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AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTIC HEARING TEST

  • US 20100217149A1
  • Filed: 02/26/2010
  • Published: 08/26/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-based, multimedia method for quickly and conveniently testing a patient'"'"'s hearing without a sound isolation chamber and with minimal assistance from an operator, comprising:

  • presenting to the patient a list of available hearing tests, including a pure tone test, a speech reception test, and a speech discrimination test;

    prompting the patient to select one or more hearing tests from the list of available hearing tests; and

    performing each hearing test selected by the patient, wherein test data obtained during one hearing test is used in another hearing test, and test data obtained during one iteration of a hearing test is used in subsequent iterations of that hearing test; and

    wherein the pure tone test is one of one or more hearing tests selected by the patient and is performed by obtaining a hearing threshold for a plurality of predetermined frequencies and obtaining an unmasked bone conduction hearing threshold for one or more of the predetermined frequencies.

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