Method for augmenting hearing

Abstract

One variation of a method for augmenting sound includes: at a mobile computing device and a connected audio output device, outputting a tone in a hearing test; based on a response to the tone entered by a user, generating a hearing profile for the user and corresponding to the mobile computing device and the audio output device; receiving an audio signal; qualifying the audio signal as a particular audio type from a set of audio types; selecting, from a set of sound profiles, a particular sound profile corresponding to the particular audio type; at the mobile computing device, transforming the audio signal into a processed audio signal according to the particular sound profile and the hearing profile of the user; and outputting the processed audio signal at the connected audio output device.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method for augmenting sound, comprising:
 at a mobile computing device and a connected audio output device, outputting a tone in a hearing test;   based on a response to the tone entered by a user, generating a hearing profile for the user and corresponding to the mobile computing device and the audio output device;   receiving an audio signal;   qualifying the audio signal as a particular audio type from a set of audio types;   selecting, from a set of sound profiles, a particular sound profile corresponding to the particular audio type;   at the mobile computing device, transforming the audio signal into a processed audio signal according to the particular sound profile and the hearing profile of the user; and   outputting the processed audio signal at the connected audio output device.