1. A method of adjusting a hearing apparatus, the method which comprises:
testing an auditory sensory memory of a user of the hearing apparatus to thereby generate at least one test result; and
adjusting the hearing apparatus in dependence on the at least one test result.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the testing step includes examining a retentiveness with respect to at least one of an interaural time difference or a level difference.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the testing step comprises:
in a first step, presenting to the user a binaural first sound (10) comprising two individual sounds with a first interaural time difference or level difference and then presenting a binaural second sound (10) comprising two individual sounds with a second interaural time difference or level difference;
in a subsequent second step, causing the user to supply information about the time difference or level difference in the first sound and in the second sound from the user’s sensory memory; and
in a following third step, obtaining the test result from the information.
4. The method according to claim 3, which further comprises:
in the first step, presenting to the user at least one additional sound comprising two individual sounds with a third interaural time difference or level difference;
in the second step, enabling the user to also supply additional information about the time difference or level difference in the additional sound; and
in the third step, taking the additional information into consideration for the test result.
5. The method according to claim 4, which comprises, prior to the first step, performing a discriminatory test as to whether the user can distinguish two sounds with different interaural time differences andor level differences at all.
6. The method according to claim 2, which comprises, prior to testing the auditory sensory memory, performing a discriminatory test as to whether the user can distinguish two sounds with different interaural time differences andor level differences at all.
7. The method according to claim 1, which comprises adjusting one or both of a directionality and a binaural signal processing of the hearing apparatus on a basis of the test result.
8. The method according to claim 3, which comprises repeating the first and second steps a plurality of times with respectively changed parameters, and forming the test result in the third step from the information provided by the user from all repetitions.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the testing step includes examining a retentiveness with respect to at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of pitch, phase, tone, loudness, and a combination thereof, and a dynamic change in one or more of the parameters so tested, and wherein the sounds are monaural or each binaural sound has identical individual sounds for the left and right ears of the user.
10. The method according to claim 9, which comprises adjusting a frequency compression, a sound balance, a music program, or a feedback suppression with the aid of a test result concerning the pitch parameter.
11. The method according to claim 9, which comprises adjusting a music program, a directionality or a sound balance with the aid of a test result concerning the phase parameter.
12. The method according to claim 9, which comprises adjusting a sound balance, an amplification, a sound sharpness, a HiFi feature, a compression or a frequency range with the aid of a test result concerning the tone parameter.
13. The method according to claim 9, which comprises adjusting a compression or an amplification with the aid of a test result concerning the loudness parameter.
14. An adjustment mechanism for adjusting a hearing apparatus, comprising:
a test device configured for testing an auditory sensory memory of a user of the hearing apparatus and for obtaining at least one test result; and
an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the hearing apparatus in dependence on the at least one test result.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method for automotive evaporative leak detection for use with a system having a tank with a vapor pressure having a known value at a first point in time, the method comprising the steps of:
a. measuring and recording a first temperature of the vapor at substantially the first point in time;
b. measuring and recording the temperature and pressure of the vapor at a second point in time;
c. computing a temperature-compensated pressure based on previously measured values; and
d. comparing the temperature-compensated pressure with the pressure measured at a second point in time to detect a leak.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein temperature-compensated pressure is computed as a function of the pressure measured at the first point in time and of the measured temperatures.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the function comprises the expression:
PcP1(2T2T1)
where Pc is temperature-compensated pressure, T1 is the temperature at the first point in time and T2 is the temperature at the second point in time.
4. A method for making temperature-compensated pressure readings in an automotive evaporative leak detection system having a tank with a vapor pressure having a value known at a first point in time, comprising the steps of:
a. measuring a first temperature of the vapor at substantially the first point in time;
b. measuring the temperature of the vapor at a second point in time; and
c. computing a temperature-compensated pressure based on the previously measured values.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the temperature-compensated pressure is computed as a function of the pressure measured at the first point in time and of the temperature measured at the first and second points in time.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the function comprises the expression:
PcP1(2T2T1)
where Pc is the temperature-compensated pressure, P1 is the pressure measured at the first point in time, T1 is the temperature measured at substantially the first point in time and T2 is the temperature measured at the second point in time.
7. In an automotive evaporative leak detection system, a temperature-compensated pressure sensor comprising:
a. a pressure sensing element;
b. a temperature sensing element;
b. a processor coupled to the pressure sensing element and to the temperature sensing element and receiving, respectively, pressure and temperature signals therefrom; and
c. logic implemented by the processor for computing a temperature-compensated pressure on the basis of a pressure and temperature measurements.
8. The sensor according to claim 7, wherein the temperature-compensated pressure is computed as a function of the pressure at a first point in time and the temperature measured at substantially the first point, and at a second point, in time.
9. The sensor according to claim 8, wherein the function comprises the expression:
PcP1(2T2T1)
where Pc is the temperature-compensated pressure, P1 is the pressure measured at the first point in time, T1 is the temperature measured at substantially the first point in time, and T2 is the temperature measured at the second point in time.
10. In an automotive evaporative leak detection system, a sensor subsystem for compensating for the effects on pressure measurement of changes in the temperature of the fuel tank vapor, the subsystem comprising:
a. a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the fuel tank vapor;
b. a temperature sensor in thermal contact with the fuel tank vapor;
c. a processor in electrical communication with the pressure sensor and with the temperature sensor; and
d. logic implemented by the processor for computing a temperature-compensated pressure based on pressure and temperature measurements made by the pressure and temperature sensors.
11. The subsystem according to claim 10, wherein the logic comprises a computation of temperature-compensated pressures as a function of pressure measured at a first point in time and of the temperature measured at the first, and at a second, point in time.
12. The subsystem according to claim 11, wherein the function comprises:
PcP1(2T2T1)
where Pc is the temperature-compensated pressure, P1 is the pressure measured at the first point in time, T1 is the temperature measured at substantially the first point in time and T2 is the temperature measured at a second point in time.
13. The subsystem according to claim 11, wherein the logic also determines the presence or absence of a leak based upon the temperature-compensated pressure and the pressure measured at the second point in time.
14. The subsystem according to claim 12, wherein the logic also determines the presence or absence of a leak based upon the temperature-compensated pressure, Pc, and the pressure measured at the second point in time, P2.
15. The subsystem according to claim 14, wherein a leak is determined to exist if the pressure P2 is less than the temperature-compensated pressure, Pc.
16. The subsystem according to claim 14, wherein a leak is determined to exist if the pressure P2 is greater than the temperature-compensated pressure, Pc.