Hearing Aid Earphone Gain Processing Method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hearing aid earphones with constant linear amplification fail to provide personalized gain settings, leading to poor user experience due to inaccurate configuration based on preset formulas, not accounting for individual user needs.
Innovation Solution
A gain processing method for hearing aid earphones that uses a pre-established gain model, based on historical user data, to determine personalized gain values for different loudness levels, allowing for dynamic adjustment and continuous database updates for improved accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If constant linear amplification gain is used in hearing aid earphone, then device complexity is reduced and manufacturing is simplified, but configuration accuracy deteriorates and cannot provide personalized gain settings for different users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the fixed constant gain parameter into a dynamic parameter that changes based on input sound intensity. The gain value is no longer static but is determined by WDRC compression algorithms that adjust gain according to the user's hearing threshold and comfort levels, thereby achieving personalized configuration without complicating manufacturing
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing optimal gain configurations in a lookup table based on user hearing thresholds and comfort levels. During actual operation, the system quickly retrieves pre-computed gain values rather than calculating them in real-time, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while achieving high configuration accuracy for personalized hearing aid settings
2Device complexity
If preset calculation formulas are used for gain configuration, then device complexity is minimized, but adaptability deteriorates because individual user needs cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the hearing aid earphone to serve itself by automatically determining optimal gain settings based on user-specific parameters (hearing threshold, comfort level) without requiring manual configuration by professionals. The system self-adjusts gain values using embedded WDRC algorithms and lookup tables, maintaining device simplicity while achieving high adaptability to individual user needs
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamics by making the gain configuration adaptive and adjustable rather than static. The system dynamically selects gain values from the lookup table based on real-time input sound intensity and user-specific parameters, enabling the simple device structure to adapt to diverse individual user requirements through software-based flexibility
3Device complexity
If clipping techniques are applied only above discomfort threshold, then device complexity remains low, but reliability deteriorates because gain is not optimized across full sound intensity range
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the sound intensity range into multiple regions (below threshold, at threshold, above threshold) and applies different gain processing strategies to each segment. The lookup table provides pre-computed optimal gain values for each intensity region based on user hearing characteristics, enabling reliable performance across the full sound range while keeping processing complexity low through table-based lookup rather than continuous calculation
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AI summary
Disclosed are a gain processing method, device, and system for a hearing aid earphone, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring raw user data of a user, the raw user data comprising initial hearing data; analyzing the raw user data by using a pre-established gain model to obtain gain data, the gain data comprising gain values respectively corresponding to different loudnesses under different frequencies; wherein, the gain model is established based on a plurality of user data historical samples collected in advance; and setting hearing assistive gain of the hearing assistive earphone based on the gain data.