Systems, methods and products for diagnostic hearing assessments distributed via the use of a computer network
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1. A hearing evaluation device, comprising:
- a portable diagnostic hearing test device with a communications interface that is configured to communicate with a remote computer associated with a clinician via the Internet, wherein the portable diagnostic hearing test device has an on-board function generator and attenuator, and wherein the communications interface is configured to allow a clinician using the remote computer to control the function generator during a diagnostic hearing test to select test frequencies and sound levels of sound stimuli transmitted by the portable device to a patient during a hearing test.
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Abstract
The systems, methods and associated devices performing diagnostic hearing tests which use a computer network to allow interaction between a test administration site and one or a plurality of remote patient sites. The test can be administered by an audiologist or clinician at a site remote from the patient, in a manner, which can allow interaction between the user and the clinician during at least a portion of the administration of the test. The diagnostic hearing tests can be performed such that they meet standardized guidelines such as ANSI requirements or certification standards and can include distortion product emission level measurements or middle ear compliance measurements.
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23 Claims
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1. A hearing evaluation device, comprising:
a portable diagnostic hearing test device with a communications interface that is configured to communicate with a remote computer associated with a clinician via the Internet, wherein the portable diagnostic hearing test device has an on-board function generator and attenuator, and wherein the communications interface is configured to allow a clinician using the remote computer to control the function generator during a diagnostic hearing test to select test frequencies and sound levels of sound stimuli transmitted by the portable device to a patient during a hearing test. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing diagnostic hearing evaluations using the internet, comprising:
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providing a hearing test device having an audiometer; connecting the hearing test device at a local patient site to a remote test administration site using a computer network; allowing a clinician to control a diagnostic hearing evaluation test administered to a patient using the computer network, wherein the clinician at the remote test administration site controls hearing assessment signals generated by the hearing test device at the local patient site and monitors the patient'"'"'s responses to the hearing assessment signals in substantially real time; and providing visual or audiovisual communication between the patient and the clinician during the hearing test session using the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A hearing evaluation system, comprising:
a diagnostic hearing test device with a communications interface that is configured to communicate with a remote computer associated with a clinician via the Internet, wherein the diagnostic hearing test device has a function generator and attenuator, and wherein the communications interface is configured to allow a clinician using the remote computer to control the function generator and attenuator during a diagnostic hearing test to select test frequencies and sound levels of sound stimuli transmitted by the hearing test device to a patient during a hearing test. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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