Customization of bone conduction hearing devices

Abstract

The present invention relates to recipient customization of a bone conducting hearing device. Customization of the bone conducting hearing device may include attaching the bone conducting hearing device to a recipient, establishing communication between the hearing device and an external device, generating at least one control setting with the external device, and storing the at least one control setting in a memory device in the hearing device.

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         30 . The method of claim  1 , wherein the bone conducting device is configured to generate vibrations and direct the vibrations to a mastoid bone of a recipient of the bone conducting device to evoke a hearing percept via conduction of the vibrations through the mastoid bone. 
     
     
         31 . A bone conduction device, comprising:
 a transducer configured to generate mechanical vibrations in response to a signal indicative of a sound,   wherein the bone conduction device further includes at least one memory unit.   
     
     
         32 . The bone conduction device of  claim 31 , wherein:
 the at least one memory unit has stored therein data indicative of a response to an acoustic target.   
     
     
         33 . The bone conduction device of  claim 32 , further comprising:
 an interface configured to enable the bone conduction device to communicate with a remote unit remote from the bone conduction device; and   wherein the bone conduction device is configured to receive a control signal from the remote unit and to adjust an operating parameter of the bone conduction device that influences the generated mechanical vibrations, based on the control signal.   
     
     
         34 . The bone conduction device of  claim 31 , wherein:
 the bone conduction device is usable as part of an overall fitting system.   
     
     
         35 . The bone conduction device of  claim 31 , wherein:
 the bone conduction device is configured to automatically determine a level of background noise.   
     
     
         36 . The bone conduction device of  claim 31 , wherein:
 the bone conduction device is configured to enable a recipient to implement a level of background noise check using the bone conduction device.   
     
     
         37 . The bone conduction device of  claim 32 , further comprising:
 an interface configured to enable the bone conduction device to communicate with a remote unit remote from the bone   
     
     
         38 . A bone conduction device, comprising:
 a transducer configured to generate mechanical vibrations in response to a signal indicative of a sound,   wherein the bone conduction device further includes a noise generator configured to perform a frequency sweep.   
     
     
         39 . The bone conduction device of  claim 38 , wherein:
 the noise generator is a sine wave generator.   
     
     
         40 . A bone conduction device, comprising:
 a transducer configured to generate mechanical vibrations in response to a signal indicative of a sound,   wherein the bone conduction device further includes at least one memory unit in which a control setting is stored, which control setting superseded prior control data of the bone conduction device.   
     
     
         41 . The bone conduction device of  claim 40 , wherein:
 the control setting in which is stored in the memory unit control a noise reduction system of the device.   
     
     
         42 . The bone conduction device of  claim 40 , wherein:
 the control setting in which is stored in the memory unit control a beam former of the device.