Hearing Prosthesis Content Matching for Adaptive Rehabilitation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals with hearing loss, particularly those using hearing prostheses, face challenges in finding audio content that is both interesting and well-matched to their hearing abilities, leading to difficulties in rehabilitation and habilitation.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes an audio content search engine to identify and provide audio content tailored to a user's hearing ability, using classifiers to analyze linguistic and audio properties, and a search interface to facilitate content selection based on user input and preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional hearing aids or cochlear implants are provided to individuals with hearing loss, then the ability to perceive sound is improved, but the difficulty in finding suitable training content and maintaining motivation during rehabilitation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables recipients to independently search for and select audio content based on their interests and hearing thresholds without requiring constant professional intervention. The automated content delivery system allows users to self-manage their rehabilitation training by selecting topics and receiving appropriate content automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that includes a content database, search engine, and automated delivery mechanism. This intermediary bridges the gap between the hearing prosthesis and rehabilitation content, automatically matching content to recipient capabilities and delivering it through appropriate channels (hearing prosthesis, audio device, or display device with captions).
2Device complexity
If generic audio content is provided for hearing prosthesis training, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to individual recipient needs and abilities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system adjusts content parameters such as audio quality, speech rate, background noise levels, and visual captioning based on the recipient's measured hearing thresholds and preferences. The search engine filters and selects content by analyzing these parameters against recipient-specific criteria, automatically delivering optimized content without manual customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The rehabilitation content delivery is dynamic and adaptive, allowing recipients to modify their hearing thresholds and preferences in the search engine. The system automatically updates content selections based on changing recipient needs, progressing from simpler to more complex audio content as rehabilitation progresses.
3Measurement precision
If manual selection of training content is required for each recipient, then the precision of content matching to individual needs is improved, but the time and effort required for content selection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and categorizing audio content in a database according to various parameters (audio quality, speech rate, background noise, etc.). The search engine is pre-configured with recipient hearing threshold data and automatically performs matching, eliminating the need for manual content selection and significantly reducing setup time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where recipients can indicate their preferences and responses to content. The search engine uses this feedback to refine future content selections, automatically learning and adapting to recipient preferences over time, thereby improving matching precision without increasing manual intervention.
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AI summary
A method of increasing an ability of a recipient of a hearing prosthesis' ability to hear with the hearing prosthesis, including obtaining data indicative of a first characteristic of content, wherein the content is an audio or an audio-visual content, obtaining data indicative of a second characteristic of the content, identifying, based on the first and second characteristics, specific content and using at least one item of the specific content with the hearing prosthesis such that a hearing percept in the recipient is evoked based on the at least one item of specific content.