Hearing Aid Profile Service for Remote Audio Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hearing aids lack the ability to adjust audio processing in real-time based on the user's environment, limiting their effectiveness in varying listening conditions.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows hearing aid users to remotely update their hearing aid profiles through a hearing aid profile service, using audio samples and metadata to modify processing characteristics, such as noise cancellation, based on the user's environment, enabling real-time adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If hearing aid profiles are updated remotely in real-time, then adaptability to different environments is improved, but device complexity increases due to network communication and profile management infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hearing aid profile service as an intermediary system that manages profile updates remotely. This service acts as a mediator between the hearing aid device and the user environment, allowing complex profile management to occur externally rather than within the hearing aid itself, thus improving adaptability while minimizing the increase in device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a network communication dimension to the hearing aid system, enabling remote profile updates through wireless communication. This dimensional addition allows the hearing aid to access and update profiles remotely without significantly increasing the core processing complexity of the device itself
2Manufacturing precision
If audio processing is dynamically adjusted based on environment, then sound quality is improved, but loss of time occurs during profile evaluation and updating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-evaluating audio profiles before applying them to the hearing aid. The system evaluates candidate profiles in advance, allowing the user to review and select preferred profiles before they are activated, thus ensuring high sound quality while minimizing the time lost during actual profile switching
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where the system evaluates the effectiveness of profile updates and allows user feedback on the processed audio quality. This feedback loop enables continuous optimization of profile selection and adjustment, improving sound quality over time while reducing the time needed for future profile updates through learned preferences
Data Source
AI summary
Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe replacing a current hearing aid profile stored in a hearing aid. In one embodiment, the hearing aid profile is updated by sending a hearing aid profile update request to a hearing aid profile service, receiving the updated hearing aid profile from the hearing aid profile service, and replacing the current hearing aid profile in the hearing aid with the updated hearing aid profile.