Users Can Fine-Tune Hearing Aids With the New Sound Simulation System

More than 20% of people with hearing aids use their devices for less than one hour a day because of problems they encounter with tuning the settings.

An interactive platform has been developed for patients to program their own hearing aids. The invention would be of great use as hearing aids can be notoriously difficult to tune for the unique needs of every patient.

Audiologists have //to assume a great deal about a person’s day-to-day environment in order to set the parameters appropriately.

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Researchers at the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), Norway, developed the innovative program for those with hearing impairment.

A touchscreen display is used to bring together different sound profiles that a user typically experiences, such as peripheral voices at the office or cars passing by the front yard.

The system simulates these audio situations and the patient provides feedback on what is easy or difficult to hear, allowing the audiologist to adjust the settings on the hearing aids accordingly. Additional sound sources can be pulled in and out of the visual scenes to create environments of different complexities, further perfecting the settings.

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Hearing aid fitting is done by a qualified audiologist after measuring various parameters and extent of hearing loss. It is a process unique to every individual with hearing loss, and also involves counseling about getting adjusted to the hearing aid.

A smartphone app compliments the system that can be used by the patient to record sounds that create particular hearing problems. These can then be imported into the in-clinic interface to adjust the hearing to compensate for the specific sounds that trouble the patients in their homes and places they tend to visit.

Source-Medindia

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