Hearing Prosthesis Interface Displays for Data-Driven Setting Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hearing prostheses, such as cochlear implants, lack a user-friendly interface for adjusting settings and providing data-driven feedback to users, leading to suboptimal performance and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A portable handheld device with a mobile computer and display that communicates with a hearing prosthesis to receive data and present customizable interface displays based on usage patterns, allowing users to adjust settings through a touchscreen interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional hearing aids or cochlear implants are used, then hearing function is restored, but user interface and settings adjustment capability are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
A portable handheld device serves as an intermediary between the user and the hearing prosthesis. This mediator communicates with the prosthesis via wireless connection, providing a user-friendly interface for settings adjustment while collecting and presenting usage data through customizable displays, thereby resolving both the ease of operation and information feedback requirements
2Adaptability or versatility
If hearing prosthesis settings are made customizable for individual recipients, then device performance is optimized, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into multiple customizable displays that can be independently configured. Each display can present specific settings or usage data relevant to different aspects of prosthesis operation, allowing complex customization capabilities to be broken down into manageable, context-relevant segments that reduce perceived complexity
3Measurement precision
If data collection from hearing prosthesis is implemented, then usage analysis is improved, but device functionality complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The data collection and analysis functionality is extracted from the hearing prosthesis itself and placed in the portable handheld device. The prosthesis simply transmits raw usage data wirelessly, while the handheld device performs the complex tasks of data collection, analysis, and presentation through customized displays, thereby improving measurement precision without significantly increasing prosthesis complexity
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AI summary
A portable body carried device, including a mobile computer having a display, wherein the portable body carried device is configured to receive data from a hearing prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant, and present an interface display on the display from among a plurality of different interface displays based on the received data.