METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ACOUSTIC PARA- METERS OF AN AUDITORY PROSTHESIS USING SORTWARE MODEL.

摘要

A SOFTWARE MODEL (36) OF THE AUDITORY CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AUDITORY PROSTHESIS (10) IS STORED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ACTUAL AUDITORY PROSTHESIS (10) BEING FITTED TO DETERMINE THE ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS (24) TO BE UTILIZED. A TRANSFER FUNCTION OF THE AUDITORY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AUDITORY PROSTHESIS TO BE FITTED, OR OF AN EXEMPLARY MODEL OF SUCH AN AUDITORY PROSTHESIS, IS CREATED, TRANSFORMED INTO A TABLE, OR OTHER USABLE FORM, AND STORED IN SOFTWARE USABLE BY THE AUTOMATED FITTING PROGRAM (32). THE AUTOMATED FITTING PROGRAM (32) MAY THEN "TEST" OR TRY BY ITERATIVE PROCESS, THE VARIOUS SETTINGS FOR THE ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS (24) OF THE AUDITORY PROSTHESIS (10) AND DETERMINE ACCURATELY THE RESULTS WITHOUT ACTUAL RESORT THE PHYSICAL AUDITORY PROSTHESIS (10) ITSELF.(FIG. 1)