Claims
- 1. A method for on-line customization of an audio system for a particular subject with hearing loss, said method comprising the acts of:
performing a first online hearing test for a reference subject to produce reference parameters; performing a second online hearing test for the particular subject to produce participant parameters; determining a hearing loss for the particular subject based on the participant parameters and the reference parameters; and determining customization parameters for the audio system based on the hearing loss.
- 2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the audio system is a personal audio system.
- 3. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the personal audio system is a media player.
- 4. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the personal audio system is a mobile telephone.
- 5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the audio system is a telephone.
- 6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the audio system is a personal computer.
- 7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said performing (a) and (b) of the first and second on-line hearing loss tests are performed with the audio system.
- 8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said determining (c) of the hearing loss is performed at remote server, and wherein the audio system communicates with web server over a data network.
- 9. A method as recited in claim 8, wherein the data network is the Internet.
- 10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said performing (a) and (b) of the first and second on-line hearing loss tests are performed on the audio server but controlled by the remote server.
- 11. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said method further comprises:
modifying the audio system in accordance with the customization parameters, thereby customizing the audio system for compensation for the hearing loss of the participating subject.
- 12. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the audio system is a standard telephone.
- 13. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the audio system is a mobile telephone.
- 14. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said performing of at least one of the first on-line hearing test and the second on-line hearing test uses pure tone stimuli.
- 15. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the pure tone stimuli are downloaded from a remote server.
- 16. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the pure tone stimuli are generated by the audio system.
- 17. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said determining of the hearing loss and said determining of the customization parameters are performed in an automated fashion.
- 18. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein said method further comprises:
manually adjusting the customization parameters for the audio system.
- 19. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said determining (c) of the hearing loss is performed at the audio system.
- 20. A method for customization of an audio system for a particular user with hearing loss, said method comprising the acts of:
performing, at the audio system, a first hearing test for a reference user to produce reference parameters; performing, at the audio system, a second hearing test for the particular user to produce participant parameters; determining, at the audio system, a hearing loss for the particular user based on the participant parameters and the reference parameters; determining, at the audio system, customization parameters for the audio system based on the hearing loss; and modifying the audio system with the customization parameters to customize the audio system for the participating user.
- 21. A method as recited in claim 20, wherein the audio system is a personal audio system.
- 22. A method as recited in claim 21, wherein the personal audio system is a media player.
- 23. A method as recited in claim 21, wherein the personal audio system is a telephone.
- 24. A method as recited in claim 21, wherein the personal audio system is a mobile telephone.
- 25. A method as recited in claim 21, wherein said method further comprises:
manually adjusting the customization parameters for the audio system.
- 26. A customizable audio system for hearing impaired individuals, said audio system comprises:
a processor for executing program code; and a memory device operatively connected to said processor, said memory device storing at least:
first computer program code for performing or assisting performance of a first hearing test for a reference subject to produce reference parameters; second computer program code for performing or assisting performance of a second hearing test for a hearing impaired user to produce participant parameters; third computer program code for determining hearing loss for the participating subject based on the participant parameters and the reference parameters; fourth computer program code for determining customization parameters for the audio system based on the hearing loss; and fifth computer program code for modifying the audio system with the customization parameters to produce the customized audio system the hearing impaired user.
- 27. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 26, wherein the first and second hearing tests are on-line hearing tests.
- 28. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 26, wherein the first and second hearing tests are off-line hearing tests.
- 29. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 26, wherein at least one of the first and second hearing tests is performed by said customizable audio system.
- 30. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 26, wherein the audio system is a personal audio system.
- 31. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 30, wherein the personal audio system is a media player.
- 32. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 30, wherein the personal audio system is a mobile telephone.
- 33. A customizable audio system for hearing impaired individuals, said audio system comprises a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium includes at least:
first computer program code for performing or assisting performance of a first hearing test for a reference subject to produce reference parameters; second computer program code for performing or assisting performance of a second hearing test for a hearing impaired user to produce participant parameters; third computer program code for determining hearing loss for the participating subject based on the participant parameters and the reference parameters; fourth computer program code for determining customization parameters for the audio system based on the hearing loss; and fifth computer program code for modifying the audio system with the customization parameters to produce the customized audio system the hearing impaired user.
- 34. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 33, wherein at least one of the first and second hearing tests is performed by said customizable audio system.
- 35. A customizable audio system as recited in claim 33, wherein at least one of the first and second hearing tests is performed in an on-line manner by said customizable audio system being operatively connected to a remote server via a network.
- 36. A personal audio system, wherein said personal audio system operates to perform or assist performance of a first hearing test for a reference subject to produce reference parameters, perform or assist performance of a second hearing test for a user to produce user parameters, determine hearing loss for the user based on the user parameters and the reference parameters, determine customization parameters for the personal audio system based on the hearing loss, and modify said personal audio system with the customization parameters to thereby personalize said personal audio system for the user.
- 37. A personal audio system as recited in claim 36, wherein said personal audio system includes a hardware control unit for performing one or more of the performance of first hearing test, the performance of the second hearing test, the determination of the hearing loss, the determination of the customization parameters, and the modification of said personal audio system.
- 38. A personal audio system as recited in claim 36, wherein said personal audio system includes a hardware control unit for performing the modification of said personal audio system.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/288,130, filed May 3, 2001, and entitled “METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING AUDIO SYSTEMS FOR HEARING IMPAIRED,” the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
[0002] This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/541,366, filed Mar. 31, 2000, and entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ON-LINE HEARING EXAMINATION AND CORRECTION,” now U.S. Pat. No. 6,322,521, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference. This application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/540,577, filed Mar. 30, 2000, and entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ON-LINE HEARING EXAMINATION USING CALIBRATED LOCAL MACHINE,” the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60288130 |
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