KR20160092342A - A Method for Hearing Aid by Selecting Predetermined Tables - Google Patents

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KR20160092342A
KR20160092342A KR1020150012852A KR20150012852A KR20160092342A KR 20160092342 A KR20160092342 A KR 20160092342A KR 1020150012852 A KR1020150012852 A KR 1020150012852A KR 20150012852 A KR20150012852 A KR 20150012852A KR 20160092342 A KR20160092342 A KR 20160092342A
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    • 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 hearing support method by selecting a preliminary table. More specifically, by measuring in a respective hearing ability and selecting a preliminary table corresponding to the respective hearing ability from prestored multiple gain tables based on the measured hearing ability, the hearing support method by selecting a preliminary table according to the present invention can allow a hearing support apparatus such as a hearing aid to fit in. The hearing support method by selecting a preliminary table according to the present invention comprises the steps of: storing gain tables according to hearing ability data different from each other in a database; producing hearing ability measurement data by individual according to hearing measurement; selecting at least one gain table as a preliminary table from the database based on the hearing ability measurement data; and supporting hearing ability by the preliminary table.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a hearing aid,

The present invention relates to a hearing correction method by selecting a preliminary table. More specifically, a hearing correction device such as a hearing aid selects a preliminary table corresponding to individual hearing ability from a plurality of gain tables previously stored, And a method for supplementing hearing by selecting a preliminary table.

Various types of hearing aid devices are known in the art, for example a hearing aid corresponds to a device for assisting hearing loss. Because the hearing impairment band or the hearing impairment band has individual deviations, the fitting data can be generated by calculating the gain for each frequency band in accordance with a given formula or table based on the audiogram produced through the hearing measurement. As a method for calculating the gain for each frequency band, an optimum gain prescription, a mirror reflection effect, a half gain, a linear amplifier prescription, a nonlinear prescription or a DSL (Desired Sensation Level) method can be applied. However, the fitting method according to the application of such a method requires that the hearing data of the hearing aid should be changed according to the change of the hearing or the special equipment for the fitting and the expert should be assisted when different hearing data should be applied according to the use environment It has disadvantages.

Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0010193 discloses a sound source receiving unit for receiving a sound source to which a fitting parameter is applied through a short distance communication module or an audio input port from a sound source generating apparatus; A parameter extractor for extracting a fitting parameter from a sound source to which the received fitting parameter is applied; A fitting part for performing fitting according to the extracted fitting parameters; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the parameter extracting unit and the fitting unit to execute the hearing aid fitting when the hearing impaired user satisfies the sound source to which the fitting parameter received through the sound receiving unit is applied performs the fitting using the sound source to which the parameter is applied And a hearing aid.

Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0122750 includes a first client, an external device, a control server, a hearing aid system and link means configured to allow the first client, the external device, the control server and the hearing aid system to communicate Wherein the first client is a fitting software configured to fit a hearing aid based on a selected hearing aid user profile having unique user identification and a fitting connection configured to request the control server to establish a communication channel between the first client and the external device Wherein the external device comprises redirection means configured to send unique device identification and content of data transmitted over the direct communication channel to the hearing aid system, Based on the identification will be discloses a hearing aid fitting system including a first interface unit configured to provide a communication channel directly between the client and the external device.

The fitting process disclosed in the prior art includes fitting by applying a fitting parameter or fitting software, and such a fitting process can be performed by a method of determining a gain for each frequency band according to a given formula. And the known technology has the same or similar problems as those mentioned above.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art and has the following purpose.

Prior Art 1: Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0010193 (published on Jan. 28, 2013, Bio Sound Lab Co., Ltd.) Hearing aid fitting method using a parameter-applied sound source and a hearing aid Prior Art 2: Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0122750 (published Aug. 15, 2013, Videx / A / S) Hearing aid fitting system and method for fitting a hearing aid system

An object of the present invention is to provide a hearing supplement method by selecting a preliminary table in which hearing is measured and a predetermined table is selected based on the measured hearing ability so that fitting is performed.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a gain table according to different hearing data is stored in a database; A step of generating personal hearing measurement data according to the hearing measurement; Selecting at least one gain table from the database as a preliminary table based on the hearing measurement data; And hearing supplementation by the preliminary table.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the hearing aid is feedback after the preliminary table is selected, and the database is complemented by the hearing aid.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the selection of the spare table is performed in a personal computer, a portable electronic device, or a network server.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the selection of the spare table is made in a hearing aid.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, adaptation by individual or usage environment is applied to the selected spare table.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the selected preliminary table is further tuned for each frequency band.

According to the present invention, the hearing aid can be fitted or hearing compensated by a predetermined table, so that it is possible to supplement individual hearing ability according to the change of environment without the help of special equipment and experts for fitting. In addition, the hearing correction method according to the present invention allows selection of a table suitable for an individual or a situation from a plurality of tables, thereby making it possible to supplement the hearing ability with the help of professional equipment and experts for fitting. In addition, the hearing correction method according to the present invention makes it possible to supplement hearing ability according to a change in a new environment or individual hearing tendency by making it possible to compensate for various hearing impairment situations.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of a hearing correction method according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a hearing aid complementary structure according to the present invention.
Figure 3 shows an embodiment of a table applied to the method according to the invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment of a hearing correction process according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the following description, components having the same reference numerals in different drawings have similar functions, so that they will not be described repeatedly unless necessary for an understanding of the invention, and the known components will be briefly described or omitted. However, It should not be understood as being excluded from the embodiment of Fig.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of a hearing correction method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a hearing correction method according to the present invention includes: a step (P11) of storing a gain table according to different hearing data in a database; A step (P12) of generating personal hearing measurement data according to the hearing measurement; Selecting at least one gain table from the database based on the hearing measurement data and selecting the gain table as a reserve table (P13); And a step P14 of supplementing the hearing by the preliminary table. Optionally, the hearing supplementation method according to the present invention comprises feedback the hearing aid; And a step (P15) in which the database is supplemented according to the hearing enhancement.

The hearing correction method according to the present invention can be applied to various hearing aid devices including a hearing aid, and can be applied to an apparatus such as a headset or an earphone, for example. Hearing supplementation herein refers to any form of eliminating unwanted or deafness, or eliminating unwanted noise or noise so that the desired sound signal can be heard more clearly. Thus, the application of the hearing correction method according to the present invention is not limited to a hearing aid. A plurality of gain tables refers to data created by determining gain for each frequency band according to the type of deafness or hearing impairment. The gain table may be pre-made according to different hearing impairments or hearing impairments and stored in the gain table database 23. Alternatively, the necessary data can be stored in the gain table database 23 so that a gain table can be created from the data that can be generated immediately upon request. The gain table can be made based on data on various hearing impairments or hearing impairments and one or more gain tables can be generated for a specific hearing impairment type. The gain table can be a hearing data used by an individual beforehand and can have a structure in which the gain can be modified for each frequency band. For example, if there is a hearing loss frequency band and a varying frequency band that are common in a specific hearing pattern, the various frequency bands can be made to modify various frequency bands based on hearing measurement data. Also, when the gains appear in a predetermined pattern in the first frequency band and the gains appear in various patterns in the second frequency band, the gain of the second frequency band can be made variable.

If the gain table is generated according to the hearing loss pattern or the hearing impairment pattern and stored in the gain table database 23 (P11), personal hearing measurement data according to the individual hearing measurement can be generated (P12). Personal hearing measurement data may be generated by a hearing examiner or an audio meter or by a hearing measurement application. Hearing data produced by a hearing examiner or an audio meter may be stored, for example, in a personal computer, a portable electronic device such as a smart phone, a hearing aid, or a hearing testing laboratory. And a hearing measurement application is a program installed in an electronic device such as a computer or a portable electronic device such as a smart phone so that hearing data can be directly generated by the user. Or connected to a server equipped with a hearing measurement application through an electronic device capable of wired or wireless communication, the hearing ability can be measured and personal hearing measurement data can be created. Alternatively, pre-generated personal hearing measurement data may be stored in various storage devices and transmitted to a hearing aid or hearing aid as needed. And the transmitted personal hearing measurement data can be validated in an appropriate manner.

When the personal hearing measurement data is generated (P12), a corresponding gain table can be selected from the database in which a plurality of gain tables are stored. The personal hearing measurement data can be classified by characteristic parameters such as, for example, the hearing loss frequency band, the bandwidth, the hearing level according to the frequency increase, the hearing level for a specific frequency band, or the form of a hearing graph according to frequency. Personal hearing measurement data may have a classification symbol by such a characteristic parameter. And the gain table can be classified according to the same characteristic parameter. One personal hearing measurement data may have a classification symbol A (1) B (2) C (5) D (5) E (3) 1, 2, 5, 5, and 3 can represent the gain levels classified in each parameter), the gain table is the same as A (1) B (2) C (5) D (5) E (The last two means the number of possible gain tables in the corresponding identical personal hearing measurement data).

Based on the classification symbol of the hearing measurement data, the corresponding gain table in the gain table database 23 may be searched and selected as a spare table. As described above, one or more gain tables may be selected from one personal hearing measurement data to become a reserve table. And if three spare tables include three gain tables, one gain table may be selected as the fitting data. Depending on the selected fitting data, a hearing aid, such as a hearing aid, may become a fitting (P14).

The fitting result may be feedback by the user or depending on the usage environment (FB). Feedback by the user means, for example, that the user selects the other gain table by indicating inconvenience in the use process according to the fitting result. On the other hand, the feedback according to the usage environment means that the surrounding environment is changed, for example, from a quiet environment to a noise environment. If it is determined that the selected gain table is not suitable due to such a change in the use environment or is not suitable for itself, another gain table included in the spare table or from the gain table database 23 may be selected as the fitting data (P15). The fact that it is judged not to be suitable in itself can be made according to the classification characteristic of the last number in the classification table of the gain table, for example.

As described above, the method for supplementing the hearing according to the present invention does not require a process for calculating and applying a gain to a hearing data according to a formula for each frequency band or a previously known method. By selecting a predetermined gain table instead of such a processing procedure, the hearing aid can be fitted or audible supplemented. The hearing supplemental method according to the present invention allows the individual fitness to be improved by allowing a proper gain table to be determined from the standardized gain table. In addition, the fitting can be performed quickly, while at the same time enabling a quick response to changes in the use environment or changes in the hearing ability of the user.

Hereinafter, an operating structure of the hearing correction method according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a hearing aid complementary structure according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, personal hearing measurement data can be generated by the hearing measurement unit 22 using a portable electronic electronic device 21_1 such as a smart phone, a computer or a server that can be connected by communication. The hearing measurement unit 22 may be, for example, an application installed in a portable electronic device or a suitable device made for hearing measurement. The personal hearing measurement data may be stored in the hearing aid 21_N or may be generated by the hearing aid 21_N. The personal hearing measurement data generated in various ways may be classified by the hearing measurement unit 22 and may have a classification symbol, as described above. The hearing measurement unit 22 may select a gain table from the gain table database 23 to generate a reserve table as shown in FIG. 3, and personal adaptation or environmental adaptation may be applied to the reserve table. Personal adaptation refers to, for example, an individual's tinnitus frequency band, personal preference frequency band, or sensitive noise, and environmental adaptation refers to the environmental noise generated in the current use environment, the environment noise generated mainly in the use environment, Warning signals that require attention may be included. The adaptation unit 24 can supplement the preliminary data according to personal adaptation or environmental adaptation. Data relating to personal adaptation can be transmitted from the individual property storage unit 242 to the adaptation unit 24 and personal adaptation can be sent from the individual property store unit 242 to the gain table database 23 according to the operating structure have. Specifically, if the gain table is determined, personal adaptation may be applied and transmitted to the hearing measure 22. And environmental adaptation is applied at the adaptive unit 24 to generate hearing data to be applied to the fitting by the hearing data generation unit 25. [ The fitting of the hearing aid or the hearing aid 21_N can be done by the fitting processor 26 based on the hearing data. Depending on the operating structure, the details of the gain level for each frequency band required for each individual may be stored in the individual characteristic storage unit 242 and applied to the spare table by the adaptive unit 24. The noise band to be eliminated or the white noise to be added can also be stored in the individual characteristic storage unit 242 and applied to the spare table by the adaptive unit 24.

In the course of the use of the hearing aid 21_N or the hearing aid complementary device, the user can indicate the satisfaction of the fitting result and, for example, via the feedback unit 27 including the radio communication means installed in the hearing aid or hearing aid, Personal satisfaction levels can be transmitted to portable electronic devices such as computers or smart phones. Or whether or not the fitting data is changed through the feedback unit 27 in accordance with the change of the use environment. For example, the feedback unit 27 may be provided with a microphone for inputting environmental sounds and a processor for processing the environment, and if it is determined that the usage environment is changed, the detected information is transmitted to a portable electronic device, a computer, . And a new gain table may be selected accordingly or a personal adaptation or environmental adaptation may be applied to the gain table already used.

In the illustrated embodiment, each unit may be installed in a portable electronic device, a suitable server, a computer or a hearing aid, and each unit may be in hardware or program form. The present invention is not limited by the installation position or form of each unit.

FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment of a hearing correction process according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a hearing measurement application may be operated to apply the hearing correction method according to the present invention (S41). The hearing measurement application may be installed in a portable electronic device such as a smart phone, a computer, or a hearing management server accessible via wired or wireless. Once the personal hearing measurement data is generated by the hearing measurement application, the gain table can be selected accordingly (S42). The gain table may be stored in a portable electronic device or a hearing management server, and a hearing aid device such as a hearing aid 21_N, a smartphone or a hearing management server may be connected to each other by wire or wireless communication. The selected gain table can be a preliminary table, and individual adaptation can be made to the preliminary table (S43). If the spare table includes a plurality of gain tables, an application rank can be determined between gain tables (S44). Then, the fitting can be performed on the hearing aid according to the application order (S45). Then, it can be determined whether or not an adaptive variable is detected in the use process (S46). If an adaptive variable is detected, it means, for example, a dissatisfaction with the fitting result by the user or a change in the use environment. If the adaptive variable is not detected (NO), the already applied fitting can continue to be applied. On the other hand, if the adaptive variable is detected (YES), the adaptation condition can be determined (S47). The adaptation condition means environment adaptation (CON1) and personal adaptation (CON2). If environmental adaptation (CON1) is to be applied, the gain table can be selected again. In contrast, personal adaptation (CON2) can be applied if individual adaptation is applied.

The hearing aid according to the present invention can be performed through various processes, and the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments.

The method for supplementing hearing according to the present invention makes it possible to supplement the hearing ability of the individual according to the change of the environment by making the hearing aid 21_N fitting or the hearing correction complemented by a predetermined table. In addition, the hearing correction method according to the present invention allows selection of a table suitable for an individual or a situation from a plurality of tables so that the hearing ability can be supplemented to suit the use environment. In addition, the hearing supplemental method according to the present invention makes it possible to supplement the hearing ability according to a change in a new environment or individual hearing tendency by making it possible to supplement various hearing impairment situations.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention . The invention is not limited by these variations and modifications, but is limited only by the claims appended hereto.

21_1: portable electronic device 22: hearing measurement unit
21_N: hearing aid 23: gain table database
24: adaptive unit 25: hearing aid data generation unit
26: fitting processor 27: feedback unit
242: Individual characteristic storage unit

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A gain table according to different hearing data is stored in a database;
A step of generating personal hearing measurement data according to the hearing measurement;
Selecting at least one gain table from the database as a preliminary table based on the hearing measurement data; And
And a hearing aid supplemented by the preliminary table. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of feedback of the hearing ability after the preliminary table is selected, and the step of complementing the database according to the hearing supplement. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the spare table is performed by a personal computer, a portable electronic device, or a network server. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the spare table is performed by a hearing aid. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selected preliminary table is adapted for individual or usage environments. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of adjusting the selected preliminary table by frequency band.
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