Systems and method for adjusting auditory prostheses settings

Abstract

Examples relate to systems and methods for providing settings adjustments to auditory prostheses. One or more settings adjustments can be provided to an auditory device in response to a request for the adjustments or a notification that the recipient is experiencing poor quality. The technologies disclosed herein can dynamically adapt based upon information received from a set of auditory prostheses. The information received from the set of auditory prostheses can be used to update the settings adjustments.

1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A method comprising:
 collecting information from each of a plurality of hearing devices in use by users;   logging the information as part of a hearing device information database;   analyzing the hearing device information database to identify a settings adjustment for at least one of the plurality of hearing devices; and   providing the settings adjustment to the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein analyzing the hearing device information database to identify the settings adjustment for at least one of the plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 performing evolutionary adaption based upon the information received from the plurality of hearing devices to determine the settings adjustment.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein collecting information from each of a plurality of hearing devices in use comprises:
 collecting information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices; and   collecting information about the plurality of hearing devices.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein collecting information about the plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 collecting information indicating settings of the plurality of hearing devices in the sound environments.   
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein collecting information about the plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 collecting information about a type off each of the plurality of hearing devices.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein collecting information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices includes:
 collecting information indicating presence of wind in the sound environments.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein collecting information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices includes:
 collecting information indicating presence of additional speakers in the sound environments or a loudness of surrounding speech.   
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein collecting information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices includes:
 collecting sound recordings of the sound environments.   
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 receiving, from the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices, feedback data related to the settings adjustment; and   logging the feedback data in the database.   
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 using the feedback data to determine an effectiveness of the settings adjustment.   
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein prior to providing the settings adjustment to the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices, the method further comprises:
 receiving, from the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices, a request for a settings adjustment.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein collecting information from each of a plurality of hearing devices in use comprises:
 collecting information associated with settings adjustments accepted or rejected by users of the plurality hearing devices.   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein analyzing the hearing device information database to identify a settings adjustment for the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 dynamically determining the setting adjustments for the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices.   
     
     
         34 . One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
 log, in a database, information received from each of a plurality of hearing devices in use by users;   perform evolutionary adaption on the information in the database to determine one or more settings for at least one of the plurality of hearing devices; and   provide the one or more settings to the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices.   
     
     
         35 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 34 , wherein the information received from each of a plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices; and   information about the plurality of hearing devices.   
     
     
         36 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 35 , wherein the information about the plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 information indicating the settings of the plurality of hearing devices in the sound environments.   
     
     
         37 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 34 , wherein the information about the plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 information about a type off each of the plurality of hearing devices.   
     
     
         38 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 34 , wherein the information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices includes:
 information indicating presence of wind in the sound environments.   
     
     
         39 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 34 , wherein the information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices includes:
 information indicating presence of additional speakers in the sound environments or a loudness of surrounding speech.   
     
     
         40 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 39 , wherein the information about sound environments encountered by the plurality of hearing devices includes:
 sound recordings of the current sound environment.   
     
     
         41 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 34 , further comprising that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
 receive, from the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices, feedback data related to the one or more settings; and   log the feedback data in the database.   
     
     
         42 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 41 , further comprising that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
 use the feedback data to determine an effectiveness of the one or more settings.   
     
     
         43 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 41 , wherein the feedback data includes information associated with whether the one or more settings were accepted or rejected by a user of the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices. 
     
     
         44 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 34 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
 prior to providing the one or more settings to the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices, receive, from the at least one of the plurality of hearing devices, a request for updated settings.   
     
     
         45 . The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage of  claim 34 , wherein the information received from each of a plurality of hearing devices comprises:
 information associated with prior settings were accepted or rejected by users of the plurality hearing devices.