Hearing Profile Tuning Through Speech Soundbite Gain Comparison

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hearing assistance devices require professional audiologist visits for configuration and adjustment, which is inconvenient and time-consuming for users with hearing deficiencies.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for evaluating user hearing and configuring a hearing assistance device through a series of soundbites, allowing users to generate and refine personalized hearing profiles using a mobile computing device, thereby enabling self-assessment and real-time adjustment of amplification settings to improve speech comprehension.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If professional audiologist configuration is used, then hearing assistance device accuracy is improved, but user convenience deteriorates and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehearing profile accuracyVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to perform self-assessment of their hearing needs through automated algorithms that analyze speech comprehension across different frequency bands and volume levels, eliminating the requirement for professional audiologist intervention while maintaining personalized hearing profile configuration

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical process of professional audiologist evaluation with an automated computational system that uses algorithms to assess hearing needs, analyze speech signals, and generate hearing profiles through digital processing of user responses to speech samples

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If professional audiologist configuration is used, then hearing assistance device accuracy is improved, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehearing profile accuracyVSAvoidconfiguration time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary hearing assessment and profile generation automatically through algorithms that evaluate speech comprehension at different frequencies and volumes, preparing the hearing configuration in advance without requiring time-consuming professional appointments

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent substitutes the time-intensive manual evaluation process with automated digital algorithms that rapidly analyze speech signals and generate hearing profiles through computational processing of user responses

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20260089448A1Hearing evaluation and configuration of a hearing assistance-device

Publication Date: 2026.03.26 CONCHA INC

AI summary

A method for evaluating hearing of a user comprising: generating a baseline hearing profile for the user comprising a set of gain values based on a volume setting, each gain value in the set of gain values corresponding to a frequency band in a set of frequency bands; accessing a soundbite comprising a phrase characterized by a frequency spectrum predominantly within one frequency band; playing the soundbite amplified by a first gain in the frequency band; playing the soundbite amplified by a second gain in the frequency band; receiving a preference input representing a preference of the user from amongst the soundbite amplified by the first gain and the soundbite amplified by the second; and modifying a gain value, corresponding to the frequency band, in the baseline hearing profile based on the preference input to generate a refined hearing profile compensating for hearing deficiency of the user.