A hearing aid control method and system based on brainwave emission tinnitus therapy

Abstract

The application discloses a hearing aid control method and system based on brain wave emission tinnitus treatment, the method comprises the following steps: configuring relief sound wave signal generation program in the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid respectively, controlling the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid to respectively emit the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal in different ear canals according to the relief sound wave signal generation program; presetting different frequencies of sound wave emission corresponding to the hearing aid, so that the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid emit corresponding first sound wave signals and second sound wave signals at a preset frequency difference; recording the operation time of the user on the relief sound wave of the hearing aid, and providing a modulation method of the relief sound wave for the first hearing aid or the second hearing aid, which is used for modulating the frequency difference of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal; according to the recorded operation time of the user on the relief sound wave of the hearing aid, the tinnitus time rule of the user is analyzed, and the relief sound wave sound emission strategy for tinnitus relief is automatically provided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of hearing aid control, in particular to a hearing aid control method and system based on brain wave emission tinnitus treatment. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, the number of tinnitus patients in China is large, especially for the group with hearing loss, the probability of tinnitus is higher, and severe tinnitus can seriously affect life, work and study, and even lead to psychological disorders and self-perceived disability. A considerable part of hearing loss patients are seriously disturbed by tinnitus, resulting in a decline in quality of life. At present, the treatment methods for tinnitus include life conditioning, general treatment, physical therapy, drug treatment and surgical treatment. However, the above treatment methods have poor treatment effect, and require certain manual or cost, and the above treatment methods are not timely, and do not monitor the occurrence time and frequency of tinnitus in a specific individual, so that the treatment effect of tinnitus is poor. SUMMARY

[0003] One of the purposes of the present application is to provide a hearing aid control method and system based on brain wave emission tinnitus treatment, the method and system pre-store occurrence programs of different low-frequency sound wave frequency bands in the hearing aid processing module, use the occurrence programs to emit two relief sound wave signal complex tones of different frequencies from the hearing aid, wherein the frequency difference between the two relief sound wave signals of different frequencies meets the corresponding brain wave frequency transition, so that the two ears can generate the corresponding type of brain wave in the brain after receiving the relief sound wave signal of the specified frequency difference, and the tinnitus phenomenon relieved by the generated corresponding type of brain wave, the present application can very conveniently control the generation of the related difference frequency relief sound wave signal by using the hearing aid, without the need for complex physical tools for tinnitus relief operation, and has the advantages of convenience and timeliness of tinnitus relief.

[0004] One of the purposes of the present application is to provide a hearing aid control method and system based on brain wave emission tinnitus treatment, the method and system are configured with a time sampling program in the processor of the hearing aid, when the patient has tinnitus, the patient performs tinnitus relief operation on the hearing aid by using the related difference frequency relief sound wave signal, the time sampling program automatically records the time point of the tinnitus relief operation of the patient, and the program is configured in the hearing aid processor to analyze the tinnitus time rule of the patient, according to the tinnitus time rule of the patient, the processor automatically generates the generation strategy of the difference frequency relief sound wave signal, so that the hearing aid can automatically play the difference frequency relief sound wave signal at a relatively accurate time point to relieve the tinnitus phenomenon of the patient.

[0005] One of the purposes of the present application is to provide a hearing aid control method and system based on brain wave emission tinnitus treatment, which can adjust the frequency difference between the relief sound wave signals output by the left and right hearing aids, so that the frequency difference between the relief sound wave signals of the left and right ears forms a brain wave signal of 5-50 Hz in the brain. That is, after adjusting the frequency difference, the user can generate a brain wave signal corresponding to the user's own adapted tinnitus relief frequency difference, so that the present application can realize personalized tinnitus relief adjustment mode by using the hearing aid, and improve the tinnitus relief effect.

[0006] In order to achieve at least one of the above purposes, the present application further provides a hearing aid control method based on brain wave emission tinnitus treatment, which comprises:

[0007] The relief sound wave signal generation program is configured in the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid respectively, and the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid are controlled respectively according to the relief sound wave signal generation program to emit the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal in different ear canals respectively, wherein the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave maintain amplitude consistency;

[0008] The different frequencies of sound wave emission corresponding to the hearing aids are set in advance, and the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid emit the corresponding first sound wave signal and second sound wave signal respectively at the preset frequency difference;

[0009] The operation time of the user on the relief sound wave of the hearing aid is recorded, and a relief sound wave modulation method is provided for the first hearing aid or the second hearing aid to modulate the frequency difference of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal;

[0010] According to the recorded operation time of the user on the relief sound wave of the hearing aid, the tinnitus time rule of the user is analyzed, and the relief sound wave emission strategy for tinnitus relief is automatically provided.

[0011] According to one of the preferred embodiments of the present application, the method comprises: establishing a communication connection between the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid, and the operation time of the user on the relief sound wave of the hearing aid comprises: the first sound wave signal playing time of the first hearing aid is opened, and the second sound wave signal is sent to the second hearing aid at the time point of opening the first hearing aid relief sound wave. The instruction of opening the relief sound wave, wherein the second sound wave signal and the first sound wave signal are played at the preset frequency difference.

[0012] According to another preferred embodiment of the present application, the hearing aid obtains the playing parameters modulated by the audiogram data of the target patient in advance before playing the corresponding relief sound waves, judges the minimum acceptable loudness value of the frequency of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal according to the hearing aid playing parameters of the audiogram data of the target patient, and controls the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid to play at a frequency higher than the minimum acceptable loudness value corresponding to the frequency of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal.

[0013] According to another preferred embodiment of the present application, the frequency difference between the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal causes the brain wave stimulation signal including gamma waves and beta waves to be generated in the brain of the target patient after receiving the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal through the left ear and the right ear of the target patient, and the tinnitus state of the patient is relieved by using the brain wave stimulation signal of the gamma waves and the beta waves.

[0014] According to another preferred embodiment of the present application, a mode conversion switch is arranged on the first hearing aid or the second hearing aid, and when the target patient has tinnitus, the mode conversion switch is automatically converted to the playing function of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal, and the time of mode conversion of the target patient is automatically recorded.

[0015] According to another preferred embodiment of the present application, a set of operation times of the target patient performing mode conversion multiple times is automatically obtained, the time period frequency of tinnitus occurrence of the target patient is analyzed according to the set of operation times, a tinnitus occurrence time period frequency threshold is set in advance, and when the tinnitus occurrence frequency of the corresponding time period is greater than the time period frequency threshold, the playing strategy of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal is automatically generated in the time period.

[0016] According to another preferred embodiment of the present application, when the playing strategy of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal obtained according to the analysis of the set of operation times includes: obtaining the average start time and the average end time of all tinnitus occurrence of the target patient in the playing strategy time period, and taking the average tinnitus start time and the average end time as the start playing time and the end playing time of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal.

[0017] According to another preferred embodiment of the present application, the modulation method of the relief sound waves of the first hearing aid or the second hearing aid includes: injecting the frequency modulation signal corresponding to the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal into the first hearing aid or the second hearing aid in a manner including Bluetooth communication, so that the frequency difference value of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal changes until the modulation result of the frequency difference value adapts to the target patient.

[0018] To achieve at least one of the above-mentioned objects, the present application further provides a hearing aid control system based on brainwave emission tinnitus therapy, which implements the above-mentioned hearing aid control method based on brainwave emission tinnitus therapy.

[0019] The present application further provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the above-mentioned hearing aid control method based on brainwave emission tinnitus therapy. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a hearing aid control method based on brainwave emission tinnitus therapy according to the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The following description is provided to enable those skilled in the art to carry out the application. The preferred embodiments in the following description are only examples and other obvious modifications can be made by those skilled in the art. The basic principles defined in the following description can be applied to other embodiments, modifications, improvements, equivalents and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application.

[0022] It can be understood that the term "one" should be understood as "at least one" or "one or more", that is, in one embodiment, the number of one element can be one, and in another embodiment, the number of the element can be multiple, and the term "one" cannot be understood as a limitation on the number.

[0023] Please refer to Figure 1This invention discloses a hearing aid control method and system for tinnitus treatment based on brainwave emission. The method mainly includes the following steps: First, a relevant soothing sound wave generation program needs to be configured in the hearing aid. The soothing sound wave generation program emits soothing sound waves through the speaker of the hearing aid. The soothing sound wave generation program is configured in the processing modules of two paired hearing aids. Each hearing aid emits soothing sound wave signals of different frequencies according to its own soothing sound wave generation program. During use, the two hearing aids are placed in the ear canals of the target patient, so that the soothing sound wave signals of different frequencies are output to the left and right ear canals respectively. Because there is a regular frequency difference between the soothing sound waves received by the two ear canals, the patient's brain will sense this frequency difference and convert it into a corresponding brainwave stimulation signal. This brainwave stimulation signal is used to effectively relieve the patient's tinnitus. It should be noted that the above-mentioned brainwave signal obtained based on the frequency difference of sound waves in the left and right ears is a physiological phenomenon of the brain discovered by German scientists in 1839, which will not be explained in detail in this invention. It is worth mentioning that this invention also records the user's operation time for tinnitus relief, which is used to automatically record the user's tinnitus occurrence pattern. Based on the tinnitus occurrence pattern, tinnitus relief sound waves with a certain frequency difference can be automatically played, which is beneficial to the patient's tinnitus relief treatment. In order to enable patients with different hearing losses to sense the corresponding frequency sound wave signal, this invention obtains the modulation parameters corresponding to the audiogram stored in the hearing aid processing module, and plays the relief sound wave signal in a manner that matches the loudness received by the patient according to the modulation parameters. Since different tinnitus patients have different sensitivities and response levels to different frequency brain waves, this invention also includes a frequency difference adjustment module for the relief sound wave, so that the frequency difference of the relief sound wave has good individual adaptability.

[0024] Specifically, to better illustrate the technical effects of this invention, this invention defines a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid, which are a pair. The first hearing aid can be placed in the left ear canal, and the second hearing aid is placed in the right ear canal. Both the first and second hearing aids are equipped with a soothing sound wave playback program for playing soothing sound waves with a specified frequency difference. The first hearing aid plays a first sound wave signal and a second sound wave signal with a preset frequency difference into a single ear canal as soothing sound waves, and the second hearing aid also plays a first sound wave signal and a second sound wave signal with a preset frequency difference as soothing sound waves. The first and second hearing aids establish a communication connection via, but not limited to, Bluetooth, to control the simultaneous playback of the first and second sound wave signals. The frequency difference between the first and second sound wave signals can be adjusted by the hearing aid's own processing module, which will not be described in detail here.

[0025] Furthermore, since the first and second sound wave signals played by the hearing aid in this invention may not be perceived by the patient's auditory nerve due to differences in the severity of individual hearing loss, the present invention uses the hearing aid processing module to call relevant playback parameters modulated by the hearing aid according to the patient's audiogram, so that both the first and second sound wave signals can be perceived by the patient's auditory nerve. In other words, the first and second sound wave signals are played with the lowest perceptible sound wave loudness at the corresponding frequency in the patient's audiogram as a reference loudness, ensuring that the loudness of both signals at their respective frequencies can be perceived by the patient's auditory nerve. This avoids the problem of sound waves failing to reach the brain due to hearing loss, thus preventing the formation of effective brainwaves. For example, regarding the 3000Hz frequency range, if a tinnitus patient has a hearing loss of 40dB, then when the first and second sound wave signals are played in the 3000Hz frequency band, the sound loudness will be increased to at least 40dB, at which point both the first and second sound wave signals can be heard by the patient. The above sound wave loudness playback method refers to the function of the hearing aid itself, and will not be elaborated upon further in this invention.

[0026] It is worth mentioning that tinnitus patients exhibit certain patterns, such as some experiencing tinnitus frequently in the morning or evening. To better understand these patterns, this invention further acquires the tinnitus relief operation time for each tinnitus patient. The hearing aid described in this invention includes a normal mode and a tinnitus relief mode. In the normal mode, normal sound wave loudness modulation playback is performed, while in the tinnitus relief mode, a relief sound wave with a specified frequency difference is automatically played. It should be noted that the first and second sound wave signals have overall amplitude consistency, ensuring that the sound heard by the left and right ears of the tinnitus patient is similar. In this invention, the first and second hearing aid tinnitus relief modes can be activated using methods including, but not limited to, a button switch or a Bluetooth switch. When the patient activates the tinnitus relief mode, the hearing aid processing module records the start time t0 of the tinnitus relief mode conversion. After the user's tinnitus is relieved, they can press the corresponding button switch or Bluetooth switch to turn off the corresponding tinnitus relief mode. At this time, the hearing aid processing module records the end time t1 of the tinnitus relief mode conversion. The total tinnitus relief operation time is t1-t0. The hearing aid processing module records the start and end times of the patient's tinnitus mode switching operations within a certain number of days and time periods. It also records the frequency of the patient's tinnitus mode switching operations within the set time periods. For example, using a month as a baseline, the module records the number of tinnitus relief operations performed by the patient in each hourly segment of the day within that month, as the tinnitus relief operation frequency F for each hourly segment. For instance, the hearing aid processing module records that the tinnitus patient performed a total of 20 tinnitus relief operations between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM and a total of 3 tinnitus relief operations between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM within the most recent month, recording the number of tinnitus relief operations in each hourly segment. These tinnitus relief operation counts can be considered as the number of tinnitus occurrences for the patient. Furthermore, a pre-set frequency threshold for tinnitus occurrence time periods is established. When the tinnitus occurrence frequency in a corresponding time period exceeds the pre-set frequency threshold, a playback strategy for the first and second sound wave signals is automatically generated during that time period. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the first and second sound wave signals are played with consistent amplitudes and a specified frequency difference.

[0027] The playback strategy for the first and second sound wave signals within a corresponding time period includes: obtaining the average start and end times of all tinnitus episodes in the target patient within the time period specified by the playback strategy, and using the average tinnitus start and end times as the start and end times of the first and second sound wave signals. This achieves automatic playback of the first and second sound wave signals, and the regular automatic playback of sound wave signals with a specified frequency difference can effectively alleviate the brain's inertial response to tinnitus.

[0028] It is worth mentioning that the frequency difference between the first and second sound wave signals can be set according to different individuals. After the target patient's left and right ears receive the first and second sound wave signals, brainwave stimulation signals including gamma waves and beta waves of 5Hz-50Hz are automatically generated in the brain according to the frequency difference. The gamma wave and beta wave brainwave stimulation signals are used to alleviate the patient's tinnitus. Since the gamma wave and beta wave brainwave stimulation signals can stimulate the brain to maintain a relatively awake state, the occurrence of tinnitus hallucinations is reduced. It should be noted that in another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the following auditory stimulation parameters can also be selected for tinnitus, including sounds that are meaningful and associated with specific information or experience, and noise pulses without context. The present invention can use the closed-loop auditory stimulation (CLAS) method to use brief 1 / f pink noise to enhance slow oscillations (SOs) during deep sleep as auditory stimulation, wherein the aforementioned slow oscillations (SOs) are large amplitude, low frequency waves with a frequency of <1Hz. It should be noted that this noise is an important marker of nonrapid eye movement (NREM) neurophysiology and the most obvious brain wave observable in the electrophysiology of healthy individuals. This noise is softer and more comfortable than white noise, and due to its broad spectrum, it is less likely to induce specific immunity, thus resulting in more pronounced evoked potentials. In this invention, the duration of the auditory noise stimulation is primarily limited to 50 milliseconds, and the stimulation volume is primarily fixed at 55 dB. Of course, in another preferred embodiment of this invention…

[0029] Furthermore, the present invention also includes a modulation operation targeting the frequency difference between the first and second sound wave signals. The modulation method for the tinnitus-relieving sound waves of the first or second hearing aid includes: injecting a frequency modulation signal corresponding to the first and second sound wave signals into the first or second hearing aid via Bluetooth communication, thereby changing the frequency difference between the first and second sound wave signals until the modulation result of the frequency difference is adapted to the target patient. The aforementioned modulation of the frequency difference allows the tinnitus-relieving sound waves to be adapted to patients with different sensitivities in different sound wave frequency bands.

[0030] The processes described above with reference to the flowcharts in the embodiments disclosed in this invention can be implemented as computer software programs. The embodiments disclosed in this invention include a computer program product comprising a computer program carried on a computer-readable medium, the computer program containing program code for performing the methods shown in the flowcharts. In such embodiments, the computer program can be downloaded and installed from a network via a communication component, and / or installed from a removable medium. When the computer program is executed by a central processing unit (CPU), it performs the functions defined in the methods of this application. It should be noted that the computer-readable medium described above in this application can be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium, or any combination of the two. The computer-readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination thereof. More specific examples of computer-readable storage media may include, but are not limited to: electrical connections having one or more wire segments, portable computer disks, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber, portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), optical storage devices, magnetic storage devices, or any suitable combination thereof. In this application, a computer-readable storage medium can be any tangible medium containing or storing a program that can be used by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In this application, a computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, carrying computer-readable program code. Such propagated data signals can take various forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer-readable signal medium can also be any computer-readable medium other than a computer-readable storage medium, which can send, propagate, or transmit a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The program code contained on a computer-readable medium may be transmitted using any suitable medium, including but not limited to: wireless segments, wire segments, optical fibers, RF, etc., or any suitable combination thereof.

[0031] The flowcharts and block diagrams in the accompanying drawings illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in a flowchart or block diagram may represent a module, segment, or portion of code containing one or more executable instructions for implementing a specified logical function. It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions indicated in the blocks may occur in a different order than those indicated in the drawings. For example, two consecutively indicated blocks may actually be executed substantially in parallel, and they may sometimes be executed in reverse order, depending on the functions involved. It should also be noted that each block in the block diagrams and / or flowcharts, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and / or flowcharts, can be implemented using a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified function or operation, or using a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0032] Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments of the present invention described above and shown in the accompanying drawings are merely examples and do not limit the present invention. The purpose of the present invention has been fully and effectively achieved. The functions and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and explained in the embodiments. Without departing from the stated principles, the implementation of the present invention may have any variations or modifications.

Claims

1. A hearing aid control method based on brainwave emission tinnitus therapy, characterized in that, The method includes: The first hearing aid and the second hearing aid are respectively configured with a mitigation sound wave signal generation program. According to the mitigation sound wave signal generation program, the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid are respectively controlled to emit a first sound wave signal and a second sound wave signal in different ear canals, wherein the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave are composite tones in a single ear canal. Different frequencies of sound wave emission are preset in the corresponding hearing aids, so that the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid emit corresponding first sound wave signals and second sound wave signals with a preset frequency difference. The system records the user's operation time on the hearing aid's soothing sound waves and provides a modulation method for the first or second hearing aid to modulate the frequency difference between the first and second sound wave signals. Through the frequency difference between the first and second sound wave signals, after the target patient's left and right ears receive the first and second sound wave signals, the frequency difference automatically generates brainwave stimulation signals including gamma and beta waves in the brain, thereby alleviating the patient's tinnitus. Based on the recorded user's operation time of the relief sound waves of the hearing aid, the playback strategy for the corresponding first and second sound wave signals obtained by analyzing the operation time set includes: obtaining the average tinnitus start time and average end time of all tinnitus occurrences of the target patient within the playback strategy time period, using the average tinnitus start time and average end time as the start and end playback times of the first and second sound wave signals, analyzing the user's tinnitus time pattern, and automatically providing a relief sound wave emission strategy for tinnitus relief; The first or second hearing aid is equipped with a mode switching switch. When the target patient has tinnitus, the mode switching switch automatically switches to the playback function of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal, and automatically records the time when the target patient performs mode switching. The operation time set of multiple mode switching operations by the target patient is automatically obtained. The frequency of tinnitus occurrence in the target patient's time period is analyzed based on the operation time set. A tinnitus occurrence time period frequency threshold is preset. When the tinnitus occurrence frequency in the corresponding time period is greater than the time period frequency threshold, the playback strategy of the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal is automatically generated in that time period.

2. The hearing aid control method for tinnitus treatment based on brainwave emission according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method includes: establishing a communication connection between the first hearing aid and the second hearing aid, wherein the user's operation time for the hearing aid to alleviate sound waves includes: turning on the first hearing aid to simultaneously play the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal with a difference frequency, and correspondingly, the second hearing aid to simultaneously play the first sound wave signal and the second sound wave signal with a difference frequency.

3. The hearing aid control method for tinnitus treatment based on brainwave emission according to claim 1, characterized in that, Before playing the corresponding soothing sound wave, the hearing aid pre-acquires the playback parameters modulated under the target patient's audiogram data. Based on the hearing aid playback parameters of the target patient's audiogram data, it determines the minimum acceptable loudness value of the frequency of the first and second sound wave signals. It then controls the first and second hearing aids to play at frequencies higher than the minimum acceptable loudness value of the corresponding first and second sound wave signals.

4. The hearing aid control method for tinnitus treatment based on brainwave emission according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method for mitigating the modulation of sound waves in the first or second hearing aid includes: injecting a frequency modulation signal corresponding to a first sound wave signal and a second sound wave signal into the first or second hearing aid via Bluetooth communication, thereby changing the frequency difference between the first and second sound wave signals until the modulation result of the frequency difference is adapted to the target patient.

5. A hearing aid control system based on brainwave emission tinnitus therapy, characterized in that, The system executes a hearing aid control method for tinnitus treatment based on brainwave emission as described in any one of claims 1-4.

6. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that, The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program that is executed by a processor to implement a hearing aid control method for EEG tinnitus treatment as described in any one of claims 1-4.

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