for preselecting can already be made available to the software in the form of a database, so that no computer-intensive online calculation of the hearing aid model and of the subsequent perceptive model must be carried out by the acoustician.
In dem zweiten Schritt der Hörgeräteanpassung, nämlich der Hörgerätevoreinstellung, wird das Modell verändert, um die optimale Zielverstärkungskurve auszuwählen, wie dies ebenfalls in FIG 2 angedeutet ist. Zunächst werden geeignete Schalle S2 mit dem Hörgerätemodell, d. h. den verschiedenen Zielverstärkungskurven Zl, Z2, Z3 etc. prozessiert und die Ausgangssignale dem perzeptiven Modell PM zugeführt. Der A- kustiker kann dann auf Basis der Resultate eine Wahl W treffen und so eine geeignete Zielverstärkung Z auswählen bzw. aus den Zielverstärkungskurven erstellen. D.h. es wird eine individuell geeignete Strategie ausgewählt, in Abhängigkeit davon, ob der Schwerhörende z. B. einen höheren Wert auf einen ausgewogenen Klang legt, oder ob er vornehmlich an einer Verbesserung der Sprachverständlichkeit interessiert ist. Bei einer alternativen Ausführungsform könnten wiederum die Ergebnisse für verschiedene Schalle für repräsentative Hörverluste bereits als Datenbank hinterlegt sein, so dass keine rechenintensive Online-Berechnung vorgenommen werden muss, um die Wahl W treffen zu können. In diesem Fall würde der individuelle Hörverlust dem nächstliegenden repräsentativen Hörverlust zugeordnet werden. Das bedeutet, dass das perzeptive Modell auf der Grundlage des repräsentativen Hörverlusts oder mehrerer repräsentativer Hörverluste parametrisiert ist. In jedem Fall wird dann die gewählte Zielverstärkungskurve Z für das ausgewählte Hörgerät HG verwendet.In the second step of the hearing aid adaptation, namely the hearing device presetting, the model is changed in order to select the optimal target gain curve, as is also indicated in FIG. First, suitable sounds S2 are processed with the hearing aid model, ie, the various target gain curves Z1, Z2, Z3, etc., and the output signals are supplied to the perceptual model PM. The A-caretaker can then make a choice W on the basis of the results and thus select a suitable target gain Z or create it from the target gain curves. That is, an individually appropriate strategy is selected, depending on whether the hearing impaired z. B. sets a higher value to a balanced sound, or whether he is primarily interested in improving speech intelligibility. In an alternative embodiment, in turn, the results for different sounds for representative hearing loss could already be stored as a database, so that no computationally intensive online calculation must be made in order to make the choice W can. In this case, the individual hearing loss would be associated with the closest representative hearing loss. That is, the perceptual model is parameterized based on representative hearing loss or multiple representative hearing loss. In either case, the selected target gain curve Z is then used for the selected hearing aid HG.
In dem optionalen Schritt der Hörgerätefeinanpassung kann das perzeptive Modell PM gemäß FIG 3 verwendet werden, um insbe- sondere bei adaptiven Algorithmen AL, die in der Laborsituation nur schwierig zu optimieren sind, die geeigneten Feinan- passungsschritte vorzunehmen. Konkret wird also durch den a- daptiven Algorithmus ein Schall S3 prozessiert und dem per- zeptiven Modell PM zugeführt. Mit Hilfe eines vom perzeptiven Modell gelieferten psychoakustischen Werts wird der Algorithmus AL parametrisiert. Wie in FIG 3 angedeutet ist, kann das perzeptive Modell im Hörgerät HG selbst implementiert sein oder außerhalb des Hörgeräts auf einem Rechner als perzepti- ves Modells PM' laufen. Somit kann der Akustiker auf der Ba- sis der Aussagen des Schwerhörigen (welche perzeptive Dimension zu optimieren ist, bzw. welches Problem zu lösen ist) Parameter modifizieren und anhand der Modellsimulation sofort überprüfen, ob das gewünschte Resultat eintrifft.In the optional step of the hearing aid fine adjustment, the perceptive model PM according to FIG. 3 can be used in order to carry out the suitable fine adjustment steps, in particular in the case of adaptive algorithms AL, which are difficult to optimize in the laboratory situation. Specifically, therefore, a sound S3 is processed by the adaptive algorithm and fed to the perceptual model PM. The algorithm AL is parameterized by means of a psychoacoustic value supplied by the perceptual model. As indicated in FIG. 3, the perceptive model can be implemented in the hearing aid HG itself or run outside the hearing aid on a computer as a perceptual model PM '. Thus, the acoustician can modify the parameters based on the statements of the hearing impaired (which perceptive dimension is to be optimized, or which problem is to be solved) and, based on the model simulation, immediately check whether the desired result arrives.
Zusätzlich können zur weiteren Anpassung bzw. Feinanpassung Informationen aus einem Tragetest, die z.B. mittels Datalog- ging erfasst wurden, unterstützend einfließen. Die Beschreibung der akustischen Situation, z. B. eine Audiodatei oder alternativ technische Größen wie Pegel, SNR-Verhältnisse, Klassenzugehörigkeit etc. (hier ebenfalls als Ergebnis desIn addition, for further adaptation or fine-tuning, information from a wear test, e.g. were recorded by means of data logging. The description of the acoustic situation, z. As an audio file or alternatively technical variables such as level, SNR ratios, class membership, etc. (here also as a result of
„Datalogging" verstanden) kann für die Feinanpassung dem perzeptiven Modell und dem Modell des Geräts zugeführt werden. Die Software kann dann selbstständig die Parameter des Hörge- räts dahingehend optimieren, dass ein Maximum in einer Dimension, z. B. Lautheit, erreicht wird. Sofern kein absolutes Maximum vorliegt, könnte das Ergebnis auch in mehreren Einstellungen liegen, die der Hörgeschädigte anschließend selbst auf Tauglichkeit bewertet. Auch in diesem Fall ist es denkbar, die aufwändige Berechnung in der Anpass-Software im Vorfeld durch repräsentative Schalle durchzuführen und die Anpass-Software selbst mit einer Datenbank von Problemsituationen und geeigneten Lösungsvorschlägen zu füllen."Datalogging") can be fed to the perceptual model and model of the device for fine-tuning, and the software can then independently optimizing that a maximum in one dimension, e.g. As loudness is achieved. If there is no absolute maximum, the result could also lie in several settings, which the hearing-impaired then themselves assessed for fitness. In this case too, it is conceivable to carry out the complex calculation in the fitting software in advance by means of representative sounds and to fill the fitting software itself with a database of problem situations and suitable solution proposals.
Wie oben geschildert, können erfindungsgemäß psychoakusti- sche, d.h. perzeptive Kenngrößen in den unterschiedlichen Schritten der Hörgeräteanpassung durch die Anpass-Software zur Verfügung gestellt werden. In all diesen Schritten er- laubt das perzeptive Modell eine individuelle Gewichtung jeder der verschiedenen psychoakustischen Dimensionen, d.h. ob individuell beispielsweise das subjektive Sprachverstehen im Vordergrund steht oder eher die Klangqualität. As described above, according to the invention psychoacoustic, i. perceptive characteristics in the different steps of the hearing aid adaptation are provided by the fitting software. In all of these steps, the perceptual model allows for individual weighting of each of the various psychoacoustic dimensions, i. whether individual, for example, the subjective understanding of speech is in the foreground or rather the sound quality.

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1. Verfahren zum Anpassen eines Hörgeräts an einen Hörgeräteträger durch - Auswählen eines Hörgeräts (HG) anhand von Ausgangsdaten mehrerer Hörgeräte im Hinblick auf Hörverlustdaten des Hörgeräteträgers, und ■ Voreinstellen des ausgewählten Hörgeräts mit einer1. A method for adapting a hearing aid to a hearing aid wearer by - selecting a hearing aid (HG) based on output data of several hearing aids with regard to hearing loss data of the hearing aid wearer, and ■ presetting the selected hearing aid with a hearing aid
Zielverstärkungskurve (Z) und/oder ■ Feinanpassen einer Einstellung des voreingestelltenTarget gain curve (Z) and / or ■ fine-tuning a setting of the preset one
Hörgeräts, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens einer der Schritte Auswählen, Voreinstellen und Feinanpassen mit Hilfe eines einzigen perzeptiven Modells (PM, PM' ) erfolgt, das durch den Hörverlust des Hörgeräteträgers abbildende Hörverlustdaten individualisiert ist.Hearing aid, characterized in that at least one of the steps of selecting, presetting and fine-tuning by means of a single perceptive model (PM, PM ') takes place, which is individualized by the hearing loss of the hearing aid wearer reproducing hearing loss data.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das perzeptive Modell (PM, PM' ) als psychoakustische Größe die Lautheit, die Klangschärfe, die Rauhigkeit, die Angenehmheit, die Höranstrengung und/oder die Sprachverständlichkeit liefert, so dass das Auswählen, Voreinstellen und/oder Feinanpassen anhand dieser psychoakustischen Größe erfolgt.2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the perceptual model (PM, PM ') provides, as a psychoacoustic quantity, the loudness, the tonal sharpness, the roughness, the pleasantness, the listening effort and / or the speech intelligibility, so that the selection, presetting and / or Fine-tuning is done on the basis of this psychoacoustic size.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei zum Auswählen des Hörgeräts (HG) ein vorgegebener Schall (Sl, S2) jeweils einem Simulationsmodell (HMl, HM2, HM3) der zur Auswahl stehenden Hörgeräte zugeführt wird, die daraus resultierenden Simulati- onsdaten dem perzeptiven Modell (PM, PM') eingegeben werden und die Auswahl des Hörgeräts (HG) anhand der gewonnenen psychoakustischen Daten von dem perzeptiven Modell erfolgt.3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein for selecting the hearing aid (HG) a predetermined sound (Sl, S2) each one simulation model (HMl, HM2, HM3) is supplied to the hearing aids available for selection, the resulting simulati- onsdaten the perceptual model (PM, PM ') are entered and the selection of the hearing aid (HG) based on the obtained psychoacoustic data from the perceptive model.
4. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei zum Voreinstellen eines ausgewählten Hörgeräts ein vorgegebener Schall (Sl, S2) einem Simulationsmodell des Hörgeräts mit mehreren Zielverstärkungskurven (Zl, Z2, Z3) zugeführt wird, die resultierenden Simulationsdaten dem perzeptiven Modell (PM, PM' ) zugeleitet werden und anhand von psychoakustischen Daten von dem perzeptiven Modell eine Zielverstärkungskurve festgelegt wird.4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein for presetting a selected hearing aid a predetermined sound (Sl, S2) a simulation model of the hearing aid with multiple target gain curves (Zl, Z2, Z3) is supplied, the resulting simulation data the perceptive model (PM, PM ') are fed and determined by psychoacoustic data from the perceptive model, a target gain curve.
5. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei zum Feinanpassen ein adaptiver Algorithmus (AL) der Signalverarbeitung des Hörgeräts anhand von psychoakustischen Daten von dem perzeptiven Modell (PM, PM') eingestellt wird.5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein for fine adjustment an adaptive algorithm (AL) of the signal processing of the hearing aid based on psychoacoustic data from the perceptive model (PM, PM ') is set.
6. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Feinanpassen auf der Grundlage von Daten erfolgt, die der Hörgeräteträger mittels Datalogging erfasst hat.6. The method of claim 1, wherein the fine-tuning is based on data that the hearing device wearer has acquired by means of data logging.
7. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei durch das perzeptive Modell (PM, PM' ) mehrere psychoakusti- sche Größen gewonnen, die psychoakustischen Größen individuell gewichtet und die gewichteten psychoakustischen Größen für das Auswählen, Voreinstellen und/oder Feinanpassen verwendet werden. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the perceptive model (PM, PM) obtains a plurality of psychoacoustic variables, individually weights the psychoacoustic parameters, and uses the weighted psychoacoustic variables for selecting, presetting, and / or fine-tuning.
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