Method for operating a hearing aid and hearing aid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12401953-B2
Application number	US-202318184070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2023
Priority date	Mar 15, 2022
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A method operates a hearing aid, which has a sensor, a microphone, and a receiver. Breathing difficulties of a wearer are inferred on the basis of measurement data created by the sensor and a measure for a risk is determined based thereon. An activity helping the wearer is carried out depending on the measure. Furthermore, the hearing aid is configured for carrying out the method.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a hearing aid having a sensor, a microphone, and a receiver, which comprises the steps of:
inferring breathing difficulties of a wearer on a basis of measurement data created by the sensor and a measure of a risk is determined based on the breathing difficulties;
determining a current posture of the wearer on a basis of the measurement data and the breathing difficulties being inferred therefrom; and
carrying out an activity helping the wearer depending on the measure.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises determining a value characterizing a respiration of the wearer on a basis of further measurement data created by means of a microphone and the further measurement data is used to assist in inferring the breathing difficulties.

3. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises using a neural network to infer the breathing difficulties.

4. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises taking into consideration a determined physical activity of the wearer in determining the measure.

5. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises receiving external data relating to a physical state of the wearer from an external sensor and the external data is used in determining the measure.

6. A method for operating a hearing aid having a sensor, a microphone, and a receiver, which comprises the steps of:
inferring breathing difficulties of a wearer on a basis of measurement data created by the sensor and a measure of a risk is determined based on the breathing difficulties;
carrying out an activity helping the wearer depending on the measure and includes outputting an instruction for the wearer to assume a posture for more strongly assisting respiration; and
determining a current environmental situation and the activity helping the wearer is carried out depending on the current environmental situation.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the activity helping the wearer further comprises the step of sending an emergency message by means of a communication device.

8. A hearing aid, comprising:
a sensor;
a microphone;
a receiver; and
the hearing aid is configured to:
infer breathing difficulties of a wearer on a basis of measurement data created by said sensor and a measure of a risk is determined based on the breathing difficulties;
determine a current posture of the wearer on a basis of the measurement data and the breathing difficulties being inferred therefrom; and
carry out an activity helping the wearer depending on the measure.

9. The hearing aid according to claim 8 , wherein the hearing aid is a hearing aid device.

Assignees

• Sivantos Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Krieg Julius
• Kukla Christoph

Classifications

• H04R25/65

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• A61B5/746

  Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms · CPC title

• A61B5/02438

  with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient · CPC title

• A61B5/021

  Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels · CPC title

• A61B5/0205

  Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition · CPC title