Depends on what you mean by tight…You certainly don’t want to...

Depends on what you mean by tight…

You certainly don’t want to miss anything, and leave gaps others could fill. But the broader the scope the better.

For the record I don’t work in patents. I’ve just read it.

My understanding is that the “app” mentioned by @PigsMightFly is simply one component of the system, and multiple alternative sources of inputs are described in the system.

in a nut shell, the patent appears to cover the entire concept/process of configuring a hearing aid using industry standard prescription to suit the hearing profile of a user based on a self administered test, or even an audiogram produced by any other hearing test. Eg taking a photo of an audiogram with the app could then wirelessly tune your hearing aids to suit.

I believe @PigsMightFly is diminishing the value of the patent by claiming it just covers the hearing test app… rather it appears to cover the whole process for configuring a self-fitting hearing aid.

it looks to me it’d be hard for others to self fit hearing aids without infringing nuheara’s patent so i reckon nuheara is set to collect royalties for every self fit hearing aid produced for the next 19 years.

but don’t take my word for it. Have a read yourself.